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are numerous and winged. There are from 30 to 40 species of 

 Cinchona found growing in the Andes of South America at an 

 elevation above 800 M. in a restricted area about 500 miles in 

 length extending from Venezuela to Bolivia. The plants are 



FIG. 388. Ipecac plant \Cephaelis (Uragoga) Ipecacuanha]: A, flowering shoot; B, 

 flower hrlongitudinal section ; C, fruit; D, fruit in transverse section; E.seed; F, annulate 

 root. After Schumann. 



cultivated in Java, Ceylon, New Zealand, and Australia, as well 

 as in Jamaica (Fig. 387). 



There are two species which furnish the Cinchona bark of 

 medicine: (i) Cinchona Ledgeriana (C. Calisaya Ledgeriana) , 

 which has small, elliptical, coriaceous leaves, the under surface 

 o! which is reddish ; small, yellowish, inodorous flowers, and a 



