ASARITE

n, A?s‘a3-rit. Fr., asarite. Ger., Asarit. Of Gra-. ger, a camphor-like substance found, together with asarin and asarone, in the rhizome of Asarum europœum. It forms small acicular crystals of silky lustre, devoid of taste and odor, and soluble in alcohol, in ether, and in the volatile oils. It volatilizes on heating, with the evolution of an acid white vapor. [B, 2, 98.]