The fresh green parts of Acorus Calamus, L. yield upon distillation with water an oil closely resembling that from the root: d15o0,964; aD+20°44'5).

1) Schimmel's Bericht April 1S89, 7.

2) Apotheker Ztg. 21 (1906), 987.

3) Jaarb. dep. landb. in Ned.-Indie, Batavia 1907, 67.

4) Report of Schimmel & Co. April 1909, 22.

5) Ibidem April 1897, Table in the appendix p. 6.

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