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Sassafras Oil. There has been no alteration in the value of this 

 oil. In view of the abundant supplies which came forward during autumn 

 and winter, present quotations are likely to remain unchanged, the eager 

 demand preventing a decline of prices. 



Satureja Oil. An oil which is perhaps derived from Satureja montana, 

 and which resembles in its properties the oil of Satureja cuneifolia which 

 has been examined by us 1 ), is described by S. S. Pickles 2 ). The dry herb, 

 which came from Trieste, yielded l,64°/o oil with an odour resemb- 

 ling that of carvacrol, and possessing the following constants: d 1 ^ 0,9548, 

 « D — 1°3', sol. in 2,7 vols. 70% alcohol. The oil contained 68,75 °/o phenols, 

 chiefly consisting of carvacrol. 



Two distillates from the flowering herb of Satureja montana which 

 were prepared by ourselves in the South of France some little time ago, 

 may be included in the present reference. The oils were respectively of 

 a lemon-yellow and a brownish colour; their odour reminded of thyme. 

 Their characters were as follow: — 





Yield 



di5o 



«D 



Hd20O 





Distilled at Barreme 



0,23% 



0,908 



— 1°42' 



1,49488 



f Sol. in 8 vol. a. m. 

 1 80°/o alcohol 



Distilled at Sault 



0,15% 



0,9194 



— 4°48' 



— 



JSol. in 1,5 vol. a. m. 

 |80°/o alcohol 



Both oils contained carvacrol, this body being represented in the 

 Barreme oil by about 27% and in that from Sault by about 32%; We 

 may add that Satureja montana is popularly known in the French Alps 

 as "poivre d'ane". 



Oil of Seseli Bocconi. L. Francesconi and E. Sernagiotto 3 ) have 

 distilled from Seseli Bocconi, Guss. (Bubon siculus, Spr.; Crithmum siculum, 

 Boccon; N. O. Umbelliferas) 0,295% of an essential oil with sp.gr. 0,8475 

 (27°). Closer examination of the oil showed that Z-pinene and /?-phel- 

 landrene are to be regarded as its principal constituents. On a previous 

 occasion the authors had described the distribution of the oil in the leaves, 

 flower-stalks and stems of the plant 4 ). The root contains but little oil. 



Shaddock (Grapefruit) Leaf Oil. There appear to be two varieties 

 of the shaddock-tree (Citrus decumana, L.)> a large-leaved shaddock, Vhi<^ 

 is almost devoid of oil-cells, and a small-leaved variety. From the latter 



1 ) Report October 1911, 109. 



2 ) Proceed, chem. Soc. 27 (1911), 285. See also Bull. Imp. Inst. 9 (1911), 388. 



3 ) Atti R. Accad. dei Lincei, Roma (5), 20, II. (1911), 481. Quoted from Chem. Zentralbl. 

 1912, I. 422. 



±) Atti R. Accad. dei Lincei, Roma (5), 20, II. (1911), 249. From a reprint kindly sent to us. 



