74 I. VEGETABLES— RuBiACEJE. 



Peruvian bark trees, Loxa trees. These are here placed as 

 they appear in the work of Roemer and Schutze, the discontinu- 

 ance of which is so much to be regretted. 



Loxa tree, Jesuits hark tree^ Cinchona officinalis of Linnseus, 

 Cinchona Condaminea. Bark, Jesuifs hark, Peruvian hark, grey 

 hark, pale hark, cascarilla fina, quinquina gris, C. P. kinakina 

 cinericea, cortex pallidus, cinchonce officinalis cortex communis, c, 

 lancifolicB cortex, P. L. cinchona pallida, P. U. S. Thin, very fine, 

 much rolled, inside rusty fawn, aromatic, breaks clean between 

 the teeth, tonic, resinous, middling bitter, very rich in cinchonine, 

 yields but little quinine. 



Cinchona rosea. Bark, kinkina nova, thick, woody, long, 

 straight, flat, smooth coat, whitish, inside pale red or flesh colour, 

 mawkish, then acrid, nauseous, infusion and tincture astringent, 

 not bitter, slightly febrifuge. 



Cinchona fusca. Bark, cascarilla asmonich, chocolate colour 

 on the inside, very styptic, a variety of C rosea. — Cascarilla pardo. 

 Cinchona aharqmllado, brown with white spots, extremely bitter ; 

 another variety. 



Cinchona lancifolia, Cinchona lanceolata, C, glabra, C. 

 officinalis of Vahl. Bark,- crown hark, quinquina orange, C. P. 

 rather large, inside fawn, coat brown, rugged, sometimes peeled, 

 split transversely ; smells rather spicy, very bitter, tonic, grows 

 darker in water or alcohol, highly esteemed in America, yields 

 much more quinine than cinchonine. — C. nitida. A variety 

 highly esteemed in America. C. angustifolia. A variety ; bark, 

 pale red hark, coat whiter, less rugged, and neither so bitter nor 

 astringent. — Cascarilla lampigna. A variety of the bark : very 

 thick, woody, in large pieces, not rolled, taste very slight, contains 

 no rosin. 



Cinchona cordifolia. Cinchona officinalis of Gmelin, C 

 puhescens, C. tenuis, C. pallescens, C. ovata. Bark, yellow hark, 

 quinquina jaune, q. jaune royal, q, calisaga, C. P. cortex flavus, 

 cinchonce cordifolice cortex, cinchonce officinalis cortex fiavus, cinchona 

 jiava, P. U. S. in large pieces, slightly rolled, fine grained, fibres 

 fine, coat thick, and may be separated in flakes, sometimes peeled, 

 inside deep yellow, very bitter and astringent, decoction peach 

 bloom colour; yields much more quinine than cinchonine: — C 

 micrantha, A variety : bark, new Carthagena hark, yellow, flat, 

 thin, thready, brittle, coat silvery white, not cracked, decoction 

 pale, slightly bitter and astringent, yields little or no precipitate 

 with infusion of gall nuts, feebly febrifuge. — C. hirsuta, A 

 variety : bark, kinkina Loxa delgada, cascarilla delgadilla, febri- 

 fuge, power strong. — C. purpurea. A variety : bark, mulberry 

 leaf hark, yellowish brown, in good esteem in America. 



Cinchona oelongifolia, Cinchona magnifolia of Ruiz, not 



