rpassed for strength and durability by any other timber known.
The leaves of these trees are placed vertically to the sun, a
provision suited to a dry and sultry climate.

192. EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS.--The blue gum, a rapid-growing tree,
attaining to a large size. Recently it has attracted attention and
gained some repute in medicine as an antiperiodic. The leaves have
also been applied to wounds with some success. It produces a
strong camphor-smelling oil, which has a mint-like taste, not at
all disagreeable.

193. EUGENIA ACRIS.--The wild clove or bayberry tree of the West
Indies. In Jamaica it is sometimes called the black cinnamon. The
refreshing perfume known as bay rum is prepared by distilling the
leaves of this tree with rum. It is stated that the leaves of the
allspice are also used in this preparation.

194. EUGENIA JAMBOSA.--A tropical plant, belonging to the myrtle
family, which produces a pleasant rose-flavored fruit, known as
the Roseapple, or Jamrosade.

195. EUGENIA PIMENTO.--The fruits of this West Indian tree are known in
commerce as allspice; the berries have a peculiarly grateful odor
and flavor, resembling a combination of cloves, nutmeg, and
cinnamon; hence the name of allspice. The leaves when bruised emit
a fine aromatic odor, and a delicate odoriferous oil is distilled
from them, which is said to be used as oil of cloves. The berries,
bruised and distilled with water, yield the pimento oil of
commerce.

196. EUGENIA UGNI.--This small-foliaged myrtaceous plant is a native of
Chili. It bears a glossy black fruit, which has an agreeable
flavor and perfume, and is highly esteemed in its native country.
The plant is hardy in the Southern States.

197. EUPHORBIA CANARIENSIS.--This plant grows in abundance in the
Canary Islands and Teneriffe, in dry, rocky districts, where
little else can grow, and where it attains a height of 10 feet,
with the branches spreading 15 or 20 feet. It is one of the kinds
that furnish the drug known as _Euphorbium_. The milky juice
exudes from incisions made in the branches, and is so acrid that
it excoriates the hand when applied to it. As it hardens it falls
down in small lumps, and those who collect it are obliged to tie
cloths over their mouths and nostrils to exclude the small,