Varieties, 
f  Am.  Jour.  Pharm , 
\      Sept.,  1878. 
(4  )  A  resinous  body  which  accompanies  the  last  in  small  quantities.  Its  com- 
position has  not  been  determined. 
(5.)  Two  alcoholic  bodies  (*-  and  (i-storesiri)  in  very  considerable  quantities. 
(6.)  Compounds  of  these  bodies  with  cinnamic  acid  also  in  considerable  quan- 
tities. 
(7.)  A  sodium  compound  of  storesin  in  very  small  quantities. 
Storesin  (from  Storax  and  resina)  is  the  name  proposed  by  the  author  for  the  body 
obtained  from  the  residue  left  on  extracting  refined  storax  successively  with  caustic 
soda,  cold  alcohol,  cold  petroleum  naphtha,  hot  petroleum  naphtha  (using  an 
upright  condenser).  It  melts  between  1600  and  i68°C,  and  has  the  composition- 
C%H5803. — Ibid.,  February,  1878,  from  Liebig  $  Annalen,  clxxxviii,  184 — 216. 
Alkaloids  contained  in  the  Red  Poppy.  By  O.  Hesse. — The  milk-sap  of  the 
unripe  capsules  of  Papa<ver  Rhceas  leaves  on  evaporation  about  34  per  cent,  of  dry 
residue,  which  the  author  finds  to  contain  no  trace  of  morphia,  or  any  similar 
alkaloid.  The  residue  contains  2*1  per  cent,  of  rhceadina,  and  traces  of  other,, 
partially  crystallizable  alkaloids. — Ibid.,  February,  1878,  from  Liebig"  s  Annalen*. 
clxxxv,  329. 
Veratria.  By  E.  Schmidt. — This  alkaloid  has  been  carefully  examined  by  Merle 
[Ann.  Chem.  Phys.,  xcv,  200),  who  ascribed  to  it  the  formula,  C32H52N2Og,  and  by 
Weigelin  {Jahrb.  f.  Fortschr.  Pharm.,  1871,  28),  who  assigned  to  it  the  very 
different  formula  C52HggN2015.  It  has  been,  therefore,  re-examined  by  Schmidt,, 
who  obtained  56  grams  from  5  kilos,  of  the  seed  of  the  Veratrutn  sabadilla,  by 
exhausting  them  with  very  dilute  sulphuric  acid,  and  precipitating  the  crude  base 
from  the  concentrated  solution  by  ammonia.  It  was  purified  by  dissolving  it  in. 
ether,  and  repeated  precipitation  from  its  solution  in  hydrochloric  acid  by  ammonia.. 
Crude  or  commercial  veratria  appears  to  contain  three  modifications — namely,  a 
crystalline  base  insoluble  in  water,  an  amorphous  resinous  base  also  insoluble  in 
water,  and  an  amorphous  base  which  is  soluble  in  water.  Schmidt  thinks  this  last  is, 
formed  from  the  second  during  the  process  of  separation.  The  commercial  veratria. 
is  soluble  in  ether  and  alcohol,  but  nearly  insoluble  in  water,  and  melts  at  i55°C. 
The  crystalline  modification  appears  to  be  the  principal  constituent,  or  to  be 
veratria  proper. 
Veratria  crystallizes  from  dilute  alcohol  in  compact  groups  of  short  needles,  which 
are  readily  soluble  in  alcohol  and  insoluble  in  water.  They  melt  at  2050,  or  con- 
siderably higher  than  commercial  veratria.  From  nine  analyses,  Schmidt  deduces 
the  formula  C32H50NO9,  and  he  points  out  that  this  formula  agrees  with  the 
analytical  numbers  obtained  by  Weigelin  and  Merk,  with  the  exception  of  the 
single  determination  of  the  amount  of  nitrogen  which  the  latter  made.  The 
sulphate,  (C32H50NO9)2.H2SO4,  forms  an  amorphous  mass,  readily  soluble  in  water,, 
and  the  hydrochlorate,  C32H50NO9.HCl,  is  a  very  similar  body;  neither  of  them  is- 
crystalline,  as  stated  by  Couerbe  {Ann.  du  Chem.,  9,  112).  The  double  gold  salt,, 
CjgH^NOg.HCl  +  AuCl3,  consists  of  a  bulky  yellow  precipitate,  soluble  in  hot 
