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and figured by Jar^um" anil Dr. Wright I; it grow in 

 Jamaica, where it is called the Sea Side Beech. According 

 to Dr. Wright, the Bark of this tree is not left efficacious 

 than that of the Cinchona of Peru, for which it will prow 

 an ufcful liibftitutc; but by the experiments of Dr. 

 Skccte it appears to have lefs aitringent power t- The 

 Cinchona floribunda, or Batktrceof St. Ludc, afigurcof 

 which wefinri in Phil. Tranf. alio mRoxicrSOhlervatinm 

 fur la Phyfiquc, aflbrds a Bark which is likewife faid to 

 have been ufed with advantage ; but notwit hflanding all 

 that has l>cen written to eftablifli its medicinal character $, 

 it fecmsto us greatly inferior to that of the other fpecics 

 of this genus. In its recent (late it is confidcrably emetic 

 and cathartic; properties, which in fonie degree it retains 

 on being dried ; fo that the flomach does not licar this 

 Bark in large dofes, and in fmall ones its effects arc not 

 fuch as to give it any peculiar recommendation. Seve- 

 ral (pedes of Cinchona have lately been difcovercd at 

 Santa Fe, yielding Barks both of the pale and red kind; 

 and which, from their fcnfiblc qualities, arc likely upon 

 trial to become equally ufcful with thofe produced in the 

 kingdom of Peru [. 



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