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POISONOUS  STAR  ANISE. 
C.  Hartwich  (Schw.  Wochenschr.  Ch.  und  P/l,  1901,  107)  finds 
star  anise  of  Swiss  commerce  contains  10  to  20  per  cent,  of  the 
poisonous  fruit  of  Illicium  religiosum.  He  calls  attention  to  the 
means  of  detection  suggested  by  Lenz.  (See  this  Journal,  1900, 
75)-  H.  V.  A. 
REVIEWS  AND  BIBLIOGRAPHICAL  NOTICES. 
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