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I     March,  1885. 
which  the  integument  is  0*8  Gra.  The  latter  consists  of  an  outer  and 
inner  layer  of  stone  cells  placed  parallel  to  the  surface,  and  between 
these  two  layers  of  two  or  three  rows  of  stone  cells,  the  long  axes  of 
which  are  nearly  at  right  angles  with  the  former  cells.  The  inner 
surface  of  the  sclerenchymatous  tissue  is  covered  with  a  delicate  and 
partially  broken  layer  of  elongated  parenchyma  cells.  The  endosperm 
consists  of  tolerably  thick-walled  cells  filled  with  solid  colorless  fat 
and  large  yellow  spherical  or  irregularly  rounded  bodies,  insoluble  in 
alcohol  and  benzol ;  starch  and  tannin  are  absent ;  calcium  oxalate 
crystals  were  not  observed. 
2.  Hydnocarpus  anthelmintica,  Pierre.  (See  ^^Amer.  Jour.  Phar./^ 
1884,  p.  526.)  The  seeds  are  about  18*14  Mm.  broad,  little  longer, 
resemble  a  small  bulb  in  shape,  weigh  barely  2  Gm.  (the  albumen  0*6 
Gm.),  are  brownish  black,  rough,  hard,  and  have  a  large  rayed  hilum. 
The  integument  is  1*5  Mm.,  thick,  and  has  a  lighter  colored  inner 
layer,  0'15  Mm.  thick,  and  consisting  of  tangentially  arranged,  and 
relatively  little  thickened,  stone  cells  ;  the  cells  of  the  middle  layer  are 
placed  at  right  angles  to  the  surface ;  those  of  the  exterior  layer  are 
tangentially  arranged,  and  those  of  the  adhering  pulp  are  rather  small 
and  frequently  interspersed  with  groups  of  stone  cells.  The  cells  of 
the  endosperm  are  smaller  than  in  Gynocardia,  and  do  not  contain  the 
yellow  bodies  seen  in  the  latter,  but  besides  oil  contain  numerous  col- 
oless  roundish  albuminoid  granules. 
3.  Hydnocarpus  inebrians,  Vahl.  Some  of  the  seeds  resemble  the 
preceding,  but  are  flatter,  whilst  others  are  pointedly  elliptical  in  shape. 
They  attain  a  length  of  3  Cm.,  a  breadth  of  15  Mm.  and  a  thickness 
of  10  or  12  Mm.  The  hilum  is  prominent  and  warty,  the  surface 
longitudinally  wrinkled.  The  weight  of  the  smaller  seeds  is  about  1 
Gm.  (the  integument  one-third) ,  of  the  larger  seeds,  about  2  Gm. 
The  integument  is  0*2  Mm.  thick,  and  consists  of  three  layers  of  stone 
cells,  arranged  as  in  the  two  preceding  seeds,  but  the  middle  layer  has 
only  one,  or  at  most  two,  rows  of  cells.  The  adhering  pulp  resembles 
that  of  H.  anthelmintica.  The  endosperm  is  covered  with  a  layer  of 
thin-walled  brownish  red  cells,  but  is  itself  colorless,  and  teems  with 
fat  and  protein  globules. — Phar.  Jour,  and  Trans.,  October  25,  1884, 
p.  321. 
Euphorbia  pilulifera,  Linne. — This  plant,  which  has  long  been  in 
use  in  tropical  countries  for  various  complaints,  and  has  lately  been 
introduced  here  as  a  remedy  in  asthma,  was  analyzed  by  Charles  G. 
Levison,  Ph.  G.,  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  with  the  following  results: 
