PERUVIAN BARK. 
funnel-shaped, with a woolly summit ; the 
capsule inferior, bilocular, with a parallel 
partition. 
Linnaeus describes two species of the Cin- 
chona — 1. TheCorymbifera, Corymb-Bearing 
Cinchona, or White Peruvian Bark, with ob- 
long lanceolate leaves and axillary corymbs; 
and, 2. The Officinalis, or Coloured Peruvian 
Bark, with elliptic leaves downy underneath, 
and the leaves of the corolla woolly. 
These two species are both natives of Peru, 
where they grow to the height of twenty feet. 
Trees of the former particularly abound in 
the hilly parts of Quito: they grow promis- 
cuously in the woods, and are propagated 
spontaneously from the seed. Both sorts have 
also been found in the province of Santa Fe. 
According to some authors, the Peruvians 
first discovered the use of the Bark, by ob- 
serving certain animals instinctively led to eat 
it, when affected with intermittents ; while 
others, with more appearance of probability, 
assert 
