Euonymus Atropurpurea

(Wahoo.)

Dbscripwon A small shrBb or bush, known bj several other names, as Indian Arrow-viood, Burningi'ish, Spiadle-tree, etc., with smooth branches, rising from Ave to ten feet bigU. The B. Amerieanug is a smaller ehrub, with smooth, four-angled branches.

The name Wiho applied to both. They grow all over the United States, in w d and th k ts and river bottoms, and flower in June, The flowers f th fo me a e dark purple, enclosed in a crimson, five-angled pod; ti latte ha j llow and pink flowers, in a dark red pod, rough, warty and d p essed

BoOi are very beautiful objects in autumn.

Officinal Prbpakatiohs. —Tincture of the bark.

Analoques.— CAi'aa. (.') Mpat. perf. (?)

A sick, weakening sensation all tlirough the nervous system.

Slie seemed so drawn up from the floor that it seemed difficult to place her foot down when walking, with sufficient tirm- ness to stand.

A tipping-over sensation when sitting and walking.

A- dull, heavy pain through the front tipper portion of the head.

An enlarged, blurred feeling in the head. Stomach and Bowels.

A deathly sickness at the stomach, with perspiration and heat in the face, in alternation with chills on lie back, and back part of the arms; (vinegar removed these symptoms).

A drastic cathartic, its operation being attended with death- like nausea, excessive tormina, prostration, aud cold sweats.

The evacuations are profuse, violent, and accompanied with much flatus.

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