According to A. Barille3), the seeds of Piper Famechoni, Heck., indigenous to French Guiana, yield, upon extraction with ether, 4,47 p. c. of a volatile oil of an agreeable odor. The bulk of it boils between 255 and 260°.

1) Loc. cit.

2) Report of Schimmel & Co. October 1907, 16.

3) Compt. rend. 134 (1902), 1512. - Journ. de Pharm. et Chim. VI. 10 (1902), 106.