178 NATUJiAL mSTOIiY OF PLANTS. 



peculiar perfume of tlie table liquors of ^Martinique is due to the 

 presence of a liquid distilled from the bark of the Tulip tree.' The 

 bruised leaves applied to the forehead are supposed to cure headache. 

 The seeds form an aperient medicine.' Finally, the Tulip tree is 

 one of the finest trees known; it is often more than 120 feet in 

 height, and its trunk may be as large as twenty-one feet round at the 

 base. It is not used in medicine in our country. " But," in the words 

 of a classical writer'' on this subject, " as it is naturalized there, and 

 very common, new attempts might be made to verify its efficacy." 



The Schizandrpip are very little used. The only species quoted is 

 Schhandra jajjo/iirn* which, according to K.empfkr' & Thunberg," 

 develops a large quantity of mucilage in presence of a liquid. On 

 chewing the bark, the mouth becomes full of gummy matter. The 

 leaves infused in water give a sort of glue, used for gluing the paper 

 made from Brottssonncfia papi/rifcra. The Japanese women cover 

 their hair with this mucilage, either before shaving it, or to remove 

 the fatty cosmetics which they use to excess. The seeds are viscid, 

 of a disagreeable taste. Several Asiatic species of ^pharostema 

 are said to have edible berries." Of the IJi/pfclea, Trochodc/idron 

 aralioidc's Sieb. & Zucc. is alone cited as an odoriferous plant. " The 

 aroma of the leaves and fruits," says Siebold," " would lead us to 

 expect medicinal virtues." 



No product of this family is more used than the Sfar-a/iisc [Fr. 

 Anis eloilc, Badianc,Y the name given to the fruit of various species 



' Tlie opinion of CubieBES {loc. cit., 6). Pin., 159. — L., Oen., 611; Spec, 661; Maf. 



Others think that the trees used for this purpose Med., 510. — Thunb., I'oyag., iv. 77. — Adans., 



are Talaumnji. Fam., ii. 364. — Jrss., Oen., 280. — Gjcktn., 



» Anc. Journ. de Med., Ixx. 350. Fntct., i. 368, t. 69, f. 6.— Ellis, Act. Anql. 



' A. UiCH., El^m. d'Hist. ^^at. Medic., ed. 4, (1770), 524, t. 12.— Been., PI. your. (1779), 



Pol., ii. 453. 30, t. xxviii.— Heoxai'lt, Bot. Tab., 396. — 



* Kadsura japonica DuN., Monogr. Anonac, LoUK., Fl. Cochiiich., ed. Ulvssip. (I79t»), 353. — 

 25, 28. Lamk., Dili., i. 351 ; IlUiitr., t. 493, f. 2.— 



* Aimen. Exot., 476, t. 477. Pout., Suppl., i. 558.— Vkxt.. Jard. Celt., t. 

 « /'/. Jap., 237. 22.— Miciix., Fl. Por.-Amer., i. 326.— Mkh. & 

 7 RoHKXTii., o/j. ri7., 591. DK Lkns, Uirt. Mat. Mrd., i. 592. — DvcH., 



* " Funiu Kurumii, i.e., rota montann (Sieb., Rtpert., 176. — Nkks, PI. Med., iii. t. 371. — 

 loc.cit.,^\)nrbor\\\\c\iik'l\\M\\M\\\\wnJpnis . . . ., iSIiKKS, Contrib., i. 142. — Sikh. & Ziic, FL 



fuliorum el fructuum (juali/ale aromntira ajpni- J<ii>., i. 5, t. 1. — A. Ricil., Eli'm. d'llist. Aa/. 



fatem ronjirmante." (Endl., Kiuhir., 4;}0.) Med., oil. 4, ii. 156. — CillHOlUT, l>rti<j. Simp!., 



» Till' best collection of inforniiition, hiHtorical ed. 4, iii. 619, f. 4:<(>. — rKUKiUA. Firm. Mat. 



and bil)lio(^nij)hicnl, relatintr to these prixlucts j1/e</., ed. 4, ii. p. ii. 677. — I.iXi>L, Flor. Mrd., 



will be found in the work we have recently pub- 25. — Ro.'<KSTll., Sqn. PI. Diaphor., 598.- Rt- 



lighed under till- title, " //rrArrrAr#ffMr/'Or»V//n» VKIL, Fl. Med. du xix' .Vi«7<f, i. 143. — Mig., 



Potani(juedc» Padianexou Anif Fluilrji" (Adan- Ann. Mtis. Luijd.. Bat., ii. 257. — H. \\y.,l)ir(. 



nonia, viii. 1). See aUi K.kmi'FKK, .4mu;n. Kxut., Enctfcl. dea Sc., MMic., viii. 81. 

 880, t. 881.— CLU8IU8, Ilitl., ii. 202.— Baiiiin, 



