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( Am.  Jour.  Phariu 
\        July,  1887. 
9*38  and  24*88  per  cent.  The  results  of  the  quantitative  analysis 
were : 
V.  Hardw.  V.  officin. 
Moisture   1046  11*57 
Ash...   4  04  4-31 
Fat  and  resin,  soluble  in  petroleum-benzin   0*56  0  36 
Volatile  oil  and  valeric  acid,  sol.  in  ben^in  ,   1*005  0-90 
Volatile  acid  soluble  in  ether   0*335  0*31 
Resin  and  wax  soluble  in  ether   0  56  0*85 
Resin  soluble  in  alcohol   1*05  0*975 
Tannin   3*13  1*64 
Citric,  tartaric  and  other  acids   0*335  0*565 
Glucose   603  5*32 
Other  substances,  sol.  in  water,  insol.  in  alcohol          14*96  14*39 
Mucilage  and  albumin  sol.  in  water   4' 16  2*97 
Albuminoids  extracted  by  soda   9  72  7"S3 
Metarabic  acid,  phlobaphene  and  albuminoids   19*10  16*70 
Starch   14*05  12*87 
Cellulose   10*36  11'65 
Lignin  and  other  compounds   10*015  16*80 
Butea  frondosa,  Roxburgh. — The  seeds  have  been  analyzed  by  Nik- 
olai Waeber,  (Dorpat  Paniph. — Phar.  Zeits.  Russl.  1886.)  Theseeds. 
are  flat,  about  J  inch  long,  1  inch  broad  and  inch  thick;  testa  dark 
reddish  brown,  veined  ;  hilum  projecting  ;  cotyledons  broad,  leafy, 
veined ;  radicle  small ;  taste  somewhat  bitter.     Alkaloids  and  gluco- 
sides  were  not  found.  The  results  of  the  analysis  were :  moisture, 
6*62  ;  ash,  5*14  ;  fat,  18'20,  wax  soluble  in  ether,  0*25  ;  albuminoids 
soluble  in  water,  9*12,  soluble  in  soda,  1*95,  and  insoluble  in  water 
and  soda,  8*49  ;  substance  apparently  nitrogenated,  soluble  in  alcohol, 
082  ;  mucilage,  2*28  ;  glucose,  6*87  ;  organic  acids,  4*00  ;  other  sub- 
stances soluble  in  water,  2*16  ;  metarabic  acid  and  phlobaphen  10*10; 
cellulose,  3*80,  and  other  insoluble  substance,  22-20  per  cent. 
Ulejcine. — The  alkaloid  discovered  by  Gerrard  in  Ulex  europseus, 
Lin.,  has  been  experimented  with  by  Dr.  Pinet  [Arch.  Physiol.,  1887.) 
It  produces  convulsions  resembling  those  following  nicotine,  then 
sleepiness  and  cessation  of  respiration  ;  it  appears  to  affect  the  nervous, 
but  not  the  muscular  system.  It  is  not  an  antidote  to  strychnine,  its 
effects  being  rapidly  produced,  but  not  lasting.  See  also  Am.  Jour. 
Phar.  1886,  p.  491. 
Crotonoil. — According  to  the  investigations  of  H.  Senier,  from  1878 
to  18 S3,  the  rubefacient  and  drastic  properties  of  croton  oil  reside  in 
two  distinct  compounds,  of  which  that  producing  vesication  may  be 
