214  REMARKS  ON  SPURIOUS  WINTER'S  BARK. 
may  convince  himself  by  consulting  authentic  specimens  of  the 
bark  Drimys  Winteri,  such  as  are  to  be  found  in  the  museums 
of  London  and  Paris. 
I  trust  you  will  pardon  the  freedom  with  which  I  have  at- 
tempted to  rectify  what  I  consider  to  be  the  incorrect  view  which 
your  correspondent,  Mr.  Wayne,  has  taken,  and  believe  me  to  be 
Respectfully  yours,  Dan.  Hanbury. 
Note  by  the  Editor. — After  carefully  comparing  the  specimens  re- 
ceived from  Mr.  Hanbury  with  the  bark  described  by  Mr.  Wayne  as  "  so- 
called  Winter's  Bark,"  we  have  arrived  at  the  conclusion — 1st.  That  Mr. 
Wayne  is  correct,  so  far  as  regards  the  identity  of  that  bark  and  the 
malambo  bark  of  New  Grenada ;  and  2nd.  That  Mr.  Hanbury  is  correct 
in  believing  that  the  quilled  copalchi  bark  and  the  corky  copalchi  bark  of 
Stark  are  entirely  different  and  distinct  from  the  bark  described  by  Mr. 
Wayne. 
In  reference  to  the  first  conclusion,  so  perfectly  similar  is  the  specimen 
sent  by  Mr.  Hanbury  with  our  specimen  of  the  new  "  winter's  bark/7  that 
any  one  might  infer  them  to  have  been  once  united.  They  are  identical  in 
color,  externally  and  internally,  in  texture,  both  to  the  naked  eye  and  under 
a  lens,  in  thickness,  in  taste,  in  odor  when  bruised,  and  in  the  contour  and 
number  of  the  warty  excrescences  dotted  over  the  external  surface.  Fur- 
ther, their  chemical  characteristics  are  the  same,  as  the  essay  following,  upon 
the  same  subject,  by  Mr.  Dancy,  will  give  evidence. 
In  regard  to  the  copalchi  barks  sent  by  Mr.  Hanbury,  no  one  would 
mistake  them  for  the  malambo  who  had  seen  them  together.  The  quilled 
copalchi  has  considerable  analogy  to  the  cascarilla  in  the  color  of  its  epi- 
dermis and  that  of  its  inner  surface,  but  it  is  thicker,  more  regular  in  its 
quills,  and,  in  fact,  has  much  the  aspect  of  some  of  the  pale  cinchona  barks, 
being  half  a  line  thick  and  the  quills  four  to  eight  lines  in  diameter  and  six 
inches  long,  It  is  less  bitter  and  aromatic  than  the  cascarilla,  but  exhales 
an  analogous  musky  odor  when  burnt  slowly. 
The  corky  copalchi  is  in  pieces  varying  from  two  to  five  inches  long, 
curved  inwards  but  not  quilled,  from  one  to  two  lines  thick,  and  covered 
with  a  light  ash-colored  epidermis,'  varying  in  thickness  from  extreme  thin- 
ness to  a  line  or  more,  where  its  suberose  character  is  exhibited  in  irregu- 
lar wart-like  excrescences.  Some  of  the  smaller  of  these  resemble  some- 
what those  on  the  malambo  bark  in  appearance,  but  differ  entirely  in  their 
soft  eorky  texture,  whilst  the  inside  or  proper  bark  has  a  darker  reddish 
brown  color,  and  when  recently  cut  somewhat  plum-colored.  Added  to 
these  characters  the  bark  possesses  a  bitterness  so  intense  that  it  may  be 
compared  to  quassia,  with  less  aroma  than  the  preceding.  It  also  gives 
off  a  somewhat  musky  odor  in  burning. 
