^cfXr'Jgw"11'}    Proposed  U.  S.  P.  IX  Limitations.  459 
Table  Showing  Proposed  U.  S.  P.  Limitations  for  Ash  Compared  with  Re- 
quirements Included  in  the  German,  Austrian,  Swiss,  and  Nether- 
lands Pharmacopoeias,  and  the  Variations  Reported  in  Recent 
Literature. 
U.  S.  P.  IX. 
German 
V 
Austrian 
VIII 
Helvetian  Netherlands 
IV  IV 
Recent 
literature 
4 
5 
3 
4 
4 
I.23-  364 
6 
6 
3-0  ~  0. 
Agar-agar   
5 
2.6  -  4. 
Aloe   
4 
1-5 
1 
i.5 
1.5 
0.65-  5.65 
8 
0 
6 
3-7 
4-6  -  7.3i 
4 
0-5 
1 
0.5 
1 
0.05-  0.27 
10 
10 
IO 
10 
5.6  -18.46 
9 
3-4 
9 
8 
6.2  -11.5 
15 
15 
10 
20 
10 
5-  -6370 
3 
3 
2.2  -  5.44 
Aurantii  Amari  Cortex 
7 
6 
7 
37  -  5-5 
Belladonnas  Folia  .... 
20 
15 
15 
2.35-23.5 
Belladonnas  Radix   
7 
0 
7 
6.07-  7.84 
2 
2 
2 
1-5 
2 
1.2  -  3.8 
4 
4.2  -  5.80 
Calumba   
8 
6 
8 
4.O      -  0.2 
2 
0.5  -IO.O 
Cannabis   
15 
15 
6.0  -I4.44 
9 
8 
8 
9 
6.5  -I0.29 
1* 
6.5 
6.5 
6.5 
4-3  -  6.6 
Cardamomi  Semen  .... 
8 
10 
8 
8 
37  -  92 
8 
7 
8 
5.  -11.9 
0.5* 
8 
8 
7 
6 
5-4  -  7.3 
10 
4.87-  9.65 
Cinnamomum  Saigon- 
icum   
2* 
5 
5 
8 
1.30-  5.6 
Cinnamomum  Zeylan- 
2* 
5 
5 
3-3  -  6.83 
6 
6 
3.28-  9-4t 
Colchici  Semen   
8 
8 
2.4  -  3-5 
15 
7 
3.60-13.03 
12 
5.26-16.71 
7-5 
7 
4.55-  8.10 
8 
8 
8 
10 
10 
10 
10 
4.6  -18.5 
5 
5 
5 
2.6  -  4.3 
10 
10 
10 
10 
7-  -2375 
6 
5 
37  -  6.5 
*Ash  insoluble  in  diluted  hydrochloric  acid. 
