not certain, but the indications point to it being cinmimvl 

 alcohol. It certainly boils at a high temperature, and no 

 low boiling alcohol could be detected in the products of 

 saponification. The presence of both cinnamic acid and 

 cinnamic aldehyde might suggest the occurrence also of 

 the corresponding alcohol. On oxidising the third fraction 

 the principal acid formed was veratric acid, from the 

 methyl-eugenol, but it also contained an acid of lower 

 molecular weight and of lower melting point, which gave 

 indications for benzoic acid. 0*1102 gram acid dissolved 

 in decinormal NaOH ami titrated back had required 6'3 cc. 

 f NaOH, indicating a molecular weight of 175. The mole- 

 cular weight of veratric acid is 182. The melting point of 

 the purified acid from this fraction was some few degrees 

 lower than that of the veratric acid from the second frac- 

 tion. The complete identity of the alcohol of the ester 

 thus remains for the present in abeyance. 



The Methyl-eugenol.— 175 cc. of the crude oil of the July 

 sample were boiled for two hours with an aqueous solution 

 of soda under a reflex condenser. The aqueous portion 

 was acidified, and the cinnamic acid recovered as described 

 with the March oil. The saponified oil was washed, dried 

 and Altered. It was lemon-yellow in colour, and had an 

 odour more aromatic than crude oil, with a strong resem- 

 blance to that of methyl-eugenol. Its specific gravity at 

 18° C. = 1*0349; rotation a D - 1*6°; refractive index at 

 20° C. = 1*5325; and was soluble in 0*7 volume of 70f alcohol. 

 100 cc. were distilled, but only 3 cc. came over below 243°C., 

 this was separated. Between 213 and 250' C. no less than 

 73 cc. distilled, and 76 cc. below 252 ; this was separated 

 as second fraction. Between 253 and 258° C. 15 came 

 over as third fraction. The distillation was thus fairly 

 constant, and no less than 65°f distilled between 248 and 

 252° O. Nothing came over below 220°, so that it was 



