632  Botany  Bay  or  Eucalyptus  Kino.  {A%Je0c%^arm- 
useless  for  the  preparation  of  a  tincture,  and  would  never  be  thought 
of  a  second  time  by  any  person  who  had  made  the  experiment  on 
either ;  it  is  therefore  quite  certain  that  these  species  have  not  caused 
pharmacists  to  use  eucalyptus  kino  more  or  less  for  a  century,  but 
rather,  it  has  doubtless  been  the  admixture  of  such  kinos  as  these 
with  such  eucalyptus  kinos  as  are  freely  soluble  in  spirit,  which  has 
helped  to  bring  eucalyptus  kino  into  disrepute. 
I  now  give  a  list  of  species  which  satisfy  the  requirements  of  the 
B.  P.,  and  it  is  hoped  that  systematic  endeavors  will  be  made  to  place 
kinos,  which  do,  or  should  come  into  that  list  on  the  market 
Eucalyptus  kino  was  official  in  the  Edinburgh  Dispensatory  of  1811, 
but  the  different  substances  supplied  under  the  same  name  doubtless 
led  to  its  omission. 
1.  All  members  of  the  Ruby  group. 
2.  The  following  members  of  the  Turbid  group  : 
E.  goniocalyx,  E.  hemiphloia,  E.  rostrata,  E  punctata,  E.  odorata, 
E.  Gunnii,  E.  Stuartiana,  E.  viminalis,  E.  terminalis,  E.  corymbosa. 
The  remaining  members  of  the  turbid  group  in  my  list  must  be  for 
the  present  omitted,  on  account  of  their  color ;  perhaps  E.  punctata 
would  have  to  be  rejected  only  on  that  account. 
All  members  of  the  gummy  group  must  be  rejected. 
Important  Note. — The  above  list  only  contains  those  species  which 
I  have  proved  by  experiment  to  be  suitable.  I  can  therefore  guar- 
antee them,  and  will  only  add  others  to  the  list  as  opportunities  occur 
for  testing  them  by  other  chemists  or  myself. 
I  suppose  it  is  too  much  to  expect  that  the  specific  name  of  resini- 
fera  shall  be  abandoned  for  any  eucalypt.  I  know  it  is  against 
botanical  rules ;  but  if  the  specific  name  virgata  could  be  suppressed 
on  account  of  the  stature  of  a  eucalypt,  I  think,  on  the  ground  of 
expediency,  Baron  Mueller  may  well  suppress  Smith's  E.  resinifera,1 
for  this  name  has  impeded  attempts  to  obtain  a  knowledge  of  our 
kinos  for  a  century.  I  have  already  specifically  referred  to  two 
objections  to  the  use  of  E.  resinifera  for  Smith's  species,  and  would 
now  emphasize  that  it  is  a  poor  yielder  of  a  poor  kino.  Out  of  nearly 
one  hundred  and  fifty  species  of  eucalyptus,  most  of  them  (perhaps 
all)  yield  it  more  or  less,  and  of  those  which  yield  it  most  abundantly 
it  is  difficult  to  say  which  produces  it  the  most  freely,  and  to  which 
1  Another  eucalyptus  is  usually  called  by  a  false  name,  the  essential  oils 
being  generally  labelled  E.  Globulus. 
