MANUAL t)V THE NII.AGIKl DISTRICT. 



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INCnONA 

 CULTCKE. 



that thi.s variety excelled the anrjnstifolia — especially, it would CH. XXX. 

 seem, in the size and vigour of the tree — yet I am not aware q^^ 

 that its merits have been as systematically tested as those of 

 G. aiigusfifolia. 



The following table, taken from Mr. Broughton's report of 

 187;3, gives analyses of Nilagiri bai'ks, which may be taken as 

 a fair example of their yield of alkaloids : — 



Dr. Bidie, in his " Cinchona Galture," 1879, gives the following Chief species 



list of chiuchonas in India : — 



Croum and Pale Barhs. 



and varieties 

 of chinchona 

 in India. 



Chinchona oflficinalis {and 



varieties). 

 C. condaminea. 



C. uritusinga. 

 C. angnstifolia. 

 C. lancifolia.^ 



Yellow Barhs. 

 C. calisaya (aad varieties), j C. Javanica. 

 C- Ledgeriana. | 



Red Barhs. 

 C. succirubra {two varieties). 

 Grey Barhs. 



I C. micrantha. 



C. Peruvij 

 C. nitida. 



C. Pitayensis.- 

 C. pubescens. 



Other Barks. 



I C. Pahudiana. 



Hybrids. 



I C. lanosa. 



The instructions given in the preceding chapter on tea, as to 

 the .selection of land and the forming and laying out of a tea estate 



Columbian or Carthagena bark. 



Pitayo bark. 



