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the corolla more than an inch and a half in length, sub- 
pentagonal : divisions of the limb 5, linear. Filaments an 
inch and a half in length, villous, slightly coalescing at the 
base : anthers linear, three-fourths of an inch in length. 
Capsule oblong. 
The flavour of the bark of this shrubby tree, is at first 
sweet, changing into an aromatic bitter, gradually becom- 
ing more intense, and acquiring the astringent bitterness 
ot Peruvian Bark. The bark chewed imparts a greenish- 
yellow tinge to the saliva. This plant was first brought 
into notice, as possessed of medicinal properties, by Hr. 
William Wright. He states that he employed it with 
success as a substitute for the Jesuits bark, in the treat- 
ment of the remittent and intermittent fevers of the West 
Indies. He observed that it strengthened the stomach, 
check d retching and vomiting, corrected morbid secre- 
tions, and speedily conquered the disease. It docs not ap- 
pear to have answered the expectations formed of it, as it 
lias for many years fallen into complete neglect. All 
these substitutes for Peruvian bark, have been entirely laid 
aside, since the certainty and efficacy which we obtain by 
the administration of Quinine. 
2. Exostemma bracliycarpum. Small-fruited 
Exostemma. 
Glabrous, leaves elliptic obtuse, peduncles ter- 
minal corymbose, calycine teeth short subacute, 
corolla generally of the same length as the leaf, 
capsule ovate ribbed. 
Cinchona brachycnrpa, Swartz, FI. Tnd. Occ I. 37S. — 
Lindsay. Trans. Roy. Roc. Lid. 1704 p. 214. t. 5. — Lamb. 
Genus Cinchona, 23. t. 8. — Exostemma brachycarpa, 
Roem. et. Schult. V. 19. 
II A B. Thickets in the mountains. 
FL. Summer. 
A shrubby tree. Leaves shortly petiolate, 3-4 inches 
in length. Stipules ovate, acute, memnranaceous. Flow- 
ers pa e ted, shortly pedtcelled. Corolla 3 inches in 
length, 5 partite, with the divisions reflected. Stamens 
exserted. Style length of the stamens : stigma capitate. 
Capsule an inch in length, obovate, 10 ribbed. 
This species was discovered in 1795 by Mr. Lindsay, 
a medical practitioner in Westmoreland. It was expected 
