CiiAP. XIX. OF C. CONDAMINEA, ETC. 329 



liome a large collection of tbiecl spociiuens of plants gathered 

 on the Sierra de Cajanuma. ximong them I observed a 

 Befaria with pretty crimson flowers, of which he says that one 

 ounce of the roots 'in two pints of water is taken twice a day 

 by the IncUans for dysentery ; a very handsome purple 

 lupin, growing six to eight feet high ; an Mmbothrium, a wide- 

 spreading shrub, growing in diy situations ; another smaller 

 Befaria, a beautiful shrub, growing in very lofty dry 

 localities ; a Vermiica, a shrub six to eight feet high, with 

 a blue flower ; a G-aultheria ; a wide-spreading mela8tomace(yus 

 plant, with inconspicuous flowers ; and a number of Lycopodia 

 and ferns. 



Besides the seeds of the C. Condaminea, which is identical 

 with the C. Chahuarguera (Pavon), Mr. Cross succeeded in 

 collecting a few seeds of G. erispa (TafaUa) after several 

 long journeys up the mountains. He found this kind 

 growing at a great elevation, in a deposit of peat, where 

 the temperature sometimes falls to 27° Fahr. This species 

 of chinchona yields the cascarilla erespilla negra, one of the 

 most esteemed forms of Loxa bark. Mr. Howard ' mentions 

 that the Josephiana bears the same relation to the normal 

 C. Calisaya as the Crespilla bark at Loxa does to the normal 

 and full-gi'own C. Chahuarguera. 



Mr. Cross did his work right well, and in December, 1861, 

 he retm-ned to Guayaquil with nearly 100,000 seeds of 

 (7. Chahuarguera, and a smaller parcel of C. erispa, which 

 were forwarded to India by way of Southampton.** 



^ Nueva Quiiiologia de Pavon. C. ' erispa, Tafalla, a kind which is in- 

 Chahuarguera aud C. erispa. \ chidetl in the C. Condaminea, H. and 



8 Mr. Cross transmitted tlie followmg ' B. It jaelds the quina fimi de Loxa, 

 (h'ied specimens of the parts of chin- or cascarilla crespilla. 

 ehona-trees from Loxa : — 3. Bark and leaves of C Lwr^nir-B/oZ/a 



1. Very characteristic specimens of ' of Pavon, from Zamora. This is the 

 tliebark, leaves, flowers, and capsules of I cn8c«r/7irt de hoja de luema of the 

 C. Condaminea {C. Chahuarguera, Pa- : natives. Mx. Cross made no attempt 

 von). Tiais kind yields the rusty crown to collect the seeds, as this species is 

 l)ark of eonmierce. comparatively worthless. 



2. Bark, leaves, and flowers of C. 



