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PLATE CCCCLXXXI. 
<CINCHONA. CARIBAA. 
West India Bark-tree. 
CLASS V. ORDER. Il. 
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Five Chives. One Pointal. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Catyx. Perianthium monophyllum, superum, EMPALEMENT., Cup one-leafed, above, bell 
- campanulatum, 5-dentatum, persistens. shaped, five-toothed, and remaining. 
CoroLLa monopetala, infundibuliformis, 5- . Brossom one petal, funnel-shaped, and five. 
artita. parted. goer 
Stamina, Filamenta 5, minima: antherz ob- Cuives. Threads 5, small: tips oblong, within 
longe, intra faucem corolle. the mouth of the blossom. 
Prstiztum. Germen subrotundum, inferum. Porntat. Seed-bud nearly round, beneath. Shaft 
Stylus longitudine corolla. Stigma crassi- _ the length of the corolla. Summit thickish, 
usculum, oblongum, simplex. oblong, and simple. : 
Pericareium. Capsula oblonga, bipartita, ca- SEED-vESsEL. Capsule oblong, in two parts, 
lyce coronata, in duas partes dehiscens : crowned by the cup, the two parts cleaving 
partes interiores dehiscentes, dissepimento together ; the inner parts gaping, with equal 
parallelo. dissepiment. 
Semina plura, oblonga, compressa, marginata. Szeps many, oblong, compressed, and emat- 
ginated. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Cincnona foliis alternatis, ovatis, acuminatis, ‘Cincuona with alternate leaves, sharp-pointed, 
integerrimis, glabris, venosis: inter folia entire, smooth, and veined: between te 
stipula parva, cauli adpressa : floribus axil- leaves there is a small stipula pressed to the 
laribus, simplicibus, albicantibus, glabris, tem: flowers axillary, and single, of a 
odoratissimis. Rami alternati, oppositi. whitish colour, smooth, and very Swett» 
: ee. scented : branches alternate, and opposite. 
Habitat in Caribzis : succedaneum cortici Peru- Native of the Caribzan Islands: as bark, 
viano, — me tuted for the Peruvian species. 
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REFERENCE*TO THE PLATE. 
1. A flower spread open. 
2. The empalement, seed-bud, and pointal. 
3. A capsule. 
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Tuts specimen of the Cinchona Caribea, or Jesuits Bark of Jamaica, was communicated to £ 
author by A. B. Lambert, esq. who raised it from seed, and with whom it has flowered for yee 
time in this kingdom, Opinions are various as to the time and means by which the medicinal bi 
of the Peruvian bark were first discovered ; but as the discovery of most very useful things 
the effect of chance, Geoftroy’s account of it (as given in the Medical Botany of Dr. W 
