200 MEDICINAL PLANTS OF JAMAICA. 



29. Cinchona triplora. — The Bath Bark. 



This species of cinchona was discovered by Mr Roberts, 

 a clergyman in Jamaica. The leaves are very like those of 

 the Caribaea. At the axillae come out three scarlet flowers. 

 The pods are somewhat longer than those of the last men- 

 tioned species. The bark is of the colour of Peruvian bark. 

 This tree grows only in the parish of Manchioneel, by rivers, 



30. Cinchona brachycarpa. 



Mr Lindsay, surgeon, and an expert botanist, discovered 

 this species in the parish of Westmoreland, Jamaica, in 1785. 

 It has much the appearance of the following, but very few 

 flowers. It grew on the side of a steep hill. 



Much has been said and written of late years on the Je- 

 suit's bark. Sir Joseph Banks, many years ago, had an 

 elegant plate engraven of the Cinchona officinalis, which he 

 distributed to his friends. It was by this figure that I was 

 enabled to ascertain and settle the Jesuit's bark of Jamaica, 

 as well as the other species I have mentioned. 



Of these species, the Cinchona Caribaea is the nearest to 

 the officinal bark in virtue : it abates vomiting, and sits well 

 on the stomach ; whereas the other two species, like the St. 

 Lucia bark, prove emetic in a small dose. They all, how- 

 ever, cure intermittents. 



All these different species are in the possession of Sir Jo- 

 seph Banks. 



31. Cissampelos pareira. — Pareira brava. 



This is a slip which runs amongst the bushes and on fen- 

 ces. The leaves are round, soft, and downy, on which ac- 

 count it is railed the velvet leaf 



