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700 by me in cases of ague, intermittent and remittent fever. It is a very useful febrifuge and deserves trial (B. D. Basu).

Church reported on a bundle of dry leaves received at Few from Duthie. The following is his analysis :—

Percentage composition of Artemisia maritima : —

Church remarks that the plant contains rather less albuminoids, less digestible carbohydrates, and more fibre than the average hay of mixed grasses. It is, however, thrice as rich in albuminoids as the straw of European cereals.

Artemisin, C15H18O4, is obtained from the last mother liquors in the technical treatment of the seed of Artemisia maritima. It is freed from santonin by recrystallisation from chloroform, being deposited in combination with 1 mol. of the solvent, which is evolved at 90°. It melts at 200°, gradually turns yellow in the air, and is more readily soluble in water and dilute alcohol than santonin ; [a]D=—84.3°. The ferric chloride reaction is not characteristic ; when heated with soda (10 parts) and water (40 parts), a fugitive carmine-red coloration is produced, and, like santonin, it gives the same colour with alcoholic soda. Artemisin is apparently hydroxy santonin.— J. Ch. S. LXX, pt. I. (1896) p. 59.

Max Jaffe, considers artemisin as y-hydroxysantonin.

Syn. :— A. indica, Willd. ; A. paniculata, Roxb. 598.

Sans. : — Nâgdami, granthiparni.

Vern. :-- Nâgdounâ, mâtjari, mastaru, dona (H.) ; Sarmi, Samri (Dehra Dun), Nâgdonâ (B.) ; Tataur, pûnjan, banjiru, chambra, ûbûsha, tarkhâ ; Bui mâdarân, afsuntin (Pb. Bâzar names); Surband (Mar.); Titapat (Nepal)

" In Madras, the native names are applied to two sections : —

(a) A. vulgaris : — Dounâ (H and Duk.) ; Mar-i-Kurondu (Tam.); Davanamu (Sans. Tel. Kan.); Davanâ (Mar.).

(b) A. indica:— Mâspatri (D.) ; Machi-pattri (Tarn. Tel. Mal. and Kan.) ; Granthaparni (San.) — Dr. Moodeen Sheriff.