_use as food fungi of a similar smell. =e Se 
a. d. pharm. Inst. d. Univ. Berlin 11 (1914), 82. — *) Gildemeister und Hoffmann, Die Gtheri 
A smell of addict is frequent’: but. restricted alt 
_ being eaten. It is specially noticeable in Hebeloma crustiliniforme , 
The smell of Tricholoma sulfureum may be called hemp-like. = 
A smell as of potato chits is an important characteristic of hes nigh 
deadly agaric Amanita verna, mappa. It is recommendable, generally s spea 
Mycena alcalina and Inocybe rimosa have a distinct odour of lye, whereas | 
saponaceum is recognized as edible by its soapy smell. 
A repulsive smell is found in Klaphomyces granulatus, Lepiota Carchari 
Scleroderma vulgare*). 
which are numerous in the mesophyl of the plant. When fully developed, 
glands are round or pear-shaped, surrounded by a layer of flat, compact cells, 
extend as far as the eee of either surface. In the muadie of the wane 
and arrangement. 
The oil glands of the Rutacew have attracted attention for a long ae alrea y. 
as well regarding their formation as epnceriine the secretion of volatile ee in th 
is found in Tschirch’s “Harze-wnd Harzbehilter’, 2"4. citione page 1102. : 
The chief components of the rue oe are methylnony! and ne ket ! 
almost fully-grown smell, besides, disagreeably of sour perspiration. It is th 
natural to presume that in the activity of the glands, in the modification of the « 
while the plant is growing, and perhaps also in the act of forming the volatil 
oxidizing ferments act an important part. Brandt failed to prove it, but it is fai 
certain that in the granular parts of the glands of Ruta graveolens there-are bodi 
which easily give off oxygen. As these are found in the oil-forming tissue and pr 13 
where the formation of the oil takes place, the view that an oxidation process ac 
important part in the synthesis of essential oils gains in probability. ee 
Brandt further reports on the occurrence of beteabeaics in the truits of 
and of Fagara xanthoxyloides (Rutacee)*). ae 
Furthermore, xanthotoxin (m.p, 145° C.) was observed in the fruits of Ruta ¢ 
-41) According to our observations, the latter smells of isonitril. pan 2) Zur Anatomt 
graveolens (On the anatomy and chemistry of Ruta graveolens). Inaugural dissertation, Be 
p- 68; Report April 1918, 149. — 4) Gildemeister and plorprenn, The Volatile Oils, 
