Am.  Jour.  Pliarm.  ) 
June,  1885.  j 
Illicium  Floridanum. 
285 
1.  Petroleum  maceration. — The  powdered  seeds  were  extracted  with 
petroleum.  A  portion  of  the  liquid  on  evaporation  left  a  residue 
amounting  to  35*8  per  cent,  and  consisting  of  fixed  oil.  This  is  bland, 
without  odor,  has  the  specific  gravity  0*903,  and  is  saponified  by 
alcoholic  and  aqueous  potassium  hydrate  solution.  Sulphuric  acid  has 
no  action  on  it;  nitrous  acid  converts  it  into  elaidin. 
2.  Ether  extraction. — The  powder  was  next  treated  with  ether. 
The  dried  extract  amounted  to  1*3  per  cent.  It  was  a  soft  yellowish 
resinous  mass  of  an  acid  reaction. 
3.  The  alcoliol  maceration  was  lost  entirely  through  an  accident. 
4.  Aqueous  treatment. — The  powder  was  treated  next  with  water. 
The  soluble  portion  amounted  to  1  per  cent.,  which  was  completely 
precipitated  by  alcohol. 
5.  Alkaline  maceration. — The  powder  insoluble  in  the  above  was 
macerated  with  0"2  per  cent,  solution  of  sodium  hydrate.  The  total 
extract  amounted  to  15"9  per  cent.,  of  which  6  per  cent,  was  precipitated 
by  acetic  acid  and  alcohol. 
6.  Acid  extraction. — The  powder  was  next  treated  with  diluted  2 
per  cent,  hydrochloric  acid.    The  total  extract  amounted  to  3  percent. 
The  remaining  insoluble  powder  was  bleached  and  dried.  It 
amounted  to  31*4  per  cent. 
Becapitulation.    Quantitative  Results  of  Proximate  Analysis. 
Leaves 
Stem. 
Root 
Bark. 
Cap-  1 
sules. 
1-  25 
•1-10 
9-  25 
5  -000 
4-00 
2-  «0 
62-300 
3-  667 
10-  833 
Seeds. 
2-600 
1-460 
5-000 
15-045 
9  -900 
0-000 
42-600 
3  -615 
13-750 
•190 
-230 
1-900 
1-800* 
5-000 
1-880 
64  -005 
14  -829 
10  -166 
2-60 
0-66 
12-  20 
8-90 
10  -51 
8-00 
42  -625 
•640 
13-  865 
35  -80 
1-30 
t   
1-00 
15-90 
8-00 
31-40 
4-60 
7-00 
100-000 
100-000 
100  -000 
100  -000 
100-00 
ASH. 
1  5-083 
1  -333 
5-700 
i    3  -500 
5 -835 
j  1-484 
6-617 
1  8-925 
2  -389 
^Is  not  complete  on  account  of  loss.  fTliis  was  entirely  lost. 
