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styptic, and of a very perceptible though not agreeable bitter- 
ness. M. Pavon believes that the macrocarpa does not belong 
to the genus Cinchona. This Quinquina is little yalued in Spain, 
and is not current in commerce. 
Asmonich. 
“This is the name given by the natives of Puzuzu and Muna 
to the C. fusca of M. Ruiz, which is, er to wares aes, the 
C. roseu of the Flor. Per.* 7 
Surface smooth ; epidermis a clear grey, with spots more or 
Jess dark ; the interior of this bark is of the colour of choco- 
late, very ‘little or not at all rolled in consequence of its extreme 
aridity ; in thickness half a line ; breadth an inch or nearly ; very 
light, fragile as glass, without leaving any fibrous trace; a faint 
odour of Quinquina, very little bitterness, but a very strong and 
peculiar stypticity. 
Cascarilla baya (bay Cascarilla). 
M. Ruiz has made known to us this bark, which comes from 
Santa Fe, and which must not be confounded with the cordi- 
folia of Mutis, though it has a little affinity with it in colour. 
It has a fine epidermis, sometimes tawny, sometimes grey, and 
at other times a greenish grey; its colour is of a yellowish tawny ; 
it is well rolled, has a clean fracture with some little fibres in the 
internal part only ; its bitterness is slight, but rather agreeable, as 
- well as its smell. i 
* Foliis oblongis obtusd’ acuminatis, paniculd brachiatd, floribus corymbosis, corollis ro- 
seis: limbo margine tomentoso. It is one of the rarest species; we have not been able to 
procure its bark. It is described by M. Ruiz in his Quinologia, The Indians use its flowers 
to adorn their pagodas, 
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