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namely, M. Bolstopa Buch.,' niontana Bl.,- cxcelm Wall./ Kisopa 

 BucH., Tsjampaca L., longi folia Bl., &C.,'' enjoy the same reputation, 

 but are mucli less used. 



Tlie Tulip tree is, like the Magnolia, a very fine ornamental tree, 

 often planted in our gardens and parks. Its wood is Ijy no means 

 useless. " White, and very light, it is well suited for turning ; it is 

 easily cut without being soft, woody without being stringy ; it has 

 a very agreeable colour, and takes a fine polish. In America it is 

 used for making battens, planks, beams, tables, Venetian blinds,"' 

 and other articles.^ The savages hollow out the trunk into 

 pirogues and canoes of a single piece. This tree is also prized for 

 shipbuilding, as it is said that its wood is incorruptible, and that 

 ship worms and sea weeds do not attach themselves to it. The bark 

 of the stem is of lax fibrous texture, bitter, and aromatic,' con- 

 sidered a tonic antiperiodic in the United States ; all the virtues 

 of Cinchona have been attributed to it in the treatment of inter- 

 mittent fever.^ Gout, rheumatism, dysentery, phthisis, hysteria," and 

 certain diseases of the hair" have, it is said, been successfully treated 

 by the bark. The root, vulgarly (1'a}A.^^ yellow tcood {¥v., bois jaiine), 

 has nearly the same properties. From it is prepared an agreeable 

 liquor ; and the Canadians use it to correct the bitterness of spruce- 

 beer, and to give it a lemon flavour. It has been alfirmed that the 



' This species is chiefly prized for its scented non-allvaline, non-nitrogcnized bitter substance 



wood, used for building houses in Nepaul. that appears to bear some relations to iSalicine. 



- The Tsjampacca Qumimig, or G-elairanrj of Dr. Emmet was the first to obtain this substance 



the Japanese. Its aromatic bark has been com- {Journ. of Phil. Col. of Pharm,m.Zi), moAorous 



pared to CascariUa for its properties, but is less at 40° F., fusible at 180°, and volatile at 290°, 



bitter. which he considers analogous to camphor. 



^ Or Champa of Nepaul, a very aromatic Pereiea states {op. cit., 677) that the abuse of 



species. Tulip- tree Bark may injure the alimentary canal. 



* KoSENTH., op. cit., 596. According to several authors, what has been 



^ Ctjbieres, Mem. sur le Tulipier (1803). termed Uriodendrine is simply piperine (see 



This tree was introduced into France in 1732 by Kosentu., op. cit., 597). 



Admiral de ia GALisso>'Nii:RE. Lirioden- ^ MfiUAT & de Lens {Bid. Mat. Med., iv. 



dron acutilohttm MiCHX., oUusilobum Micnx., 130) relate the different cures observed by several 



integrifoUum Hoet., are only forms of L. celebrated physicians. The memoir of Hilden- 



Tulipifera L., or procertim Salisb. brand on the Tulip-tree is entitled " E.ssai stir 



*> DUCH., Repert., 177: "Shingles, coach un nouveau siwcklane dii Quinquina" (Ann. 



p.auels, trunks .... wooden basins, horse- Chim., Ixxvi. 201). 



troughs, bars for fences." ^ Bakton says : — " in the whole Materia 



' Its odour recalls that of the citron. Ac- Medica there is no better cure for hysteria than 



cording to Tromsdoeff & Cahminatl (.4/?;?. Tulii)-tree Bark, together with a little Inuda- 



Chim., Ixxx. 215), it contains tannin and bitter num." ]5igelow {jllid. Bot., ii. t. 31) also 



gummy principles. From it, says Guibotjet points out the medicinal virtues of the Tulip-tree. 



{Hint. Nat. des Broff. Simpl., ed. 4, iii. 67S), "' Called the hots in Virginia. 

 has been extracted Uriodendrine, a crystalline, 



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