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IN a previous communication (this vol., 206), it was shown that the true formula of lateolin is C,aH,oOa, a fact determined by the examination of its compounds with mineral acids and with bromine. The production of a tetracetyl and tetrabenzoyl compound also proved it to contain f o u r hydroxyl groups, and a preliminary study of the behaviour of its alkali salt towards methylic iodide resulted in the production of a compound containing three methoxy-groups only.Since the publication of my results, Herzig (Ber., 1896,29,1013) has published a short paper in which he states that he is also working on luteolin, and at t,he same time mentions its ncetyl derivative, methyl ether, and its behavioar towards fused alkalis.

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Y o r kshire College. resorcinol group, and its distinctive dyeing properties wlicn compared with the above three colouring motters must be due t o this fact.