424 DICTIONARY OF POPULAR NAMES TUTU 



freely distributed, and hopes were entertained that it would be- 

 come freely established in this country ; but it was found that 

 the climate was too hot and dry for it. It has, however, suc- 

 ceeded in the West of Scotland, especially on the coast of the 

 Island of Lewis, where it has become established. 



Tutu. (^See Coriaria.) 



Ugni, a name given in Chili to a species of Fugenia, called 

 K Ugni. It is a small, neat-leaved, bushy shrub, belonging to 

 the Myrtle family (Myrtacese) ; it is nearly hardy, and if kept in 

 a greenhouse it bears abundance of black berry -like fruits about 

 the size of cherries, said to be highly esteemed in Chili ; but our 

 experience of it here is such as not to render it worthy of culti- 

 vation other than as a curiosity. 



Umbra Tree (Phi/tolacca dioica), a tree of the Bloodberry 

 family (Phytolaccacea?), native of South America, noAv naturalised 

 in many warm countries, even in the South of Europe, where it 

 becomes a large tree of from 20 to 30 feet higli. It has a thick, 

 gouty, soft-wooded stem, often with large buttresses ; the 

 branches are furnished with large, dark, broad, elliptical leaves, 

 the whole aspect of the tree being sombre and dull. In the 

 hothouses of this country it soon attains a great height and 

 thickness. The juice of its berries is said to be used for colon r- 

 ini:^ wine. 



Umbrella Tree. {See Magnolia.) 



Upas Tree (Antiaris toxicarico), a tall tree of the Bread-fiTiit 

 family (Artocarpaceae). It has long narrow leaves, and grows 

 in valleys in Java, rendered unwholesome by an escape of 

 carbonic acid gas from crevices in the ground, which is fatal 

 to animal life coming within its influence. The juice of the 

 tree is highly poisonous. " Criminals condemned to die have 

 the chance of life if they Avill go up the Upas tree and col- 

 lect the poison, but not more than two out of every twenty 

 returned." This account of the tree was first published by a 

 Dutch surgeon, and became popular about the end of the 

 last century. It is now known to be very much exaggerated. 

 The tree, however, is not harmless, evil effects being felt by 



