615.711.5+547.918 Out of the considerable number of cardenolides of the digitoxigenin group, digiproside, evatromonoside, digitoxigenin bisdigitoxoside, glucoevatromonoside, odoroside H, dlgitoxin, acetyldigitoxin, deacetyllanatoside A, and lanatoside A [1-3], have been found previously in the leaves of Digitalis ciliata Trautr.On partition chromatography of the combined glucosides of the raw material not subjected to fermentation on a column of silica gel, we obtained another cardenolide which gave the colorations characteristic for glycosides of the digitoxin series in the Keller-Kiliani and Svendsen-Jensen reactions. This substance formed white acicular crystals with mp 240-2440CIC2HsOH 218 nm (log e 4.16).[u]~ 8 --6.2 ° (c 0.I; methanol); maxThe IR spectrum showed absorption bands characteristic for the foxglove cardenolides. A mixture with an authentic sample of odorobioside G showed no depression of the melting point and gave a single spot on a chromatogram.In the Keller-Kiliani reaction the glycoside did not give the color reaction characteristic for 2-deoxysugars.The absence of digitoxose was also confirmed by a negative Pesez reaction [5].The enzymatic cleavage of the glycosides gave a monoside mp 228-230°C, [u]~o +5.40 (c 0.5; methanol) which was characterized as digitoxigenin monodigitaloside, i.e., odoroside H. The results obtained led to the conclusion that the cardenolide was digitoxigenin monodigitalosidoglucoside or odorobioside G, which has been described in the literature [8].LITERATURE CITED i.