3 1  o  Calicaya  Ledgeriana. 
which  the  above  elements  preponderate,  or  are  in  even  balance.  The 
male  (w^f^^)  plants  in  the  cinchonae  are  always  the  most  highly  colored. 
The  male,  or  macho  form  (plate  IV),  is  the  most  colored  (and  should 
be  more  of  the  bull's  blood  color).  The  contents  of  this  bark,  as  given, 
from  the  tree  itself  by  Moens  are  (per  cent.) : 
Quinia,  9*06 
Cinchonia,  .....  o*io 
Amorphous  alkaloid,  ....  i"40 
Total,      .....  10*56 
The  female  form  (hembra)^  plate  V,  has  leaves  of  a  green  color,  and 
gave  to  the  same  chemist : 
Ouinia,       ......  9-90 
Amorphous  alkaloid,  ....  2*09 
Total,  .....  31-99 
(Of  this  I  have  given  a  fine  plant  to  one  of  our  Ceylon  cultivators, 
who  is  about  sending  it  out  to  India.) 
The  third  form,  plate  VI,  gave  : 
Quinia,       ......  9'9'7 
Amorphous  alkaloid,         .  .  ,  .  I'yo 
Total,  .  .  .  .  .11-67 
Compare  these  with  "  Calisaya  Javanica^'  of  Hasskarl,  which  gave 
(in  average  of  18  samples,  1879,  Moens): 
Quinia,        .               .               .               .               .              .  070 
Cinchonidia,         .....  o'5o 
Quinidia,      ......  0*30 
Cinchonia,            .....  120 
Amorphous  alkaloid,                  .              ,              .              .  0-30 
Total,       .  ,  .  .  .  3-00 
and  the  Calisaya  Javanica^''  of  Schuhkraft  (average  of  sixteen  sariD- 
ples,  1879,  Moens)  : 
Quinia,        ......  0*50 
Cinchonidia,        .              .              .              .              .  0*30 
Quinidia,     ......  o'zo 
Cinchonia,            .               .               .              ...  1*20 
Amorphous  alkaloid,                 ....  0*20 
Total,        .....  2-40 
