N. 0. FUPHORBIACE^. 



1155 



and inflorescence densely clothed with brownish or grey stellate 



tomentum. Leaves ovate to ovate-triangular, often lobed, 



4-1 2in. Petiole 2-5in. Flowers monoecious, white in large cymose, 



terminal panicles. Calyx velvety, bursting into 2 valvate lobes. 



Petals 5, ^in. long. Male flowers: — Stamens 15-20 on a hairy 



receptacle. Ovary 2-ceiled, hairy ; styles bifid to the base. 



Drupe 2-2Jin. diam. Seeds large, oily. 



Uses : —The oil obtained from the kernels by expression, 



has been found in doses from one to two ounces to act as a 



mild and sure purgative, producing in from three to six hours 



after ingestion free bilious evacuations. It was found to 



approach nearly to Castor oil in the mildness and certainty of 



its operation, but superior to it as having neither taste nor 



smell, and as producing its cathartic action without any nausea. 



It may be worthy of further attention. (Ph. Ind.) 



A French chemist has made the following analyses of the kernels : — 

 Water ... ... ... ... 5-000 



Oil ... ... ... ... 62-175 



Nitrogenous material ... ... ... 22*653 



Non-Nitrogenous material .. . ... ... 6*827 



Ash ... ... ... ... 3*345 



lOO'OOO 



Specific gravity of the oil 0*940. 



The results obtained at the Imperial Institute by the analysis of oil 

 extracted from the present sample of seeds, and those obtained by investiga- 

 tors who have examined Candle-nut oil previously, are given in the following 

 table :— 





Oil from 



Oil from 







Aleurites 



Aleurites motuccanu, 





triloba, 



examined by 







examined 

 at the 

















Imperial 





De 







Institute. 



Lewkowitsch. 



Negre. 



Fendler. 



Specific gravity ... 



0*9274 (15°C.) 



092565 (15*5°C.) 



0*920 (15°) 



09254 



Acid value 



1-72 









Sap on ifi cation 



204*2 



19262 



184-i'87*4 



194-8 



value 











Iodine value 



139-7 



163*7 



136-139 



114*2 



Hehner value 



96-4 



95-5 





... 



Wollny-Reich ert 



1*98 



... 



... 





value 











Titer test 



17-8°C 



... 



20°-21°O. 



1*8 



