CLUTIA CASCARILLA, ORD. XXXIX. Tricocce. 635 
same as the Cascarilla or Elutheria of the shops:” it seems there- 
fore probable, that different species of Clutia may produce bark 
of the same, or of similar qualities to that of Cascarilla, as we find 
several instances in which the same drug is produced by various 
species of plants, 
That the tree here called by Dr. Wright Croton doe not belong 
to this genus, but it is evidently a Clutia, appears by the divicows 
specimen of it sent by him to the President of the Royal Society ; 
a part of which, with the male flowers, is delineated in the present 
plate, in order that the Jamaica and Bahama Cascarilla may be 
compared together; the former being distinguished by figure I. 
The Clutia Eluteria seems to have been first introduced into 
Britain by Mr. P. Miller; but it is not to be found in the King’s 
garden at Kew, nor have we seen it cultivated any where near the 
Metropolis. According to a late German author,‘ it grows 
abundantly in the Bahama Islands, where the bark, which forms 
a principal export, is sold at the very low rate of 10s. Gd. 4 €f. 
Respecting the medical history, qualities, and uses of Cascarilla 
bark, we have nothing to add to what is en in the preceding 
article. 
4 Vide J.D. Schepf. Reise durch einige der mitilern und ape vereinigten 
sc aemeebecenns F staaten nac ost- Florida undden Bahama In 
SIPHONIA ELASTICA, INDIA RUBBER; Or 
ELASTIC RESIN TREE. 
eS RR RR RO RR 
SYNONYMA. Hevea guianensis. Aublet. Histore des plantes , 
de la Guiane Frangoise. tom. 2. p. 871. tab. $35. Caoutchouc. 
Richard, in Rozier obs. sur la physique. tom. 27. p. 138. t. 2. 
Jatropa elastica. Supp. Plant. The Figure by Fresnau in Mem. 
de L’Acad. des Scien. a. 175. t. 20. is erroneous. 
Monoecia Monadelphia. Schr. Gen. Plant. 1465. 
