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Brandel, I. IV., reviews some of the literature relating to oil of 
cloves, its properties and constituents. — Pharm. Rev., Milwaukee, 
1906, v. 24, pp. 87, 88. 
The Ph. Brit. Committee of Reference in Pharmacy report on oil 
of cloves says it should contain at least 80 per cent of eugenol by the 
potassium-hydroxide test. The solubility in 70 per cent alcohol 
should be stated. — Chem. & Drug., Bond.. 1906, v. 69. p. 864. 
Patch. E. L., assayed four lots of oil of cloves, which varied from 
83 to 86 per cent of eugenol. — Proc. Am. Pharm. Ass., 1906, v. 54, 
p. 341. 
Baird. J. TY, reports three samples examined in 1904, one adulter- 
ated. — Proc. Massachusetts Pharm. Ass., 1906, p. 59. 
OLEUM CHENOPODII. 
Henkel. Alice, mentions Chenopodium anthelminticum L.. com- 
monly known as chenopodium. wormseed, and Jerusalem oak, as being 
naturalized from Europe, and found in waste places from southern 
Yew York to Wisconsin, south to Florida and Mexico. — Bui. Bur. 
Plant Inch, U. S. Dept. Agric., 1906, Xo. 89, p. 20. 
The Bureau of Plant Industry reports that at Ebenezer. S. C., the 
commercial test of American wormseed ( Chenopodium anthelminti- 
cum) resulted in an income comparing very favorably with that from 
standard crops in like conditions. — Ann. Rep. U. S. Dept. Agric., for 
1906, p. 206. 
Schimmel & Co. point out that the U. S. P. VIII quite correctly 
requires only approximate values for oil of chenopodium, as this oil 
is extremely variable owing to its content of a constituent which 
decomposes very readily ; this also changes the specific gravity. They 
report having observed good commercial oils with a rotation up to 
6 C . — Semi- Ann. Rep. Schimmel & Co., 1906, Apr.-May, p. 72. 
Briining. H., discusses the use of oil of chenopodium as a vermifuge 
and reports experiments on animals and with various substances to 
determine its narcotic, albumen precipitating, antibacterial, and an- 
thelmintic properties. — Ztschr. f. expt., Path. u. Therap., 1906, v. 3, 
pp. 564-587. 
OLEUM CINNAMOMI. 
Lyons, A. B., is quoted to the effect that the name “ oil of cinna- 
mon " has been retained for what is really oil of cassia, the justifica- 
tion of this being found in the fact that the oil is universally known 
bv that name, while oil of Cevlon cinnamon, although of finer flavor, 
is jDractically unknown. — Bull Pharm. Detroit, 1906, v. 20, p. 38. 
Schimmel & Co. point out that only the rectified oil of cassia will 
meet the requirements of the U. S. P. VIII, and that the upper limit 
