Cinchona, PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIAy 529 
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CINCHONA. Schreb. gen. N. 301. 
Calyx five-toothed, Corol funnel-shaped, Germ inferior, — 
two-celled ; attachment interior, Capsule two-celled, with the 
partition parallel, Seeds many, imbricated, membrane-wing- 
ed. Embryo erect, and furnished with a perisperm, 
Obs. That part of the above character which makes the par- 
tition parallel does not agree with the only two East India 
"species I have yet met with, In them the partition is contrary. 
1. C, excelsa, Roxb, Corom. ii. 3, t. 106. 
Arboreous, Leaves oblong, downy. Stipules cordate, 
serrate, Panieles terminal and axillary. Anthers sub-sessile 
in the mouth of the tube. Pardition of the capsule ie en 
Teling. Bundaroo, 
_ This species of Cimchona is a native of the eisemnteieress 
parts of the Circars, and chiefly of the vallies, where it grows 
to be a very large tree, Flowers during the rainy season. 
Seeds ripe in four or five months after. ; 
Trunk straight, of considerable thickness and height, 
Branches numerous, spreading. Bark of the trunk pretty 
thick; the exterior lamina is gray, light, spongy ; it cracks in 
various directions, and frequently falls off; the middle coat is 
brown, of a farinaceous nature, and is as thick as both the 
exterior and interior coats; the interior is white, (the fresh 
bark is here described.) Leaves opposite, petioled, oblong, 
entire, soft, downy, particularly on the under side ; veins sim- 
ple, and frequently opposite ; from six to twelve inches long, » 
and from three to tive broad. Floral leaves, the lower pair 
or two of the ramifications of the panicle are orr é 
with a pair of leaves, in shape like. the rest, but much smaller, 
coloured, more permanent, and bullate, — Petioles round, 
cane two or three inches long. Stipules within the leaves, 
rdat acutely serrate, erect, caducous. ‘Panicles 
tein; large, generally with the lower ramifications, cross- 
ed armed. Flowers fascicled, small, greenish-white, exceeds 
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