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Dr. Forfler in ihc South Sea iflnnds. In the other parts 

 of the world there has as yet heen no fpcrin dilcovensd. 

 Three fpwics only are found on the continent of Ame- 

 rica, and the rcll in the Caribbean i llanos : they fctm to 

 prefer mountainous lit nations. 



The genera molt allied to CrncbOM are Manet tia, Ron- 

 dclctia, Macrocncmum. Bcltonb, Portlandia, and fomc 

 others : ami chefc feeni ro conned the lart ilivtfion of ihc 

 SteUatso of I.innxus, fuch as Collca, Ixora. Pavetta, with 

 the family of OouUdiaO, to which Cinchona, as to the 

 Irak, b nearly related; but it dillcr* in laving ihc 

 fruit below the calyx, ami in the cHfifiott of ihc co- 

 rol not being contoned intoafphal before their ex nan - 



Thcfncciesof tlui genu; 



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i. Ciitclum.) offil ii.li-. 1 Ml h the f|>cties from which 

 is taken ihc genuine Peruvian Hark, ■ad i» that which 



: DVCRd; it i.the i|K. : 

 * haraclcr of the genus, and isconfcqucntly iliai which 

 LiaDaMU mentions in the old editions of his Syllcma 

 Natunv, and in the 6th edition of his Genera Planta- 



a. Cinchona pubefcens. So named from the DuhCJOaM 

 appearance on t he liacksof the leaves: ksnatfrn 

 fame as the foregoing, from the llioit iod fa 



description 



