app. b. of CHINCHON^. 543 



utrinque acuta, basi ciineata aut attemiata, sub-membranacea ; supra glabra 

 nitida, subtus nonuuuquam (ad venas pra'sertim) jiilosa; petiolo 1 cm. 

 longo. 



StijyulcB ohloQgee vel obovata?, obtusa3, docidua?, raro basi counata?. 



Panicula ovata, siibcoarctata, ramulis pediccllisque puberulis ; bractcis 

 triangulari-lanceolatis. 



Calyx limbo subcampanulato, dontibus triangularibus. 



Corolla rosea, tubo subcylindrico, laciniis lanceolatis, villis albidis. 



Antherce apice exsertse, filamenta jequantes vel paulo breviores. 



Stylus antheras baud attingens ; stigmatis lobis linearibus, brevibus. 



Capsula lanceolata, denique glabra, lajviuscula vel striata, sub maturi- 

 tatem obscure rubiginosa, dentibus coronse erectiusculis. 

 Semina lanceolata, utrinque acuta, margine denticulata. 

 Habitat in montibus altis, noctu frigidiusculis, diu apricis ventilatisque. 



(Ruiz et Pavon. Poeppig.) 



CHINCHONA PERUVIANA. (Howard.) 



(The " Pata de Gallinazo" of Pritchett's Collection.) 



(From Howard's ' Nueva Quinologia of Pavon.') 



Chinchona Peruviana. — Foliis oppositis, petiolatis, lauceolato-ovatis, 

 basi attenuatis, junioribus lanceolatis, scrobiculatis, panicula. terminal! 

 composita. 



Arbor procera . . . Lignum compactum, luteimi. 



Cortex extus scaber, rimosus, corticem Calisayce maxime a^mulans, 

 sfepe ex albo et cinereo colore variegatis ; intus obscure fulvus, amarus, 

 fragi'ans. 



Folia opposita, jjetiolata, lanceolato-ovata, nonnulla lanceolato-obovata, 

 alia elliptica, basi attenuata, obtuse acuminata, juniora lanceolata, scrobi- 

 culata, scrobiculis supra valde prominentibus, nitida, subtus venosa. 



Petioli subtus semi-teretes, supra planiusculi. 



Panicula terminalis, composita, pyramidalis. 



Capsula oblonga, leviter decemstriata, calyce coronata, bivalvis, valvulis 

 basi hiantibus. 



Semina ovalia, alls membranaceis, valde laceratis. 



Habitat in Andium montibus frigidis Cocberos aliisquc tractibus. 



Vtdgo : " CascariUa Pata de Gallinazo.'' 



Ohs. : — In commercio magno usu fit. 



Speciminibus nobis a Pritchett datis descript. 



