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, the parent-plant of the Cameroon-cardamoms is Amomum angustifolium, 

 *Sonnerat, is incorrect, and the same applies to the statement in a notice 

 on the cardamoms of tropical West Africa by D. Hanbury [Pharmaceutical 

 Journal III. 2 (1872), 642] in which Amomum Baniellii, Hook, and A. an- 

 gustifolium, Sonnerat are said to be identical. 



Pharmacopoeias. 

 The British Pharmaceutical Codex 1911. 



A new Edition has appeared of the British Pharmaceutical Codex, 

 which was first published by the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain 

 in the year 1907. As the Codex deals with a number of articles per- 

 taining to our trade, we took occasion at the time to comment upon 

 these articles in our Report 1 ). Unfortunately, our critism has not had 

 the result at which we aimed, for upon perusing the new Edition we 

 observe that many erroneous statements have been transferred into it 

 from the first Edition, although we also notice that numerous mistakes 

 have been corrected. As the Codex is only a guide for pharmacists, and 

 has no official force, we forbear, as regards the majority of articles to 

 be quoted, from useless repetition, and will limit ourselves in the present 

 review to the consideration of changes and amplifications, referring for 

 the rest to our previous criticism. The above applies specially to any 

 incorrect data which have been incorporated into the new from the old 

 Edition, and which for that reason are not again criticized here. Similarly 

 we refrain from mentioning articles in which no alterations have been 

 made. None of the oils and preparations mentioned in the first Edition 

 have been omitted from the second, while citronella oil has been 

 newly added. 



Afowan Oil {Oleum Ajowan). d 15l5 o 0,917 to 0,930 '). 



x ) The minimum limit is to high; in the first Ed. it was given correctly as 0,900. 



Anethol. « D + 0°. 



Anise Oil, Star Anise Oil (Oleum Anisi). d 20 o 0,975 to 0,990; « D lasvo- 

 rotatory, up to — 2°, occasionally slightly dextrorotatory; m. p. usually 

 Jout 17°. 



Bay Oil (Oleum Pimentm Foliorum). d 15l5 o 0,945 to 0,975 0; « D slightly 

 laevorotatory, up to — 6°; phenol-content 40 to 65°/o. 



*) The maximum limit is too low, and should be raised to at least 0,985. 



*) Report April 1908, 134. 



