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11  licium  Floridanum . 
(  Am.  Jour.  Pharra. 
1      June,  1885. 
A.  &  M/s  brand  "  A  contained  twentj-six  per  cent,  of  fat,  sugar, 
starchy  and  a  quantity  of  coloring  matter. 
A.  &  M.^s  powdered  chocolate,  contained  fourteen  per  cent,  of  fatty 
matter,  which  fused  at  39°  C.  (102°  F.),  sugar,  and  4*4:  per  cent  of  ash. 
ILLICIUM  FLORIDANUM,  Ellis. 
Natural  order,  Magnoliacece  Illiciece. 
By  Henry  C.  C.  Maisch,  Ph.G. 
From  an  Inaugural  Essay. 
(Continued  from  page  228.) 
CHEMICAL  INVESTIGATION. 
The  analytical  researches  were  made  in  the  chemical  laboratory  of 
the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy.  The  parts  of  the  plant  were 
taken  in  No.  80  powder,  and  the  estimations  were  made  on  the  plant 
as  obtained  and  not  previously  dried  by  artificial  means. 
Leaves. — The  moisture  of  the  leaves  was  determined  to  be  13*75 
per  cent.  The  same  portion  was  used  for  estimating  the  ash  which 
amounted  to  5'033  per  cent.  The  solubilities  of  the  ash  were  as  fol- 
lows : 
Soluble  in  water   1'600 
Solul)le  ill  liydrochlorie  acid   2-500 
Insoluble  in  either  (silica)   0-933 
  5-033  per  cent. 
The  qualitative  analysis  resulted  as  follows :  Acids,  carbonic  and 
phosphoric;  Bases,  potassium,  sodium,  aluminium,  iron  and  calcium. 
1.  Petroleum  extraction. — A  portion  of  the  powder  was  macerated 
with  petroleum  spirit  (boiling  point  below  45 °C.),  the  quautity  being 
1  gm.  to  10  cc,  which  proportion  was  retained  throughout  the  whole 
analysis.  The  percentage  of  rc^sidue  remaining  on  spontaneous  eva})0- 
ration  of  a  portion  of  the  liquid  was  found  to  be  2*60,  of  which,  on 
being  heated,  0*23  was  lost.  This  loss  Avas  estimated  as  volatile  oil, 
because,  on  heating,  the  extract  became  entirely  odorless.  The  reac- 
tions of  this  volatile  oil  are  given  under  "Capsules,'^  as  the  yield  there 
was  greater.  The  extract  was  not  saponified  by  either  aqueous  or 
alcoholic  solution  of  potassium  hydrate.  The  latter  solution  was  jn^e- 
cipitated  by  the  subsequent  addition  of  water.  The  odorless  residue 
amounted  to  2*37  per  cent. 
2.  Ether  extraction. — The  powder  was  next  treated  with  the  requisite 
quantity  of  ether.    A  part  of  the  resulting  liquid  was  evaporated  and 
