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forests of Peru ; composed of the botanists Don Jose Pavon, 

 Don Hipolito Kuiz, the Frenchman Dombey, and two artists 

 named Brunete and Galvez. They embarked at Cadiz on 

 November 4th, 1777, and reached Callao April 8th, 1778. 

 Having made a large collection of plants in the neighbour- 

 hood of Lima, and despatched them to Spain,^ they crossed 

 the Andes, explored the forests of Tarma, and then proceeded 

 to Huanuco. They traversed the valley of Chinchao, explored 

 the hill of Cuchero or Cocheros, near Huanuco, and discovered 

 seven species of chinchona-trees,^ returning to Lima laden with 

 the precious spoils of their expedition. They then sailed for 

 Cliile, and, after exploring the greater part of that province, 

 they returned to Lima, and sent off their botanical collections 

 m fifty-three boxes, which were all lost in the shipwreck of 

 the ' San Pedro de Alcantara,' off the coast of Portugal, in 

 178G. M. Dombey returned to Europe at about the same 

 time. 



Euiz and Pavon then returned to Huanuco, explored the 

 com-ses of the rivers Pozuzu and Huancabamba, and eventually 

 established themselves at the farm of Macora, near Huanuco, 

 where they resided for two mouths with Don Francisco 

 Pidgar and Don Juan Tafalla, who, by order of the king, had 

 joined them as pupils and associates in their labours — the 

 tirst as an artist, the second as a botanist. In August, 1785, 

 a fire broke out in their house, which destroyed all theii' jour- 

 nals and collections ; and they then undertook journeys 

 through the forests of Muila, Pillao, and Chacahuasi, examin- 



® 300 dried specimens, and 242 coloured drawings, sent in the ship ' Buen 

 Consejo.' 

 9 Namely : — 



1. C.lanceolata {Cascarilla bobo amarillo). 



2. C. purpurea ( „ de hoja morada). 



3. C. ovata ( „ pata de gallareta). 



4. C. nitida ( ,. fino). 



5. C. hirsuta ( „ fino delgado). 



„ „ .. ,. i( „ flor de Azahar). 



6. a magmfoha |^ ^^ magnifolia-Wedd). 



7. C. glandulifeni ( „ negrilla). 



