Cinchona] LXI. KUBIACE.E 373 



Culture. Paris. 1900.) 2. C. Calisaya, Weddell. Peru and Bolivia (13°-16°30 S. L.) 

 4,800-6,000 ft. L. glabrous, shining above, obtuse, oblong-lanceolate or -obovate, blade 

 3-6, pet. I-5 in. long, axillary pits indistinct. Fl. pale flesh-coloured, cymes few-fid., 

 arranged in a terminal pyramidal panicle, the lower branches in the axils of leaves. 



i orolla ',-: ; : in. long, lobes Lam late, rose-coloured, fringe of hairs pure white. Capsule 



ovoid-oblong |— § in. long. The bark of stems contains up to 4 % of Quinine. 3. C. 

 Ledgeriana, Moens, De Kiua cultuur in Azie, 1882, 73, tab. 12. 13. 23. North Bolivia. 



h. glabrous, lam late oi elliptic-oblong, acute, blade 3-6, pet. J-J in. long, those of 



coppices] tsmm-li larger. Fl. .strongly scented, ye] In wish- white on pedicels J in. long, 



inflorescence like 2. Corolla \-\ in. long, tube pentagonous, lobes same colour as tube, 

 fringed with very long white hairs. Capsule ovoid-lanceolate J-J in. long on pedicels 

 J-J in. long. The bark of stems contains frn]]i 1 to 13 ;-: of Quinine, i. C. micrantha, 

 Ruiz et Pa von. Peru and Bolivia. L. glabrous, broadly elliptic or obovate, acute, blade 

 3-7 in., narrowed intoamarginate petiole A— 1 in. long, those of coppice shoots much 

 er. Fl. sweetly scented, yellowish-white, corolla J in. long, tube enlarged at base, 

 not pentagonous. Capsule ovoid-lanceolate J-j in. long. Bark only contains traces 

 "t Quinine. 5. C. succirubra, Pavon. Ecuador: a large tree, attaining 80ft., 1. soft 

 pubescent or.tomentose, and often red beneath, elliptic, acute at both ends, blade 

 6-12, pet. 1-1$ in. long, no pits in the axils of sec. n. Fl. rose-coloured, cymes com- 

 pact ina largo p\ rainidal thyrsus, corolla l-j in. Capsule oblong, narrowed towards 

 the apex. 1-1J in. long. The bark of steins contains from 082 to 137 °i of Quinine and 

 from 3 - 20 to 5'13 % of Cinchonidine. 



10. LUCULIA, Sweet : Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. 36. 

 Species 2. 



1. L. gratissima, Sweet. Dowari, Nep. Himalaya 4-6,000 ft., from Nepal eastwards. 

 SI in hills and hills east of Bhamo 4-6,000 ft. Yunnan. A tall shrub, branches lenti- 

 cellate. L. lanceolate, blade 5-7. narrowed into pet. J-J in. long. sec. n. 9-12 pair. Fl. 

 pink, scented, :,'-l in. across, in many-tid. generally pubescent corymbs, calyx-lobes 

 deciduous, corolla tube 1-llin. long. st\lo -lender, included, stigmas 2, linear. 



Capsule septicidally 2-valved. S Is x. imbricate upwards, with a long wing at 



end. 2. L. Pinceana, Hook. Khasi and Mishmi hills. Yunnan. Very similar, 

 sec. n. more numerous, inflorescence perfectly gl ibrous, rl. larger, 1J-2 in. across, with 



I llbereles in the sinlls between t I,.- lobeS. 



1 I. WENDLANDIA, Bartl. : Fl. Brit. Iml. iii. 37. 



Shrubs or small trees, 1. entire, opposite or in whorls of 3. Fl. 4- or 5- 

 merous, small, white or pink, in the axils 1 1' linear bracts, in large terminal 

 compound tnchotomous cymes. Calyx-lobes persistent, nearly equal. Corolla 

 funnel-shaped or tubular, lobes imbricate in bud. Stamens alternating -with 

 the corolla-lobes, anthers exserted. Ovary •J-oolled. style tilil'onn. stigma 

 entire or 2-fid. Ovules x on small globose placentas adnate to the dissepiment. 

 Capsule 2-valved, many-seeded. Seeds minute, testa obscurely winged. 



A. L. opposite, corolla-i til* short, loss than twice the length of lobes. 



I. W . exserta, DC. Vern. Chaulai, Chila, Chilkiya, '/'///./, Bind.; /'//. 



77/n. Mar. 



A small tree, grey tomentose. I., lanceolate or ovate lanceolate, entire, 



pubescent above, clothed with short soft grej to att ith, blade 1-9, 



petiole .'. I in. long. sec. n. 12 16 pair, stipules recurved. Fl. sessile, white, 

 rant, in large pyramidal terminal panicles, calyx grey-hairy, corolla-lobes 

 l to 1 abe, ant bers exserted. 



Subhimolayan tract and Sinalik hills from the Chenab to Sikkim. Gregarious in 

 places. Central Provinces, Orissa, Northorn Konkan and Deccan. PI. March April. 

 Usuollj deciduous. Will probablj be found useful in afforesting ids. 2. W. 



puberuia, DC. Dehra Dun. Jaun Garhwal. Kumaon. Nepal. I., glabrous 



abo 1 xcept along midrib and nerve brown-pubescent beneath with long hi 



stipules erect, persistent, Fl. small, blueish white, cot 3 shorter than tube, 



anthers linear exserted. B. w. Waiiichh, W. et \. Sikkim Terai and lower hill 



f gts, Khasi and Naga bills. Manipur. A small tree, stipules caducous, calyx 



glabrous, corolla-lobes e little shorte] than tube, anthers linear exserted. 



