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BOTANY AND PHARMACOGNOSY. 



cinchonidine and homocinchonidine. Of the other alkaloids which 

 have been isolated the following may be mentioned: Conquina- 

 mine, paranine, paricine and quinamidine. Among the other 



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Fig. 227. A, transverse section of red cinchona: K, cork; Ca, cryptocrystalline crystals 

 of calcium oxala.te; P, parenchyma containing starch; L, latex cells containing gum, resin 

 and tannin; MR, medullary rays; BP, bast fibers; S, sieve. B, longitudinal section of 

 same showing two bast fibers surrounded by parenchyma cells. 



constituents of Cinchona are : Kinic acid from 5 to 9 per cent, 

 which forms colorless rhombic prisms and yields a sublimate con- 

 sisting of golden crystals of kinone (quinqnt) on treatment with 

 manganese peroxide and sulphuric acid; kinovin (quinovin) an 



