Am'Dec.y'iF9oarm"}        Chlorogalum  Pomeridianum.  599 
an  excellent  substitute  for  soap — so  efficient  and  harmless  that  it  is 
still  preferred  for  washing  laces,  embroideries  and  such  like  delicate 
fabrics.  A  cold  infusion  is  advised  as  dentifrice,  shampoo  liquid, 
and  a  valuable  lotion  for  both  face  and  hands. 
"The  medical  properties  of  the  bulb  are  unknown,  the  juice  is 
acrid  to  the  taste,  and  said  to  be  poisonous. 
"  The  other  two  species  of  this  genus  growing  in  California  have 
also  large  bulbs,  which  probably  possess  the  same  detergent  prop- 
erties, but  are  without  the  covering  of  fibres  so  conspicuous  in  the 
above." 
The  bulbs  were  freed  from  the  husk-like  outer  scales,  until  the 
white  fleshy  interior  was  reached,  and  this  inner  portion  was  cut 
into  small  pieces,  and  in  this  condition  used  in  the  following 
analysis. 
The  moisture,  by  drying  to  constant  weight  at  no0  C,  was  found 
to  be  73-13  per  cent,  and  ash  0-70  per  cent.  No  unusual  constitu- 
ents were  found  in  the  ash.    There  were — 
Per  Cent. 
Soluble  in  water,   36*50 
Soluble  in  dilute  HC1,   6270 
Insoluble  silica,   o-8o 
Stronger  ether  extracted  0-13  percent,  from  the  moist  plant.  The 
extract  was  reddish  browrn,  crystalline,  and  of  a  peculiar  odor.  The 
crystals  were  soluble  in  water,  and  removed  from  it  by  agitation 
with  ether.  They  gave  negative  reactions  for  alkaloids,  but  by  the 
peculiar  odor  developed  on  heating  with  HC1  and  the  presence  of 
glucose,  a  glucoside  was  indicated.  That  part  of  the  extract  insolu- 
ble in  water  was  red,  resinous  and  soluble  in  alcohol. 
The  residual  plant,  after  extraction  with  ether,  yielded  4-49  per 
cent,  to  absolute  alcohol.  This  extract  was  dark  brown,  nearly 
black,  odor  resembling  chocolate,  largely  soluble  in  water,  forming 
a  reddish,  neutral,  frothy  liquid,  and  without  reaction  toward  ferric 
chloride. 
Water  extracted  from  the  remaining  plant  9-35  per  cent.,  consist- 
ing of  0-7  per  cent,  dextrin,  1-45  per  cent,  glucose,  0-45  per  cent, 
saccharose  and  1-20  per  cent,  mucilage.  The  solution  was  yellow, 
turbid,  frothy,  neutral  and  possessed  an  acrid  taste.    The  residue 
