152 PLANT NAMES AND SYNONYMS 



a. E. Coca Lam. Peru, Bolivia, etc. Coca, Cuca, Hayo, Ipado, 

 Spadic. ( Principal varieties, Huanaco from Bolivia and Truxillo 

 from Peru, the latter derived from E. Coca var. Spruceanum 

 Burck.). Leaves: Coca, U. S. P., Erythroxylon, U. S. 1880; 

 Cocae Folia, Br., Fol. erythroxyli (cocse. ); Ger. Cocablatter; 

 Fr. Coca (Codex), Feuilles de Coca; Local anaesthetic, stimu- 

 lant, nervine. Source of cocaine. 



788. ESCHSCH6LTZIA, Cham. California Poppy .Papa veraceae. 



Named for T. F. van Eschscholtz, German naturalist, d, 

 1831. Highly ornamental herbs with dissected leaves and yel- 

 low flowers. About 20 species, California. 



789. ESENBECKIA, H. B. K. Brazilian Angostura. Rutaceae. 

 Syn. Evodia, in part. Trees. About 17 species, tropical 



regions, New World. 



a. E. febrifiiga Juss. (Evodia febrifuga St. Hil. ). Brazil. Bra- 

 zilian Angostura. Bark bitter tonic; contains, besides esen- 

 beckine, an alkaloid (quinovine) analagous to quinine, found 

 also in some cinchona barks. 



790. EUCALYPTUS, L' Her. Gum tree. Myrtaceaft. 

 From Greek, 'Svell veiled". Trees with thick leathery 



leaves. About 150 species, Australia and neighboring islands, 

 many furnishing very hard, tough and durable timber. 



a. E. amygdaliiia Labill. Southeast Australia. Brown Pepper- 



mint-tree, White Peppermint-tree, Giant Gum-tree, Swamp 

 Gum-tree, Australian Mountain Ash. [The tallest of trees, un- 

 less it be the giant Sequoias of California. One has been xneasur- 

 ed which was 471 ft. high. Yields more volatile oil than any 

 other species, but containing no eucalyptol. ] 



b. E. coryuocalyx F. Muell. South Australia. Sugar Gum-tree. 



Foliage sweetish, browsed on by cattle and sheep. 



c. E. globulus Labill. Victoria and Tasmania. Blue Gum-tree 



(incorrectly written Blue-gum tree); Ger. Vielchenbaum. 



Leaves] Eucalyptus, U. S. P., Folia eucalypti; Ger. Eucalyptus- 

 blatter; Fr. (Feuilles d') Eucalyptus (Codex); antiseptic, as- 

 tringent, febrifuge [The tree is much planted in Italy, Al- 

 geria and elsewhere to dispel malaria. The volatile oil is official, 

 although the yield of oil is much smaller than in (a).] 



d. E. Leucoxylon F. Muell. (E. sideroxylon A. Cunn. ). Victoria, 



etc. Iron bark tree. Bark very rich in kino tannin. Wood 

 stronger even than hickory. 



e. E. rostrdta Schlecht. Southern and central Australia. Red- 



gum tree. Exudate] Eucalypti Gummi Br., Australian or 

 Botany Bay Kino, called also Ked Gum, astringent, like 

 Malabar Kino. Other species yielding kino are (f ) E. corym- 

 bosa Sm., Bloodwood tree, (g) E. calophylla K. Br. and (h) 

 E. piperita vSm. , Peppermint tree. 



