i se th ‘the. aa ee years, till the vend a 
aa and Great Britain. 
“us for our opinion thereon, ‘ edvtained maloring witioee eae non a ue 
"partly of teed chlorine- COna nine pena Only in one solit 
i The oil in question beHaved as followse dee 1123, nie “ave 205. 
-reckoned as benzoic acid, soluble in 1.7 volumes and more of 50 ne 
Piydrocyanic acid and chlorinated epTnOMrE were not Preset, 
he explained by the presence ae a great prapertions ‘of pores alt sete U 
_ been formed on ‘Standing by oxidation of the benzaldehyde. ee ‘the very. 
ee necessary for the elution of bitter aa oil. The further examination 
_. gave information as to the cause of the discrepancies. It turned out that 
been adulterated. with glycerin ester, which was recognised as stich by its <oune 
~ (glycerin and acetic acid). From the high specific gravity and. the ester value (18; ae 
_ pure benzaldehyde, saponified for comparison, gave a value of 1 8.7), it is to be assumed 
that the added quantity of glycerin ester amounted to about 50. per cent. : 
' As long as apricot kernels of Chinese, Californian and Syrian origin, whieh 
ae / are. again appearing on the European markets in fair quantities, are still 
ye _ prices of about M. 15 per kilo, will one do without the earlier preparation | 
_ bitter almond oil which was ‘canned out in pane style, and in raat: m 
at his. disposal and at a modest price. (See p. 64 of this Report) 
% pes Oil of Amomis jamaicensis. Fanon the caleateous soil. of. “Upper « 
y ‘to 2500 ft., the wild pimento flourishes, a new iad. Amomis jamaicensis, Br ito 
Hill, which grows to a height of 40 ft., with a trunk a foot thick. A brigh 
pleasant smelling oil can be distilled from the leaves of this: ‘Myrtacea, whic 
smells like that of Lavandula Spica, DC. 100 Ibs. of leaves vielded 202 cc. 1 
the following characteristics: — d22 0.8895, %px20 — 6°, A.V. 2A, E.V.4.2(c 
159 
- to Be) per cent. ester, reckoned as skeen E V. after nice 
oa oil of bay. The oil contained ciety. l-linalool, but handlg any yt 
is. distinguished from the ordinary pimento and pimento leaf. oil, wh 
~ eugenol. Although the wild pimento is pretty widely distributed, h 
oil i in aS quaniies. Uy —_ presen conditions would barely. bea CO: 
<t : “he he ees 
3) Bull. bigh: Inst. 17 (1919), 297. 
