Flower wax was saponified with conc. alcoholic potash, and the unsaponifiable matter was fractionated by adsorption through a chromatographic column on alumina as a petroleum ether solution. From the most adsorptive portion, hentriacontanol, C
31H
63OH, was obtained as scaly crystals, m.p. 80.5-81.5°, and sitosterol, C
29H
49OH, was obtained as plate crystals, m. p. 135-136°, as the steroid. From the non-adsorptive portion, triacontane, C
30H
62, was obtained as scaly crystals, m. p. 64-65.5°, nonacosane, C
22H
60, as scaly crystals, m. p. 62.5-63.5°, pentacosane, C
25H
52, m. p. 53-54.5°, and as a triterpene, lupeol, C
30H
49OH, as needle crystals, m. p. 210°. It was also confirmed that an aromatic terpene alcohol (probably linalool or geraniol) was present as a substance of b.p.
17 110-115° in the alcohol-soluble part of both portions.
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