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He a Bo. das flowering eee 
_ duc 0.9429 and deso 0.9219; &y — 27.6 and 39.6°; npc 1.4898 and npyo 1.4835; 
me 0.64 and 1.30 per cent.; ester v. 10.3 and 18.8 per cent.; alcohol content 12.9 
i 179 per cent. | 
C2, Tops, fruiting Stage: 
a devo 0.9421 ; sae a: 40, nee v. 0.62 and 0.48 per cent.; ester v. 8.75 and 30.8 per 
ent alcohol content. te ae 902, per icenty” | | 
E After heavy frosts, | experiments. in order to determine the effect of freezing were 
I fade with herb gathered on November 18th and which, being a second growth, had 
not yet reached the budding stage. The material consisted in the main of leaves and 
ems. The. oil from the frozen plants distinguished itself by low specific gravity, ee 
3 ‘action and, above all, low rotation. 
mney 
_ 
Yel peepee. and chemical properties of sedis oil iL from Frozen and unfrozen plants. 
oS : Frozen plants Unfrozen plants 
Yield (per Poe ee ec Oates : | O18) 
© Color .... . . .. . deep golden yellow yellowish green 
oe - ‘id ch ay E ere 
Odour ee a ee ey. 
; s Tste.. _ bitter, slightly pungent, bitter, very pungent, 
ee: aromatic» aromatic 
a Specific gravity. . 0.9180 at 24° p92? at 23° 
Rotation in 50 mm. . tube EA ci ai 
-. esis) — 4.7 } — 271.9 rae 
_ ~ Refraction . TAT EM at 200 ice os ABAD Pap 23° 
0.6 turbid in 2 or 
clear in exc 
: rer more volumes 
alcohol (volume) 
' 4 Acid v. calcd. as acetic acid 
= (per cent.) 
a Ester v. calcd. as acetate of 
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Solubilty in 80 Bae cone | 05 
OT ea sa 
CioH1sO (per cent.) 29.90 ! ce: ae 8.75 b 
Alcohols calcd. as CioHisO 1 492 6 Sinks 
(per cent.) { . : . 
a Si kdixe Oil. The American Consul General in Hong Kong‘) reports that the 
exports of staranise seed and oil decreased in a remarkable manner, in 1918. The 
ec Berd exports of staranise oil to the United States in 1917 came up to 277787 lbs. 
) the value of 254833 Dollars, as compared with only 52328 Ibs. to the value of 
5 355 Dollars in 1918. Scarcely anything was shipped to Europe. The prices remained 
ey low during the first months of 1918 and there were some transactions, but when 
ere was a rise later on, the American and other buyers refused to agree to it. The 
tations were Steady between 0.74 and 1.08 Dollars per Ib. 
es 
it ae happens that staranise oil is adulterated with fatty oil | M.S. Salamon 
and C. T. Bennett*) have recently stated that, a consignment of staranise oil contained 
bo 10 per cent. of a fatty oil. Two samples of the suspected article were investigated 
4 - , ; : Z , 
Fi 7) Handelsberichten (Den Haag) 18 (1919), 362. — 7) Report October 1912, 105. — %) Perfum. Record 9 
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