212  Gleanings  from  the  European  Journals.  {AMMayRi*, Vm™~ 
An  Egyptian  Perfume,  examined  by  Personne,  was  in  the  form  of 
a  cake  with  a  rugose  surface,  of  a  chocolate  color  and  a  resinous  ap- 
pearance upon  the  fracture,  with  the  central  portion  white ;  it  was 
found  to  be  composed  of  a  mixture  of  fat,  chalk,  frankincense  and 
myrrh,  with  a  small  quantity  of  benzoin.  .  Some  time  after  the  mix- 
ture has  been  made,  a  lime  soap  is  formed,  which  prevents  the  rapid 
combustion,  and  keeps  the  mass  from  becoming  too  soft.  This  mass 
is  well  known  in  Egypt  and  very  common  among  the  fellahs ;  its 
Egyptian  name,  which  is  pronounced  boohhur re-bar,  signifies  Arabian 
or  border  perfume. — Ibid.,  254 — 256. 
Turbid  Wine  of  Colchicum  Seeds  contains,  according  to  Vulpius,  a 
large  number  of  minute  yeast  cells,  originating,  probably,  from  the 
nitrogenated  principles  of  the  seeds.  They  will  readily  pass  through 
the  filter,  but  may  be  removed  by  agitating  the  turbid  wine  with  finely 
powdered  colchicum  seeds,  in  the  proportion  of  about  1000  to  1,  and 
filtering  immediately  and  repeatedly  through  the  same  filter,  after 
which  it  will  remain  clear  for  many  months. — Pharm.  Centr.  Halle> 
1872,  No.  10. 
A  Histological  Description  of  Oondurango  Bark  has  been  furnished 
by  Prof.  Dr.  A.  Vogl.  From  its  structure  the  author  is  inclined  to 
refer  it  to  an  euphorbiaceous  plant.  The  dichotomously  branched 
laticiferous  vessels  have  the  same  character  as  those  usually  met  with 
in  Euphorbiacece.* — Zeitschr.  d.  oesterr.  Apoth.  Ver.,  1872,  No.  5. 
Guaco  Sold  as  Oondurango. — It  appears  that  in  the  European 
market  the  stalks  of  Mikania  Guaco,  H.  B.  K.,  nat.  ord.  Oompositoe^ 
are  sold  as  condurango.f — N.  Jahrb.  f  Pharm.,  1872,  Feb.,  68. 
Analysis  of  Sarracenia  purpurea. — E.  Schmidt  found  in  it  cellu- 
lose, gum,  albumen,  resin,  sarracenic  acid,  which  is  coloring  matter, 
yielding  with  alum  a  nice  yellow  lake,  and  which  is  soluble  in  alcohol, 
little  in  ether  and  benzine  ;  tannin,  fat,  wax,  11-43  per  ct.  water,  and 
3*32  per  ct.  ashes,  consisting  of  lime  and  potassa  silicates,  phosphates 
*The  description  corresponds  with  that  variety  of  condurango  which  has 
been  introduced  here  under  the  name  of  Mata  perro,  which  comes  from  an  As- 
clepiadeacea.    See  this  Journal  1871,  p.  568. 
t  We  have  not  met  with  this  drug  in  our  market  as  the  now  notorious  cancer 
specific,  although  we  have  seen  not  less  than  five  or  six  barks  which,  on  the 
west  coast  of  South  America,  are  known  by  the  name  of  condurango. — Editor 
Amer.  Jodrn.  Pharmacy. 
