etiole, from 10 to 12 inches long. Inflorescence 
minal raceme, composed of alternate peduncles, bear- 
ing from 3 to 6 flowers each. Calysx inferior, persistent, 
5-toothed, and tomentose ; corolla funnel-shaped, 5-petal- _ 
led, united’ below, so as to appear a funnel-shaped tube. — 
Nectary, 5 glandular bodies. Stamens shorter than the 
1 Bist oval hairy 
_a single style rises, suppc 
iN ruit; Seoral bivalve 4 
seed. eo ee =S Be: 
in 1778, some parcels of Angustura bark were imported 
i e from Dominica. At that time, the tree which 
was not known, but was supposed to be a native 
f Africa. It was subsequently imported from Havana and 
Cadiz; but not until Humboldt and Bonpland travelled into 
South America, were the real site and nature of the tree 
ascertained. — It comes in flat pieces, of different lengths; 
_ some nearly fiat, others rolled into partial quills of differ- 
ent Seepecked in cases. The pieces are covered wiih 
a thin, whitish, wrinkled epidermis; the inner surface 
smooth, of a ferruginous-yellow hue; breaks short, with 
a resinous fracture ; is easily pulverized. The powder, 
when triturated with lime or magnesia, yields the smell 
of ammonia. ce ras ee 
Quaxirits.. Odour not strong, but: 
slightly aromatic, permanent; eont 7 
extractive, carbonate of ammonia, and essent! ‘The 
active matter is taken up by cold and hot water, and is not 
injured by long coction; but the addition of aleohol pre- 
_ cipitates part of the extractive. Its bitter and aroma are 
soluble in alcohol. Preof-spirit is its best menstruum. ‘The — 
alcoholic tincture redd 
+» milky when water is added. The aqueous infusion preci- ea 
_ pitates the infusion of galls and of yellow cinchona, but 
tonic; does — 
PERTIES Us ic te : 
h to it; expels. 
ess the stomach, 
‘ns litmus ‘paper, and becomes 
