lOG 



RUTACE^. 



EUTACE^ 



CORTEX ANGOSTURA. 



Carter CuHparue; Angostura Barh, Cus^jarla Bark, Carony Bark; 



F. Ecorce cTAvgitnture de Colomhie ; G. Angostura-Rinde, 



Botanical Origin 



Hilaire 



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Hancock, Bonplandia trifoliata Willd., Casparia trifoliata Engler 

 1874, Flora Brasil 113), a small tree, 12 to 15 feet high, with 

 a trunk 3 to 5 inches in diameter, growing in abundance on the 

 movmtains of San Joaquin de Caroni in Venezuela, betAveen 7 and o 

 N. lat., also according to Bonpland^ near Cuniana. According to 

 Hancock,- who w^as w^ell acquainted wdth the tree, it is also found 

 in the Missions of Tumeremo, Uri, Alta Gracia, and Cupapui, districts 

 Ij-ing eastward of the Caroni and near its junction Avith the Orinoko. 

 The bark is brought into commerce by w^ay of Trinidad. 



History— Ancrostura Bark is said to have been used in Madrid by 

 Mutis as 

 America,) but it was certainly unknow^n to the rest of Europe u 



early as iToO^ (the year before he left Spain for South 



ntil 



much later. Its real introducer was Brande, apothecary to Queen 

 Charlotte, and father of the distinguished chemist of the same name, 

 who drew attention to some parcels of the bark imported into England 

 in 1788/ In the same year a quantity was sent to a London drugfiri\' 



:Vn2rost 



as 



1 



Europe either by way of Spain or England, and its use was g 

 diffused. In South America it is known as Q " '" '^•'" 



The drug continued to arrive m 



i-radualiy 



lo)/ and 



CuMarilla. del Avgostura. 



_ Description— The bark occurs in flattish or channelled pieces, or 

 in quills rarely as much as G inches in length and mostly shorter, y^^ 

 flatter pieces are an inch or more in width and i of an inch in thicK- 

 ness. The outer side of the bark is coated with a yellowish -grey cork) 

 layer, often soft enough to be removeable with the nail, and then fUs; 

 playmg a dark brown, resinous under surface. The inner side is h^n 

 brown with a rough, slightly exfoliating surface indicating close adne- 

 sion to the wood, strips of which are occasionally found attached to " ■ 

 the obliquely cut edge also shows that it is not very .easily detachc* ■ 



^Humboldt, neUe in dif. Afqnmocfial- 

 (jegeiideti. des vnwn Continents, iv. (Stutt- 



^'1«nf'^A'^r-H«"i^^l^^t and Bonpland 

 in 1S(H obtaining, from the Caroni river, 



flo^^ermg branches of the " Cuspa " {I.e. 1. 

 .100) or " eu,s^,a/-e," as it is called by the 

 Indians, be leved it to constitute a new 



fr!'^- ^"l ^l-^ ^^- ^'^^''^ ascertained it 

 to belong to the genus Galipea. 



rJi!'' t'lfis figured in Beutley and 

 Tnmen, Med. Plant,, part 2G (1877). 



' Ubscrvation.'i on the Oraiiuri or Anm,^ 

 luraBark Tree,-Tram. o/TedZBZr^ 

 cal Society, 1 S27-29.^IIancock eudeavonred 



to prove his tree distinct from G-Cu-l 

 St HiL, but Farre and Don ^'i^^J^ae.! 

 qnently examined his specimens ^^^ ^^^^ 

 that the two were the same. >» ^^^^^ 

 assistance of Prof. Oliver, i a^^ ^.^j,;. 

 examined ( 1 87 1 ) Hancock's p wi"'' •^. 

 paring it with his figure and othe ^^^^^.^^ 

 mens, and liave arrived at tn^ ^ gdes. 

 that it is untenable as a distinct H 



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