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of ‘CIM—CIN- 
No. 166.—CiMicirvGa RAcEMOSA, Cimicifuga ser- 
 pentaria. U.S. 
Synonym—Actza Racemosa.’ 
Black snake-root, rich-weed, &ec. 
Cabinet specimen, Jeff. Coll. No. 166—figure of the plant, © 
No. 167. 
"See Garden, in Med. Record. Vol, VI. p- 660. Ives’ edition 
of Paris’s Pharm. Vol. Il. p. 221. Barton’s Collections, &c. 
W. P. C. Barton’s Compendium Flore Philad. and Dr. 
Mears’ Inaug- Diss. for a degree in Jeff. Coll. 1826. 
No. 167.—Cincuona. Peruvian bark. Jesuit’s bark. 
E- PERUVIAN BARK TREES— 
1, Cinchona Condaminea. Humboldt & Bonpl.—not offici- 
nalis of Linn. Called, in South America, Cascarilla fina— 
es Cascarilla de oom eee’ Known in commerce under. 
nes, Quinguina 
Cabinet specimen, Jeff. Coll. No. 168. be 
Bark thin, fine, very much rolled up; the outside brownish, - 
and cracked transversely; the inside of a rusty fawn colour; 
smells aromatic ; breaks clean between the teeth; is very 
tonic and resinous, but of a middling bitterness. It is now 
rare, and used to be gathered only for the King of Spain ; 
and, generally, other species are substituted for it. The 
independence of South America ‘has again sent it into | 
commerce, within a year or two. 
2, Cinchona grandiflora. 
macrocurpa. 
oxalifolia of Mutis. 
officinalis of Linn. 
Female Loxa—Lima Bark. 
Cabinet specimen, Jeff. Coll. No. 169. Se amy 
Bark much rolled, grey, more or less whitish on the outside, 
and of a pale fawn colour on the inside ; the outward epi- 
dermis is cracked transversely, breaks rather clean, is re- 
sinous, less astringent than the Cinchona Condaminea, but 
rather more bitter, It is mixed with other barks, especial- 
ly with that of the myrospermum pedicellatum, the bark of 
which is resinous, aromatic, and speckled on the outside. 
3. Cinchond ovalifolia, of Bonp . 
Cabinet specimen, Jeff. Coll. No, 170. =a 
Bark similar to the preceding, cracked lengthways, clear 
in South Ame- > 
