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large, resemblingcoloured bractes. Corolla long 

 and tubulons, border recurved. Stamina ex- 

 serted, inserted near the base of the tube. Cap- 

 sule roundish, at length opening with 2 valves 

 in a contrary direction to the double dissepi- 

 ment. Seeds winged, transversely arranged 

 upon the receptacle. 



A small tree, with entire, opposite and stipulate leave?; 

 panicle terminal, fascicles from 4 to 5-fiowerecl; fiowers 

 rather larg-e. Nearly allied to Cinchona, difiering more 

 by the habit than tlie character of tlie fruit, which whem 

 quite mature is distinctly bipartile in the line of the dis- 

 sepiment, after the manner of Cinclioua, the partition is 

 therefore not contrary to the valves, but a continuation 

 of their margin, proceeding inwards to the receptacle oi* 

 axis of the capsule; ti.e fru.t oi Pincknei'a is in fact 2-cel!- 

 ed and 4-val\ed, the seed-vessel ncAcr completely open- 

 ing' before the destruction of the tcnaceous integument 

 which surrounds it. 



Species. 1. P. pubens. In Spiiagnose swamps from 

 Carolina to Florida. Near Savannah in Georgia, &c. usu- 

 ally not far from the sea-coast — Hitherto there is but 1 

 species discovered. Its bark appears from the taste and 

 appearance altogether similar to that of Cinchona^ and is 

 probably medicinal. The monstrous and finely discolour- 

 ed bracteiform segments of its calix, of a pink red, ren- 

 der it highly ornamental, but it does not long survive its 

 transplantation in Europe; it would probably thrive bet- 

 better in bog-soil, on the ma.-gin of an aquariun^ supplied 

 with artificial heat. 



211. CHIOCOCCA. Brown, L, 



Ca/icT 5-toothed. Corolla tunnel-form, equaL 

 Berry compressed, didymous, 2-sccdcd, iiMferior. 

 Seed oblong, compressed. 



Erector scandent shrubs; leaves opposite, entire; flow- 

 ers axillary, racemose or solitary. 



Species. 1. C. racemosa. On the sea-coast of Flori- 

 da. — Of this genus thej-e are 2 other species; 1 in Peru, 

 and another discovered by Furster in the Society and 

 Friendlv inlands of the Pacific. 

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