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CASE Spindle-Tree Order (Celastrineae). A family of 



24. woody plants, mostly extra-tropical, though widely spiead, 

 both in the north and south hemispheres. In Britain 

 the order is represented by a single small tree, the 

 Spindle Tree (Euonymus eurojjaeus, L.). The ripe 

 fruits remain on this tree long after the leaves fall, and 

 open while still attached, exhibiting the bright orange- 

 coloured pulp (the arillus) by which the seeds are 

 embraced. The young shoots formerly furnished skewers 

 for butchers. 



No. 142. Wood of Pai'CHA {Eiionymus eiiropaeus,L., 

 var. hamiltonianus). A small tree, native of India, Japan 

 and China. Used at Ningpo, China, for carving, and 

 proposed as a subtitute for boxwood for engraving 

 purposes in this country. A block prepared for engraving, 

 as well as one engraved, are exhibited; also a carved frame 

 from Ningpo. (See also No. 31.) 



Note leaves of the Khat, Qat or Cafta of Arabia, the 

 so-called Arabian Tea {Gatha edulis, Forsk.). These, 

 together with the twigs, form a considerable article of 

 commerce amongst the Arabs, who chew them, both in the 

 green and dry state to promote wakefulness. In the 

 interior a decoction resembling tea is said to be made from 

 the leaves. They do not, however, contain caffeine nor 

 any alkaloid related to it. 

 CASE Specimens are here shown of the bark, fruit, seeds and oil 



25. of the KOKOON tree of Ceylon (KoJwona zeijlanica, Thw.). 

 The yellow inner bark is employed medicinally, and is 

 also used in the preparation of a kind of snuff, considered 

 beneficial in headache. Oil is expressed from the seeds 

 and used for burning in lamps. 



Observe various specimens of hard, close-grained woods, 

 belonging to the genus Elaeodendron from South Africa 

 and India, also the curious fruits and seeds of species of 

 Hijjpocratea. 



Note seeds and oil of Celastrus panicidatus, Willd., a 

 large climbing shrub found throughout India, Burma and 

 Ceylon. Two kinds of oil are obtained in India from the 

 seeds, one by expression, which is of an orange colour and 

 is used for burning in lamps and in medicine. The other 

 form is known as BLACK Oil or Oleum Nigrum being 



