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the latter. No amyadaliu could be detected in the seeds, but hydrocyanic, 
benzaldehyde and grape sugar, possibly the decomposition products of it, 
were found. A small quantity of cane sugar was also separated in the 
crystallised form. 
In 1893 an examination was made by Air. it. Glenk (Amer. Journ, Pharm. 
LXV. 528) of a specimen of the oil from seeds sent from Mirzapur. The 
oil was described as a yellowish- white semi-solid substance having a faint 
odour of bitter almonds and a specific gravity of 0 942. The oil had an acid 
re-action, and completely liquified at 28° C. It was readily Saponified by 
sodium hydrate even at a low temparature, forming a white hard soap. 
Concentrated sulphuric acid acquired a reddish-brown colour on addition of 
the oil. It is soluble in chloroform, ether, bisulphate of carbon, benzene, 
and the fixed and volatile oils. 
Dr. J. J. A. Wijs examined the seeds in 1900 (Zeits. physic. Chcm. 31255— 
257). The seeds of Schleiclicra trijuija were obtained from the Celebes, 
and 60 per cent, consisted of kernels. The kernels had the following com- 
position : — 
Water ... ••• 3'5 
Fat — ••• ••• — 70-5 
Proteids ... ••• ••• ••• 12'0 
Fibre and ash ... ... ... ... ••• 14‘0 
lOO'O 
Tho fat extracted by means of petroleum ether had the colour and 
consistence of butter. Tho following constants were determined: melting 
point (by the Le Sueur and Crossley method), 22' C. ; melting point of the fatty 
acids, 52 — 54° C.; Hchner value, 9155; saponification value (Henriques' cold 
process), 215.3 ; iodine value (Wijs’ iodine chloride and acetic acid method), 
55 - 0 , that of the fatty acids being 58'9 ; Reichert-Meissl value, 9; acid num- 
ber, 19-2; acid number of the fatty acids, 191-2— 192 0 ; unsaponifiablo matter, 
312 por cent. The volatile acids (acetic acid with a little butyric acid) wore 
examined by the Duclaux method; and the ratio of the solid (45per cent.) to 
the liquid fatty acids (55 per cent, with iodine value 193'2) was determined 
by the Rose method. (Agricultural Ledger 1905— No. 1). 
314:. Sapindus trifoliatus, Linn. n. r. B. l., 
l. 682. 
St/ «. : — S. laurifolia, Vahi. iloxb. 331. S. Emarginata, 
Valil. Roxb. 331. 
San : — Arishta and Pkenila. 
Vern .:— The fruit— llitlia (Hind.); Bara-ritha, ritka (Beng.); 
ud-raok, ritka, ringin, ritku, ritka (Mar.); Aritkan, aritka (Guz.) ; 
