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as an emollient application in wounds. It is also recom- 

 mended as a bland remedy in diarrhoea and the dysenteries of 

 children. 



EUCOMMIA ULMOIDES.— ;^ i^ (Tu-chnng), 1362. 

 This tree is found in Hupeh, Konan, Shensi, and Sliansi, and 

 has been so identified by Oliver and at Kew. In Japan it is 

 Eaonymiis jap07iiais. Another name is Tf; f^ (Mu-mien), which 

 is the same as that of the cotton tree, Bonibax nialabariciim. 

 This name refers to the fact that on breaking the bark, and 

 drawing the fractured edges asunder, a delicate, silvery, silky 

 fibre is seen, which may be drawn out to the length of almost 

 an incli without breaking. The leaves of the tree are eateu 

 when young, and the wood was formerly used to make pattens. 

 The bark is the part used in medicine, and is met with in 

 quilled or shrivelled pieces of four to five inches in length. 

 The brown, roughened cuticle is often removed in greatest 

 part, exposing the dark brown liber. The flowers, fruit, and 

 wood are astringent, and may be used in medicine. The action 

 of the bark is considered to be tonic, arthritic, diuretic, and 

 depurative, and is especially prescribed in difficulties of the 

 liver, kidneys, puerperal diseases, and excessiv^e perspirations. 

 The use of the young leaves (called ^ ^, Mien-ya) as food, is 

 thought to promote the elimination of poisonous effluvia, and to 

 prevent hemorrhoids. 



EUGENIA CARYOPHYLLATA.— T # (Ting-hsiang), 

 875, 1305. See Ca}yophyllus aroviaticus. 



EUONYMUS THUNBERGIANUS.— ^ ^ (Wei-mao). 

 This is the same as Etioiiymus alahis. Other names for it are 

 ^ ^ (Kuei-chien), "devils' arrow," and %^ ^ (Shen-chien), 

 "angels' arrow." It grows in the mountains, and is a shrub 

 with quadrangular, winged branches, and is known where it 

 grows by the name of jzg |^ © (Ssii-leng-shu), "four-angled 

 tree," and also as :^ ^ ^ (Ch'a-yeh-shu), "tea-leaf tree." 

 An infusion of the flowers is used as a substitute for tea. The 

 wood of the tree is called fSj ^ (Kou-ku^, "dog's bone," and 

 is used only for fuel. Apparently the branches are the part 



