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Extracts of the dried seeds were more or less repellent to the 
Japanese beetle.— Metzger and Grant ( 277 ) , 
This plant is widely distributed in India, where the seeds are 
mixed with camphor and scattered between the layers of woolen clothes, 
etc., to preserve them from insects. Alcoholic extracts and water 
suspensions had no effects on caterpillars. — Puttarudriah and Subra- 
mani an ( 312 ) • 
RANUNCULUS SEPTSNTRIONALIS Poir. Buttercup. 
THALICTRUM POLYGAMUM Muhl. Keadowrue. 
Extracts from these plants were not repellent to the Japanese 
beetle. — Metzp er and Grant (277 ) • 
XANTHORRHIZA SIMPLICISSIMA Marsh. Synonym: X« apiifolia L'Her. 
Yellow root. 
Extracts of the roots killed only 5 percent of the mosquito lar- 
vae tested.— T Iartzell and "filcoxon ( 188 ) . 
RESEDACEAE 
(Mignonette Family) 
RESEDA ORORATA L. Mignonette. 
Extracts were not repellent to the Japanese beetle*— Metzger and 
Grant ( 277 ) . 
RHAMNACEAB 
(Buckthorn Family) 
CEANOTHUS AMERICANUS L. Jersey-tea. 
Extracts from the leaves and flowers were repellent to the Japan- 
ese beetle.— Metzger and Grant ( 277 ) . 
GOUANIA LUPULOIDES (L.) Urban. 
GOUANIA POLYGAMA (Jacq.) Urban. 
These plants were used as insecticides.— Greshoff ( 171 , p. 107). 
K^RWINSKIA HUMBOLDTIANA Zucc. Margarita. 
The powder and water extract were efficient but very slow arainst 
silkworms, and they had no effect on tuliptree aphids. The powder had 
