238 AUSTRALIAN NATIVE PLANTS. 
The kinos vary very much if allowed to remain for an indefi- 
nite length of time on the trees, as they are readily affected by the 
rain, the soluble portion being more or less washed out ; besides, 
the action of the sun contributes to alteration of their chemical 
composition. 
Some of them are used by the settlers for ink and for staining 
leather black, the process simply consisting in boiling the kino in 
an iron saucepan. 
The following notes on medicinal preparations of Eucalyptus 
kinos are taken from Martindale and Westcott'’s Extra Pharma- 
copaia. 
Besides being useful in diarrhcea and relaxed throat, is given 
with success to check the purging of mercurial pill, administered 
for syphilis. 
Decoctum Eucalyptt gummi— 
Eucalyptus kino .., way 
ews wanda 
Distilled water cee i: ae v- 40 
Boil till dissolved and strain. Used as gargle, and given for 
diarrhoea in two to four drachm doses. (Lancet, ii., 83, 1029.) 
Extractum Eucalypti gummi liquidum— 
Eucalyptus Kino “S oe <3 I 
Distilled Water ... ar wists ae 3 
Dissolve by constant shaking and strain. Dose—3o to 60 
minims in water. 
A styptic. Injected into the nostril stops bleeding from the 
nose, and applied on lint arrests hemorrhage from wounds. A 
tablespoonful to a pint of water forms an astringent injection for 
the vagina or bowel. (Squire.) This dilution may also be used 
as a gargle. 
L[hsuffiatio Eucalypti gummi— 
Eucalyptus kino in fine powder. 
Starch, in fine powder, of each }-grain. 
Applied by means of an insufflator, is a powerful astringent in 
hemorrhage and relaxed conditions of the larynx and trachea. It 
does not thus affect the palate or appetite. 
