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EUCALYPTUS. 
Baker and Smith describe some West Australian eucalypts and 
their essential oils. — Pharm. J., Lond., 1905, v. 21, p. 382. 
Smith, H. G. (communication to Roy. Soc., New South Wales), 
discusses the presence of calcium oxalate in the barks of the euca- 
lypts. — Abstr. in Pharm. J., Lond., 1905, v. 21, p. 116. 
EUGENOL. 
FrankfoUer and Lands present an exhaustive study on eugenol and 
some of its derivatives. They report that a sample of eugenol bought 
as pure contained organic impurities, considerable quantities of 
water, and some inorganic matter. After purification, the boiling 
point was found to be 214.5° C. ; sp. gr., 1.0689 at 20° C. ; index of 
refraction, 1.54437. — J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1905, v. 27, pp. 641-649. 
EUONYMUS. 
Eberle, E. G., enumerates euonymus among the medicinal plants 
of Texas. — Proc. Am. Pharm. Ass., 1905, v. 53, p. 304. 
Lloyd, John Uri, points out that so far as the drug is concerned, 
wahoo is true to name, but large quantities of the bark of the shrub 
and twigs, as well as the whole root, are sold in the market. Only 
the bark of the root is used in eclectic medicine, and that alone should 
be employed under the name euonymus. — Pharm. Rev., 1905, v. 23, 
p. 301. 
An abstract (from Pharm. J., Lond., 1905) points out that the 
bark of Alstonia scholaris has been met with on the London market 
as an adulterant of Euonymus atropurpureus. As the two marks re- 
semble each other in many respects, Holmes gives a detailed descrip- 
tion of them. — Pharm. Zentralh., 1905, v. 46, p. 711. 
Bangert, J. R., calls attention to the specific indications for euony- 
mus, and points out that its main action is upon the glandular organs, 
especially the liver. — Eclectic Med. J., 1905, v. 65, p. 494. 
EUPATORIUM. 
Eberle, E. G., lists eupatorium among the medicinal plants of 
Texas. — Proc. Am. Pharm. Ass., 1905, v. 53, p. 304. 
Robinson, B. L., presents diagnoses and notes relating to American 
Eupatorice , including descriptions of eight new species. — (Proc. Am. 
Acad. Arts and Sci., v. 41, pp. 271-278.) Bull. Torrey Bot. Club, 
N. Y., 1905, v. 32, p. 447. 
Lloyd, John Uri, asserts that this herb is often substituted for the 
root of Eupatorium purpureum (Queen of the Meadow or Gravel 
Root), and that the reverse is often true as concerns the latter drug. 
