the original publication of the plant, confounded another with it, is 

 no justification whatsoever for abandoning his name, for it is the 

 original one, and still less is the plea of the term officinalis being 

 applicable to other species, an admissible one ; for not only was 

 this plant par excellence the officinal Bark of Linnseus's time, but 

 it is so to a great extent still ; and if the same test was applied 

 to our British plants, we should have to change their names 

 by hundreds. We have therefore no hesitation in reverting to 

 the Linnsean name, not only as an act of justice, but because 

 we consider it in every way an applicable one. The plant con- 

 founded with it by Linnaeus has already received another and 

 universally-admitted name ; and if Humboldt and Bonpland have 

 confounded a third species with it, of which we do not see good 

 evidence, let that species also be discriminated and named, 

 if new. 



The C. officinalis is not one of the several species which have 

 been recently so largely introduced into India, though plants of it 

 are flourishing in Ceylon and elsewhere ; it is however known to 

 yield a most valuable bark, and to have supplied a large propor- 

 tion of the renowned Loxa bark of commerce. — ■/. D. H. 



Fig. 1. Young leaf and stipule. 2. Portion of leaf, showing the downy'spot 

 in the axil of a nerve. 3. Flower. 4. Corolla laid open. 5. Ovary, style, 

 and stigma. 6. Capsule: — all except Jig. 1 magnified. 



