660 AQUILARIACEE.—EL/AGNACEA. 
Tnocarpus edulis are said to resemble Chestnuts in flavour when 
roasted. Several species of Daphne, Pimelea, and other genera, 
are handsome shrubby plants. 
Fie. 1034. 
Daphne.—The dried barks of D. Mezereum, Meze- 
reon, and D. Laureola, Spurge Laurel, are official in the 
British Pharmacopeeia. Both the root-bark and stem- 
bark are authorised, but the former is generally re- 
garded as the more powerful. Mezereon bark may be 
used as a vesicatory, and also as a masticatory in 
toothache. It is however principally employed as a 
stimulant, diaphoretic, alterative, and diuretic. It owes 
its properties essentially to an acrid resin. The fruit 
is also very acrid. The bark of D. Gnidium, Spurge 
Flax, is likewise official in the Paris Codex, and is 
sometimes substituted in this country for our official 
Fig. 1034, Vertical bark, but it is not so active. The inner bark of D. 
section of the flow. ¢2””abina and other species is used in some parts of the 
er of a species of World for making paper, &c. ; 
Daphne. Edgeworthia papyrifera—The bark is used in Japan 
for the manufacture of paper money. 
Lagetta lintearia, Lace-bark Tree-—The bark possesses, in some degreé, 
similar properties to that of Mezereon. When macerated it may be 
separated into thin laminz, the number of which depends upon the age of 
the specimen ; these have a lace-like appearance, hence its common name 
of lace bark. It possesses great strength, and may be used for making ropes, 
&c. It was at one time employed in the West Indies for making the slave 
whips. Sloane states that caps, ruffles, and even whole suits of ladies’ clothes, 
have been made from it. Lagetta cloth has been imported into Liverpool 
under the name of guana. 
Passerina Ganpi.—The bark is used in Japan for the manufacture of 
paper. 
Order 2. AQquitantace®, the Aquilaria Order.—Charac- 
ter.—Trees with entire exstipulate leaves. Calyx tubular or 
top-shaped, 4—5-lobed, imbricate, persistent. Stamens perigy- 
nous, 10, 8, or 5, opposite the lobes of the calyx when equal to 
them in number; anthers 2-celled, opening longitudinally. Ovary 
superior, usually 2-celled ; ovules 2, suspended ; or rarely 1-celled 
with parietal placentation. Frwit generally 2-valved, capsular, 
sometimes succulent and indehiscent. Seeds usually 2, or rarely 
1 by abortion ; exalbuminous. This order is sometimes included 
im Thymelacee. ; 
Distribution and Numbers.—Natives exclusively of tropical 
Asia. Illustrative Genera :—Aquilaria, Lam.; Leucosmia, Benth. 
There are about 10 species. 
Properties and Uses.—Some species yield a fragrant stimulant 
resin. 
Aquilaria ( Aleoxylon).—The substance ealled Lign-Aloes, Agallochum, 
Aloes-wood, or Eagle-wood, is said to be the Ahalim and Ahaloth of the Old 
Testament, and the Aloe or Aloes of the New. It is obtained from Aquilaria 
Agallochum, and probably also from A. ovata. It was formerly held in 
high repute as a medicinal agent in Europe, but its use is now obsolete. 
It is said to be useful as a cordial, and as a remedy for gout and rheu- 
matism. 
