The constituents of the essential oil from the fruit of Pittosporum undulatum / by Frederick B. Power and Frank Tutin.

  • Power, Frederick B. (Frederick Belding), 1853-1927
Date:
[1906]
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Credit: The constituents of the essential oil from the fruit of Pittosporum undulatum / by Frederick B. Power and Frank Tutin. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CX.— The Constituents of the Essential Oil from the Fruit of Pittosporum undulatum. By Frederick Belding Power and Frank Tutin. Pittosporum undulatum, Ventenat, is a tree indigenous to south¬ eastern Australia, where it is known to the English colonists by the popular names of “ Native Laurel ” and ‘‘ Mock Orange ” (compare Select Extra-tropical Plants, by Baron Ferd. von Mueller, 1884, p. 284, and Pharmacographia Indica, Vol. 1, p. 154). In a communication to the Royal Society of N. S. Wales, on December 4th, 1895, Professor R. Threlfall, of the University of Sydney, described the general characters of the fruit of Pittosporum undulatum, and particularly noted that, when bruised, it develops a fragrant odour, resembling that of the tangerine orange, although easily distinguished from the latter. The flowers of this tree are also