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LEFT TJLLMANN 68 ULRICH 16th century in the Abbey of Werden near Diisseldorf, and after various vicis- situdes was enshrined in silver at Up- sala in Sweden. Portions of the Epistle to the Romans were found on a palimp- sest ("Codex Carolinus") at Wolfenbiit- tel in 1756, and portions of other Pauline epistles on palimpsests at Bobbio by Mai and Castiglione in 1818. A Gothic para- phrase, probably of the 6th century, based on Ulfilas' version of John's Gos- pel, was published by Massmann (Munich 1834). The chief editions of Ulfilas are Francis Junius (Dort. 1665, Amst. 1684), Edward Lye (Oxf. 1750), Lahn (Weis- senfels 1805), Gabelentz and Lobe (Leip. 1843-1860), Massmann (Stuttg. 1857), Stamm (Paderborn 1858, etc., new ed. by Heyne, 1874), Bernhardt (Halle, 1875). ULLMANN, KARL, a German theo- logical writer; born in Epfenbach in the Palatinate, March 15, 1796. He was ap- pointed professor in the University of Heidelberg in 1826. Among his works are: "Gregory of Nazianzus" (1825); "Reformers before the Reformation" (1841) ; "Historical or Mythical?" (1838), a critique of Strauss' "Life of Jesus." He died in Karlsruhe in 1865. ULLOA, ALFONSO DE, a Spanish historian. His principal works are: "Life of the Emperor Charles V." (1560) ; "Life of the Emperor Ferdin- and" (1565) ; "History of the Capture of Tripoli in Barbary" (1566) ; "History of Europe, 1564-1566" (1570). He died about 1580. ULLOA, ANTONIO DE, a Spanish statesman; born in Seville, Spain, Jan. 12, 1716. He spent many years in North and South America, and was governor of Louisiana in 1766. Among his writings are: "Account of a Voyage to South America" (1748); "American Notes: Physico-Historical Talks on South Amer- ica and Eastera North America" (1772) ; "Secret Information concerning America" (1826), confidential reports made to the Spanish ministry. He died near Cadiz, Spain, July 5, 1795. XJLLSWATER, after Windermere the largest of English lakes; between the counties of Cumberland and Westmor- land, 51/^ miles S. W. of Penrith and 11 E. S. E. of Keswick. Lying 477 feet above sea-level, it is 9 miles long, V^ to % mile broad, and 205 feet in maximum depth. _ It is divided into three reaches, which increase in beauty and grandeur as one goes up it from Pooley Bridge to Patterdale, a chief feature of the land- scape being the lofty mountain Helvellyn (3,118 feet), which rises from the S. W. extremity of the lake. ULM, a town of Germany, in Wurttem- berg; at the base of the Suabian Alps, on a declivity, and on the left bank of the Danube. The city is very strongly forti- fied, of great age, and has many quaint and curious str-eets and buildings, many of the tall houses forming the narrow irregular streets being constituted of wood, and most elaborately carved. The cathedral is the great object of admira- tion, being one of the largest and loftiest Gothic ecclesiastical buildings in Ger- many. The tombs, stained windows, and shrines, oak carvings, and paintings in oil by the early German masters, which adorn the interior, make the cathedral of Ulm in every respect unique. Manufac- tures are linen, silks, paper, leather, tobacco, porcelain, and playing cards. Pop. about 60,000. TJLMITS, the elm; the typical genus of Ulmacese. Flowers perfect; calyx persist- ent, campanulate, or conical at the base, with three to eight divisions; stamens five, filaments straight in asstivatipn ; ovary two-celled; seed-vessel a samara winged all round; known species about 13. Distribution that of the order. Two species, U. americana, the common white elm, and U. fulva, the slippery elm, are abundant in America. The bark of U. campestris is used in India as an altera- tive, tonic, and demulcent in chronic skin diseases, especially lepra, psoriasis, and herpes; also as a diaphoretic and diu- retic. The bark of U. wallichiana, a large deciduous tree from the northwestern Himalaya, contains a strong fiber espe- cially derived from the flower stalk. An oil is expressed from U. integrifolia, an- other large deciduous tree, a native of the Indian and Burmese hills ; its bruised leaves are applied to boils. ULNA, a long prismatoidal bone, at the inner side of the forearm, parallel with the radius, with which it articulates. It is the larger and longer of the two bones, and consists of a shaft and two ex- tremities, the upper of which forms a large part of the articulation of the el- bow joint. At the upper extremity be- hind is a large process, the olecranon, and a smaller one, the coronoid process, in front, separated by the sigmoid or semi-lunar fossa, or olecranoid cavity, which receives the articular trochlea of the humerus. The ulna diminishes in size from above downward, and is very small at the lower extremity, which is separated from the wrist by an inter- articular fibrocartilage. ULRICH, CHARLES FREDERICK, an American artist; bom in New York City, Oct. 18, 1858; learned his profes- sion at Cooper Institute and the Na-