eumenes

[Greek Eumenes, as s.=a Greek proper name, borne by various kings; as adj., eume nes well disposed, gracious: eu = well, and menos = temper, disposition.] marine; gō, põt, IMG:content-1168.png:[blocks in formation] Bot.: Spindle-tree. A genus of trees, order Celas- tracese. Calyx four to six-cleft; petals four to six; stamens four to six, inserted in a broad fleshy disc; ovary three to five-celled; style short; stigma three to five-lobed; capsule three to five-lobed; three to five-celled cells, with one to two arillate seeds. About forty species are known. The bark of E. tur- gens, the inside of which is bright yellow, is used by the Hindoos to mark the tika on their forehead. Lindley thinks that it might be useful as a dye. It is employed in diseases of the eye. From E. atropur- pure us is made a most reliable purgative and cho- lagogue medicine, which is very useful in biliary derangements and its resultant sick headache. The dose of the fluid extract is 1⁄2 to 1 teaspoonful for purgation, and 15 drops 3 times daily as a tonic for sluggish bowels. eü-ös-mite, s . [Greek euosmos =sweet-smelling, fragrant: eu =good, and osmē = smell; Eng. suff. -ite ( Min . ) (q. v.).] Min.: An amorphous and pitchy-looking brittle brownish-yellow mineral, transparent when in thin pieces. It is strongly electric. Composition: Car- bon, 81.89; hydrogen, 11.73; oxygen, 6:38=100. eu-ot-o-mous, a . [Gr.eu=well, tomē =a cutting, temno to cut, and Eng. adj. suff. -ous .] Min.: Cleaving readily; having distinct cleav- ages. *eu-pa-thỹ, s. [Gr. eupatheia =comfort, luxury, sensitivene : eu =well, good, and pathos =suffer ing.] Right feeling. eu-pa-tör-I-ā-çe-æ, s.pl. [Mod. Lat. eupato- ri(um), and Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. - aceœ .] Bot. A tribe of Composite plants, sub-order Bot .: Hemp Agrimony. A genus of Composite plants. It has much-exserted styles and perfect florets. Eupatorium cannabinum , the Common Hemp Agrimony, is a plant two to four feet high, having the leaves with three to five leaflets, and the heads of flowers, which are very numerous, colored pale reddish-purple, thickly crowded in terminal corymbs. It is an emetic and purgative. E. ayapang and E. per folia tum are sudorifics. They are used in Brazil poison-bites. Mr. Hartweg says that the vulnerary called matica comes from E. glutinosum . About 300 species are known, chiefly eu-pa-tõr-ý, s . [EUPATORIUM.] Bot .: A book name given by Bentham to the botanical genus Eupatorium. eu-pat-rid (pl. eu-pat-ri-de), s . [Greek eupatrides of a good or noble father; of noble birth: euwell, good, and patēr =a father.] IMG:content-1169.png:[blocks in formation] eu-phe-mişm, s . euphemia=the use of words of good omen: eu = well, and phēmi to speak; Fr. euphémis me .] eu-phon-i-con, s . [EUPHONIC.] Music : A kind of upright piano. IMG:content-1170.png:[merged small][graphic][merged small][subsumed][subsumed] euphorbiaceæ