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IMPERATORIA OSTRUTHIUM L. Master wort. 
Extracts were not repellent to the Japanese beetle.— Metzger and 
Grant (277). 
OENANTHE CROCATA L. 
Alooholio extracts of the roots were effective against larvae of 
Pier is brassicae (L.). This plant, which is common in England, con- 
tains a principle toxic to insects.— Tutin (403 ) . 
PASTINACA SATIVA L. Parsnip. 
Extracts from parsnip were not repellent to the Japanese beetle.— 
Metzger and Grant ( 277 ). 
PETROShLIMM CRlSPUid (Mill.) Nym. 
Oil of parsley was moderately repellent to the orients 1 cock- 
roach.— Cole ( 101 ). 
PIMPINELLA ANISUM L. Anise. 
In laboratory tests anise oil was very strongly repellent to 
colonies of the cornfield ant.— Forbes ( 142 , p. 465). 
Anise oil, sprayed in pure form or dllutgd with alcohol, was 
used in Germany to kill lice on soldiers.— Frankel ( 143 ). 
Anise oil was almost as effective as oil of bergamot against lice 
on soldiers.— Galewsky ( 150 ) . 
Anise oil in carbon tetrachloride was said to be among the most 
promising chemical means of controlling lice on humans.— Zucker ( 437 ) . 
Powdered anise seed was ineffective against roaches.—Scott and 
coworkers ( 361 , p. 13). 
Fructus anisi had no perceptible effect on the caterpillars of 
Prodenia litur a (F.) • — BeBussy ( 76 ) • 
Star-anise oil plus kaolin was one of the best repellents against 
screwworms. There was no emergence of these flies from meat treated 
with this oil. — Parman and coworkers (302). 
Extracts from anise were not repellent to the Japanese beetle.— 
Metzger and Grant ( 277 ) • 
Clothing treeted with a soapy emulsion of anise oil will protect 
the wearer from the stings of gn^ts (Ger. patent 557,760). — Ro«rk and 
Busbey (346, p. 4) • 
