the cinchona tribe.
The London College,
975
therefore, has no ground for
§• 3. Limb of the corolla smooth, or only downy at the edye.
Ifi. C,
£ lbii,i n i c “™o'u A , FI. Peruv. iii. 1. 53, t. 225. Cascarillo de Loja aguda, R. and• s °, H a j u Ppl- 8.—Low groves of the Peruvian Andes , in Chicoplaya, by the river' n l ^ e Drm.' fountains of the Andes , near Chicoplaya, Monzon, and other places
'Lie bnrh' ICeS f >ar| atabuas and Huamalies, Ruiz, MSS.
, 1". C a 13 ver l’ had quality for medicinal purposes.
’■ (j ia gnifo'lu, FI. Pernv. ii. 53. t. 196. Cascarillo amarillo, Ruiz, Quinol.
p C 'fl° r a, Lamb. Illnstr. 11 ; not of Bohpl. C. oblongifolia, Mutis,l°ut Ciieh° ^ an ^ *' ’ n °l of Lambert. —Abundant on the mountains of Panatahuas,)'Sfull v er °’ b : bincao, Chacahuassi, and Puznzu, in the low land near torrents, inflip | la A, e . x P osc d to the sun, and badly ventilated, R. and P. Cuchero, Poppig.j.'Uis, Av "i . ls ' according to Ruiz, the Quiua roxa of Santa Fe, the Red Cinchona oftur °l)ean , both Bergen and Guibourt have shown to be the Cinchona nova of
IS. 1 ^Pharmacologists.
^\r ear the A f UClFL ? ,RAl ® on P^' ' n * pl* -^Equinoct. i. 167.—C. maguifolia, (. c. 136, t. 39.he. * 0Wn of Jaen de Bracamoros, Humb. and BonpL
} 9 -c st smad v ftbebark -
n*vi EN ° CA/RPA » Lambert , IUustr. 13.—Jaen, in the mountains of Loxa, Pavon .
2o. c Unk now n . * •
ti 0v alif t ,n AC, l oc A|RPA, Vahl. in Act. Hafn. i. p. 26, t. 3. Lambert, descript. 22, t. 3_
Mutts MSS. Humb. Berl. Mag. 1. c. p. 118.—Loxa, Pavon. Santa Fe,2 rk m/C^'-d var ' e, y' s sa >'l to grow about Santa Martha.
p C A V L Pavon. MSS. in herb. Lambert. —C. Pavonii, Lambert, illnstr. 8.—
*Wk, ?*•
Ul) known.
final) uientions,
as -- -
*** Species imperfectly hnown.
(Specie O .J
,9 ‘); 2 ,'{ U ® e *itions,—22, C. dichoioma (which is said to yield one of the Qninas, s ,P e cies vv) ' n } acroca lyx j 24, C. erassifolia; 25, C. Pelalba; and 26, C.Muzonensis,
s ,\l art J 1Cb are imperfectly known.
^ C ’ es > viz p S (Phorrn. Central Blatt. fur 1831, S. 181) has described three other' ‘ Berpenionn, C. Lambertiana, and C. macrocnemia.
S. ] a , bbe Cinchona species inhabit the Andes from 11° N. lat. to. a| lo Ils ' var ying elevations. It is difficult to assign limits to thesel) hifr )rr(1 ’ s ' nce the statements of Humboldt on this subject are nota nd Uls flie lowest true Cinchonas are variously stated, by him-°.35() t • Un tb, to grow at an elevation of from 200 toises (1200 feet)l V s f ee t) ; while the highest are said to grow from 1487
•" feet) to 1680 toises (10,080 feet). The temperature of the
• i .nn.Trifl; tverhaps the
Ci
,? se s (ft()r> 0 ■' C4104 ieex;; wmic ..... — 0 - o
~-leet) to 1680 toises (10,080 feet). The temperature
aVe rag P : , lstr icts necessarily varies with their altitude; perhaps theBa!! £ abo «t 68° F.
' Lv the Cascarilloes, or bark-
aVera ee ic, UWMMU., -
j! Aii K ’p ahout<i 8° F.
B®eler Sj of K |' IN ?'—The mode adopted by the Cascarilloes , or bark11 e 0 ) ^i'dng cinchona, varies somewhat in different districts.—h v4™ffi s ” sa .V s Mr. Stevenson, ( Narrat. of 20 Years' Residence ii
~ aa isos'! “ discover from the eminence
-m„ a
iX ul/l Anip ^' sa f s -»->*■ i j.evenson, {JSarrat. oj - -
' Rrp a ^ lCa ' V °B ii- p- 66, 1825) “ discover from the eminences
( C ,? rn ibl e l )v ",j ' r khe trees grow in the woods, for they are easily dis-
' lsl; tt) Ce j.j ; 10 rose-coloured tinge of their leaves, which appear at a
l^es. r pi 0 bunches of flowers amid the deep-green foliage of other
a , die trepo^ l Bunt for the spot, and, having found it out, cut down
p le bl diaiis f U< * bike the bark from the branchesand he adds, “ after
ii® "'ood f , lave dipped off the hark, they carry it in bundles out of
J °S- Xo' y' 0 ^ purpose of drying it.” Poppig {Compan. to the Rot.
lu. n. siivs ihat the stems are not peeled for three or four