grows in the forests of Huamalies and Xauxa, consequently far 
from Loxa, between the 10th and 12th degree South lat., was 
the Cinchona described by La Condamine. In the Supplemento 
a da Quinologia, p.68, a botanical disputation which appeared 
against M. Zea, Mutis, and Cavanilles, this assertion is very 
justly withdrawn. Indeed the C. nitida or C. officinalis Ruiz 
is no other than the Cascarilla naranjanda from Santa Fe, or 
C. lancifolia Mut. te ebeeihtfa 
Since therefere four different species, the Cascarilla fina de 
Uritusinga, which Condamine has figured, C. pubescens Vahl, 
C. nitida Ruiz, and C. macrocarpa Vahl, have alreatly received 
the name of ©. officinalis, we have called the Cinchona of Uri- 
‘ ‘tusinga, in commemoration of its first discoverer, C. Condaminea. 
It is true that M. Ruiz, in his Supplemento a la Quinologia, 
gives it as his ‘opinion, that the plant ca led at present Casca- 
“Filla fina at Loxa, was not the plant described by the Frenc 
astronomer ; but not only the unanimous testimony of all inha- 
bitants of Loxa, Caxanuma, and Uritusinga, speaks against this, 
but also Jussiews Hortus Siccus at Paris. M. Bonpland has 
carefully compare¢ our C. Condaminea with the specimens which 
were collected by Joseph de Jussieu and La Condamine. No 
doubt remained concerning the identity of the species. 
a ae es i 
rum, and many pre 
a very has n 
nor Nee nor Hanke Mutis, have ebserved it before us at 
a] ace of growth. The following may be considered as im- 
perfect figures of the C. Condaminea: Mem. de Acad. de 
1738, p.114.; Lamarck Encyclopédie, pl. 164. fig. 1. ; Vahl 
Skrivt. af Naturh, Selfkabet I. tab. 1., and Lambert. Monogr. 
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The C. Condaminea, like 
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