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The} 7 believe that in place of the Ph. Ndl. IV requirement for the 
separation and dissolving of crystals in oil of fennel a definite solidi- 
fication point should be required. — Ibid., Oct.-Nov., p. 86. 
Braudel, I. TV, reviews some of the recent literature relating to oil 
of fennel. — Pharm. Rev., Milwaukee, 1906, v. 24, p. 113. 
Schimmel & Co. report distilling a large quantity of Galician fennel 
to determine the composition of the low-boiling portions of fennel oil. 
In addition to pinene and dipentine, they have demonstrated the pres- 
ence of camphene and a-phellandrene. Cymene, however, could not 
be detected. — Semi-Ann. Rep., 1906, Apr.-May, pp. 36-39. 
Evans Sons Lescher and TYebb. found the specific gravity of 3 
samples of fennel oil of foreign distillation to be from 0.967 to 0.982, 
the rotation to be from -(-13° 54' to +20° 30', and the congealing 
point to be from about 0° C. to about 4° C. — Analytical Notes, 1906, 
E., L. & W., Bond., 1907, p. 19. 
Caspari, Chas. E., reports 6 samples examined; 3 U. S. P. ; 3 con- 
tained oil of fireweed. — Proc. Missouri Pharm. Ass., 1906, p. 103. 
OLEUM GAULTHERIJ1. 
Henkel, Alice, mentions Gaultheria procumbens L., commonly 
known as wintergreen, checkerberry, mountain-tea, teaberry, and 
deerberry, as being found in sandy soils in cool, damp woods, espe- 
cially under evergreen trees, in Canada and the northeastern United 
States. — Bui. Bur. Plant. Ind., U. S. Dept. Agric., 1906, No. 89, p. 32. 
Schneider, Albert, points out that the fruit of Gaultheria myrsi- 
nitis Hook, is much relished by the Indians as a food, likewise the 
fruit of Gaultheria shallon Pursh., but that it was not ascertained 
whether they were used for their medicinal effects. He states that 
they are closely related to the medicinal Gaultheria procumbens . — • 
Merck’s Rep., N. Y., 1906, p. 95. 
Schimmel & Co. assert that natural oil of wintergreen is obtained 
from two different plants, Gaultheria procumbens L. and Betida 
Lenta L.. The two oils are of absolutely equal value. — Semi- Ann. Rep. 
Schimmel & Co., 1906, Oct. -Nov., p. 95. 
Foster, Harold Day, presents an illustrated account of the pro- 
duction of oil of wintergreen, and points out that the production of 
duction of oil of wintergreen, and points out that the production of the 
oil from Gaultheria procumbens Linn, has been largely discontinued, 
owing to the great cost of gathering the plant in sufficient amounts. 
Almost all of the “ natural oil “ now on the market is obtained from 
the sweet birch. — Pharm. Era, N. Y., 1906, v. 35, pp. 188, 189. 
The pharmacopoeia makes the one distinction between 01. gaul- 
therise and 01. betulse, that the former is optically active up to — 1°. 
Francis, John M., doubts the correctness of this statement, which he 
