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CINCHONA MACROCARPA VAHL. 
Pentandria Monogynia Linn. T'AB. XXI. nabiasese Juss: 
Rubiaceae Cinchoneae Endl. 
C. MacnocanpA Vanr. Act. Holm. l. 20. taf. 3. — Laus. descript. gen. Cinch. 22, 
taf. 3. — DC. Prodr. IV. pag. 354. C. ovarironra Mur. ex Humr. in Magazin d. 
Ges, nat. Freunde 1807. pag. 118. LapkNBERGiA macRocaRPA Kr. Havwr Arzenei- 
gew. XIX. CascARILLA wmacROCARPA Wipp. Hist. nat. d. Quinq. pag. 89. 
CiucuosA L. DC. Ewpr, sect. LapgNgBERaGrA f, Bus. 
Character differentialis. 
C. folis magnis, herbaceis vel subcoriaceis, ovalibus vel obovato-ovalibus, basi obtusis vel utrinque sinuatis, subcordatis, 
junioribus subvillosis, adultis supra glabris, in costa nervisque et subtus cum petiolo pilosulis; stipulis totidem connatis, extus 
pilosis, intus glabris, ad basin glanduloso- villosis ; inflorescentiis carnoso - paniculatis, terminalibus, bracteis foliaceis, braeteolis linea- 
ribus, stipulis late triangularibus, interjectis: floribus 5—6 meris speciosis; calycis utrinque pilosi tubo ovato, limbo libero, cam- 
panulato, 5—6 dentieulato demum deeiduo; corollis coriaceis, extus tomentosulis, intus pilosis; limbi laciniis lanceolatis, 
supra totidem villosulis; staminibus tubo medio corollae insertis, glabris, filamentis brevibus, antheris linearibus, supra 
basin exeisam dorso affixis; annulo epigyno quinquegibboso, gibbis crenatis; stylo tereti, piloso; ecapsulae lignoso-coriaceae, ab 
apice ad basin septieide bipartitae, calyce demum denudatae, valvis epicarpio eum endocarpio eonnato; seminibus oblongis vel lan- 
ceolatis, margine laceratis porosisque. — à 
Character naturalis. 
Arbor magna, frondosa, 40— 50 pedalis, trunco tereti, corticis lignosi parenchymate post siccationem albescente; ramulis qua- 
drangulis tomentosulis. Folia opposita, ovalia vel obovato-ovalia, petiolata; petiolis sextam partem longitudinis folii attingentibus, 
laminibus 12— 27 centim. longis, 7 —20 centim. latis, herbaceis vel subcoriaceis, integerrimis, basi obtusis vel emarginatis, apice 
in junioribus subvillosis plus minus acutis, adultis, supra calvis, in costa nervisque et subtus cum petiolo subhirsutis, interstitiis 
parenchymatosis pubescentibus, pilosulis vel interdum subcealvis. Stipulae ad calyptram ochreaeformem acutam, tandem rima unica 
axillari longitudinaliter fissam, concretae, petiolo superantes, extus hirsutae, intus glabrae, ad basin villis glandulosis pluriserialibus 
obsessae. Inflorescentia terminalis cymoso- panieulacea, speciosa, tomentosula; pedunculis, bracteis ealycibusque rufis; floribus 
hermaphroditis suaveolentibus, albis. Calyx 5 m. m. longus, tubo ovato vel turbinato, eum ovario connato, limbo libero, eampa- 
nulato, ore $9— 6 sinuato-denticulato, intus ad basin sericeo hie illie villis obsesso, superne pilosulo vel subglabro tandem deciduo. 
Corolla epigyna hypocraterimorpha coriacea, 5 centim. longa, tubo cylindrico intus pilosulo limbo 5—6 lobo, lobis lanceolatis, 
supra totidem villosulis, sub anthesin patentibus, aestivatione valvatis. Stamina 5—6 tubo medio corollae inclusa vel supra me- 
dium inserta, glabra; filamenta brevia; antherae lineares dorso supra basin bifidam affixae. Discus epigynus annularis, quinque- 
gibbosus , gibbis emarginatis, glaber. Ovarium inferum biloculare, loculis multiovulatis; ovula placentae lineari, dissepimenti axi ad- 
natae undique affixa, peltata adscendentia, sursum imbrieata anatropa; stylus teres, tubi corollae longitudine vel brevior, pilosus; 
stigmata duo erecta, crassa, papillosa. Capsula oblonga crassa subteres, a latere compressiuseula, tomentosula, 5 — 6 centim. longa, 
15 m. m. lata, bilocularis, post evanescentiam limbi ecalycini disco decemcrenato coronata, ab apice ad basin septicide bivalvis, bi- 
partibilis, valvis sublignoso-pergamentaceis epicarpio cum endocarpio connato vel tandem apice bifido vix soluto. Semina plu- 
rima, ovalia vel lanceolata spermophoris, post dehiscentiam liberis, multifarie affixa, adscendentim imbricata; nucleo ovali, undique 
membranaceo -alata, ala porosa, margine lacerata. Embryo minutus, in axi albuminis carnosi rectus, cotyledonibus ovalibus appli- 
eativis, radicula tereti infera. 
Habitat in silvis humidis umbrosisque Novo- Granatae 2900— 2700 mtr. altitudine. 
- Dieser schonbelaubte 40 — 50 Fufs hohe Baum wüchst in Neu- Granada unter dem 4. und 5. Grade nórdlicher Breite in den 
feuchten Gebirgswüldern von Bogota und Antioquien in einer Hóhe von 6600— 8100 Fufs.. Der 10—]12 Fufs hohe, cylindrische 
