CHAP, v.] THE GENUS CINCHONA. 87 



division between the two cells, as shown at A, 

 beginning at the base. The cells (z) each con- 



FiG. 36.— CiNCHOVA, Peruvian Bark (Cinchona Lanceolata). 



tain several seeds. C, ohlonpfoUa, which yields 

 the red bark of the shops, has cream-coloured 

 flowers, as large as those of a Jasmine, which 

 they resemble in shape ; and C. cordifolia^ which 

 produces the yellow bark, has flowers like the 

 first species, and heart-shaped leaves. The sin- 

 gular plant called Hillia longiflora^ is nearly 

 allied to Cinchona ; as is also the beautiful and 

 delightfully fragrant Liiculia gratissima. In this 

 last plant the tube of the calyx is very short, 

 and pear-shaped, and the segments of the limb 

 are short, and sharply pointed. The corolla is 

 salver-shaped, with a long tube, and a spreading, 

 five-parted limb. The anthers are nearly sessile, 

 and the short filaments to which they are at- 



