— 64 — % 



Oil of Eucalyptus dextropinea 1 ). The yield of crude oil was 1,02 p. c: 

 d 15 o 0,8831, « D + 24,2°, n D2lQ 1,4688, sap. v. 22,1, sol. in 10 vols. 80 p. c. 

 alcohol. After being purified by steam distillation, the constants were as 

 follow: d 15 o 0,8698, « D + 24,4°, n D22 o 1,4647. The product was nearly 

 colourless. The crude oil contains 3,7 p. c. geranyl acetate. 



Oil of Eucalyptus nova-anglica 2 ). The average properties of this oil 

 are as follow: d 15 o 0,9221 to 0,9301, « D + 0,9 to 5,8°, n D15G 1,4892 and 1,4944, 

 "diso 1,4857, n D20 o 1,4932, sap. v. 5,7 to 6,9. The cineol-content is very 

 small, but sesquiterpene is present in considerable proportion. Phellandrene 

 was occasionally found to occur in very small quantities. 



Part 4 of the second volume of the work "A critical revision of the 

 genus Eucalyptus", edited by J. H. Maiden 3 ), describes the following species 

 of Eucalyptus: Eucalyptus melliodora, A. Cunn. (E. ccerulescens, Naudin), 

 E. fasciculosa, F. v. M. (E. paniculata, Sm. var. fasciculosa, Benth.), E. unci- 

 nata, Turcz. (E.leptophylla, F.v.M.; E.desertorum, Naudin); E.decipiens, Endl., 

 E. concolor, Schauer; E. Cloeziana, F. v. M. (E. stannariensis, Bailey; E. Stuar- 

 tiana, Mac Mahon, non F. v. M.) and E. oligantha, Schauer. 



Part 5 of the same volume contains a description of: Eucalyptus 

 oleosa, F. v. M. (E. socialis, F. v. M.; E. laurifolia, Behr; E. socialis, F. v. M., 

 var. laurifolia, F.v.M.; E. turbinata, Behr et F. v. M.) with the varieties 

 longicornis, F. v. M. and glauca, Maiden; E. GUM, Maiden (E. socialis, F. v. M., 

 var. laurifolia part. ; E. laurifolia, Behr part.) and E. falcata, Turcz. with the 

 variety ecostata, Maiden. 



Oil of Eugenia Jambolana. From the seeds (known as "Jambul 

 seeds") of Eugenia Jambolana, Lam. (N. O. Myrtacese); a native of the 

 East Indies, F. B. Power and T. Callan 4 ) have isolated 0,05 p. c. volatile 

 oil, possessing the following constants: dg§0,9258, « D — 5°42\ The oil 

 was of a pafre yellow colour and had an agreeable odour. Its b. p. lay 

 between 145 and 155° (25 mm.) 



Oil of Euonymus atropurpureus. From the root-bark of Euonymus 

 atropurpureus, Jacq. (N. O. Celastrinese), H. Rogerson 5 ) has obtained 0,01 p. c. 

 essential oil with b. p. between 120 and 160° (25 mm.). The oil gave a 

 pronounced reaction of furfurol. When the oil was allowed to stand a body 

 with m. p. 120° separated out of it, possibly furane-/?-monocarboxylic acid. 



Fennel Oil. According to such information concerning this year's 

 crop in Galicia as was available up to the end of August, the prospects 

 were not unfavourable, although the crop is late. More recently, however, 

 disquieting news has come to hand, to the effect that heavy rains have 



1 ) Baker and Smith, A research on the Eucalypts. Sydney 1905, p. 38. 



2 ) Baker and Smith, ibidem p. 34. 



3 ) See Report April 1912, 79. 



*) Pharmaceutical Journ. 88 (1912), 414. 

 B ) Journ. chem. Sdc. 101 (1912), 1042. 



