EDITORIAL.  91 
the  same  tree,  of  which  (O.  nitida)  Mr.  Pritchett  brought  back 
a  fine  but  perhaps  varied  specimen  from  Tiugo,  some  thirty 
miles  lower  down  the  river  than  Huanuco,  and  possibly  the 
site  of  the  present  gathering. 
I  think,  therefore,  that  we  must  in  all  probability  seek  for 
the  source  of  the  present  importation  in  the  nitida  barks  of  the 
Huanuco  district.  At  the  same  time,  it  is  not  at  all  improbable 
that  other  species  of  bark  may  find  their  way,  ultimately,  down 
the  numerous  affluents  of  the  mighty  Marafion,  even  from  the 
forests  of  Bolivia  and  of  Cochabamba.  The  present  will 
scarcely  repay  the  importers.  M.  Delondre  gives,  as  the  result 
of  some  experience,  the  produce  as  fifteen  to  twenty  grammes 
of  sulphate  of  quinine,  and  eight  to  ten  grammes  of  cinchonine 
per  kilogramme ;  a  produce  which  accords  very  well  with  that 
which  I  have  found  in  the  present  parcel,  bearing  in  mind  that 
M.  Delondre  includes  quinidine  under  the  head  quinine,  as  he 
himself  tells  us  (pp.  30,  37), — a  fact  which  detracts  from  the 
value  of  his  otherwise  very  valuable  work. — Lond.  Pharm. 
Journ.,  Dec,  1863. 
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