Cinchona. pentandria monogynia. 529 



CINCHONA. Schreb. gen. N. 301. 



Calyx five-toothed. Corol funnel-shaped. Germ inferior, 

 two-celled ; attachment interior. Capsule two-celled, with the 

 partition parallel. Seeds many, imbricated, membrane- wing- 

 ed. Embryo erect, and furnished with a perisperm. 



Obs. That part of the above character which makes the par- 

 tition parallel does not agree with the only two East India 

 species I have yet met with. In them the partition is contrary. 



1. C. excelsa. Roxb. Corom. ii. 3. t. 106. 



Arboreous. Leaves oblong, downy. Stipules cordate, 

 serrate. Panicles terminal and axillary. Anthers sub-sessile 

 in the mouth of the tube. Partition of the capsule contrary. 



Teling. Bwndaroo. 



This species of Cinchona is a native of the mountainous 

 parts of the Circars, and chiefly of the vallies, where it grows 

 to be a very large tree. Flowers during the rainy season. 

 Seeds ripe in four or five months after. 



Trunk straight, of considerable thickness and height. 

 Branches numerous, spreading. Bark of the trunk pretty 

 thick; the exterior lamina is gray, light, spongy ; it cracks iu 

 various directions, and frequently falls off; the middle coat is 

 brown, of a farinaceous nature, and is as thick as both the 

 exterior and interior coats; the interior is white, (the fresh 

 bark is here described.) Leaves opposite, petioled, oblong, 

 entire, soft, downy, particularly on the under side ; veins sim- 

 ple, and frequently opposite; from six to twelve inches long, 

 and from three to five broad. Floral leaves, the lower pair 

 or two of the ramifications of the panicle are ornamented each 

 with a pair of leaves, in shape like the rest, but much smaller, 

 coloured, more permanent, and bullate. Petioles round, 

 downy, two or three inches long. Stipules within the leaves, 

 ovate-cordate, acutely serrate, erect, caducous. Panicles 

 terminal, large, generally with the lower ramifications, cross- 

 ed armed. Flowers fascicled, small, greenish-white, exceed - 

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