COSMIBUENA. 



A tree. Leaves oval, obtuse, covered on the under side, as are also 

 the flowers, with yellowish hairs. Corolla 5-6-cleft, purple. Stamens 

 5-6. — An indifferent sort of fever bark is produced by this plant ; 

 M. Guibourt thinks it may be what has been known in commerce as 

 Quinquina colorada. He received the latter under the name of Brazilian 

 Quinquina. It contains a very little cinchonine, is thin, blood-coloured 

 within, very bitter. 



REMIJA. 



Tube of calyx obovate, with a 5-cleft permanent limb. Tube 

 of corolla slender ; limb 5-parted, with linear segments. Fila- 

 ments unequal, inserted into the tube of the corolla ; anthers 

 linear, enclosed. A fleshy, elevated, truncated disk, distinct 

 from the style. Stigmas 2, linear, enclosed. Capsule opening 

 from the apex to the base, with a loculicidal dehiscence. Seeds 

 numerous, peltate, winged. — Slender Brazilian bushes. Leaves 

 oblong, or ovate, coriaceous, deeply furrowed above, opposite or 

 ternate, revolute at the edges, covered with ferruginous hairs un- 

 derneath. Stipules lanceolate connate at the base, deciduous. 

 Racemes long, axillary, interrupted ; flowers in opposite fascicles. 

 Corollas downy externally. 



854. R. ferruginea DC. prodr. iv. 357. — Cinchona ferruginea 

 Aug. de St. Hil.pl. us. t. 2. — Dry mountains in the province 

 of Mines in Brazil. 



Leaves oblong-lanceolate, rather narrow. Racemes interrupted, 

 scarcely branched. — This and the following are substituted in Brazil 

 for Cinchona bark, under the names of Quina da Serru or Quina de 

 Remijo, but they are said to be of inferior quality. 



855. R. Vellozii DC. prodr. iv. 357. — Cinchona Vellozii Aug. 

 de St. Hil. pi us. bras. p. 3. — With the last. 



Leaves ovate, tapering to each end. Racemes interrupted, scarcely 

 branched. Differs from the last in the flower stalks being shorter, the 

 bractes less linear, and the flowers longer and more numerous. 



HYMENODICTYON. 



Tube of calyx ovate, limb 5-toothed. Corolla funnel-shaped, 

 5-lobed. Stamens very short; filaments smooth, inserted lower 

 than the throat ; anthers protruding. Style long, prominent ; 

 stigma clavate, capitate, somewhat lobed. Capsule naked, 

 2-celled, 2-valved, with a loculicidal dehiscence. Seeds sur- 

 rounded by a reticulated wing, bifid at the base. — Large Indian 

 trees. Branches compressed. Stipules deciduous, with gland- 

 ular fringes. Flowers small, inconspicuous, green, downy. 



856. H. excelsum Wall, in Roxb. fl. bid. ii. 148. tent.fi. nep. 

 i. 31. DC. prodr. iv. 358. — Cinchona excelsa Roxb. fl. bid. 

 i. 529. corom. ii. t. 106. — Mountainous parts of the Circars of 

 India. 



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