'^"'sepriS''"'' }  Gleanings  in  Materia  Medica,  467 
uants  of  protoplasma,  which  are  also  found  in  the  endosperm.  Starch 
is  not  present. — Phar.  Centrallialle,  1883,  No.  15.  For  an  account  of 
the  uses  of  saw  pahiietto,  see  paper  by  Dr.  J.  B.  Kead,  in  Am.  Jow\ 
Phar.,  1879,  p.  169. 
Glohularia  Alypum. — Heckel  and  Schlagdenhauffen  obtained  from 
the  leaves  by  extracting  with  carbon  bisulphide  2*85  per  cent,  of  ex- 
tract, consisting  chiefly  of  fat  and  chlorophyll.  Ether  took  up  2*438 
per  cent.,  consisting  of  coloring  matter,  a  little  tannin,  globularin, 
chlorophyll  and  cinnamic  acid.  Chloroform  yielded  11*365  per  cent, 
of  extract,  containing  tannin,  coloring  matter,  and  principally  globu- 
larin  and  cinnamic  acid.  Alcohol  now  took  up  30*55  per  cent,  of 
extract,  containing,  in  addition  to  the  principles  mentioned,  also  glu- 
cose and  mannit.  Globularin  is  amorphous ;  it  is  precipitated  from 
its  aqueous  solutions  by  iodine,  bromine  and  tannin,  but  not  by  metal- 
lic salts ;  mineral  acids  decompose  it  into  glucose  and  a  resinous  body, 
globularetin.  This  is  soluble  in  cold  alkalies  and  reprecipitated  by 
acids ;  but  after  boiling  the  alkaline  solution,  acids  produce  a  crystal- 
line precipitate  of  cinnamic  acid.  Globularetin  CgHgO  is  an  anhy- 
dride of  cinnamic  acid,  C9H8O2.  Globularin,  when  boiled  with  potassa 
and  potassium  permanganate,  yields  benzoyl  hydride ;  and  the  leaves, 
when  distilled  with  a  limited  amount  of  sulphuric  acid  and  potassium 
bichromate,  furnish  a  certain  quantity  of  oil  of  bitter  almond. 
The  branches  yield  to  the  solvents  mentioned  above  much  smaller 
amounts  of  extract. 
Glohularia  vulgaris  contains  the  same  constituents,  but  the  leaves 
yield  to  carbon  bisulphide  2*70,  to  ether  4*25,  to  chloroform  2*35,  to 
alcohol  41*85,  and  to  water  8*75  per  cent,  of  extract.  The  volatile 
principle  is  present  only  in  minute  j)i'oportion . — Jour.  Phar.  Chim., 
1883,  May,  p.  361-366. 
Nux  Vomica. — W.  R.  Dunstan  and  F.  W.  Short  have  analyzed  a 
number  of  authentic  specimens  of  nux  vomica  with  the  following 
results : 
First  Series,  1877 — Bombay  Fine. — Diameter,  20*25  to  25*5,  aver- 
age, 23*0  mm. ;  thickness,  4*0  mm. ;  circumference,  60*0-82*5,  average, 
70*0  mm. ;  edge  generally  acute;  texture  very  silky;  form  nearly  flat, 
fairly  regular,  few  concavo-convex  and  bent;  cotyledons  7- veined,  2 
outer  veins  small ;  alkaloids,  3*46  per  cent. 
Bombay  Ordinary. — Diameter,  19*0-28*0,  average,  23*0  mm.; 
thickness,  5*0  mm. ;  circumference,  60*0-82*5,  average,  70*0  mm. ;  edge 
