Flora Medica

CINCHONA.scribe it. It appears to differ from C. magnifolia in its corolla being quitesmooth, with a tube only twice the length of the limb of the calyx,and in the stamens growing from near the base of the tube of thecorolla, not in the middle of the tube. These characters are abundantlysufficient to separateit from C. magnifolia, to which however it is veryclosely allied. If we are to trust the figure in the PlanUe (squinoctialesthe fruit is not obovate as in the species just named, which constitutesanother mark of distinction. It is stated in the PI. eequinoct. that thisis called Cascarilla bora, near the town of Jaen de Bracamoros, and thatno use is made of its bark, " although that of the trunk contains a greatquantity of resin."847. C. stenocarpa Lambert Ulustr. 13. Jaen, in the mountainsof Loxa, Pavon.Branches rather quadrangular, when young very slightly pubescent.Leaves elliptical, acute, tapering to the base where they end in a longsmooth stalk, rather shining, not coriaceous, but about the texture ofthe leaf of an apple tree, smooth on the upper side, paler on the underside, and slightly hairy, especially upon the veins and at their axils ;theprincipal veins prominent. Panicle terminal, thyrsoid, loose, leafless,pubescent. Calyx-tube long, narrow, tomentose ; limb 5-parted, pubescent,rather membranous, with the segments acute. Corolla pubescent ;tube slender, funnel-shaped, rather more than 3 times the length of thatof the calyx; limb slightly spreading, with narrow acute segments,which are smooth, except near the margin. Fruit about 2 inches long,narrow, smooth, the same width at each end. There are 2 specimensin Mr. Lambert's herbarium, and 3 in Dr. Thomson's. They are so verymuch like the figure and description of C. caduciftora that I see little todistinguish them except the greater length of the tube of the corolla,and I should be inclined to think them the same if M. Bonpland hadnot stated that he found no difference between the leaves of that speciesandC.20. t. 3. Lam-848. C. macrocarpa Vahl in act. hafn. i. p.bert descript. 22. t. 3. C. ovalifolia Mutis MSS. Humb. Berlmag. 1. c. p. 118. Loxa, Pavon. Santa Fe Humboldt; a supposedvariety is said to grow about Santa Martha.Young branches acutely quadrangular, very tomentose. Leaves coriaceous,obovate, obtuse, revolute at the edge, sometimes slightly cordate,when young tomentose on both sides ; when full grown smooth andshining on the upper side, except the midrib and principal veins whichcontinue tomentose, on the under side thinly covered with down exceptalong the midrib and principal veins, which are very tomentose. Cymeterminal, consisting of about 9 pedicellate flowers in 3 parcels extremelytomentose, with a pair of small rhomboidal obtuse leaves at:the base. Branches of the inflorescence and pedicelsshort and thick.Calyx obconical, very tomentose inside as well as outside, with aspreading, shallow, 5-toothed limb. Corolla very tomentose, about1J inch long, with the tube nearly i of an inch in diameter; the limbspreading, smooth inside, tomentose at the edges.I have only seen3 bad specimens of this remarkable plant, which appears from a singleloose fruit in Mr. Lambert's herbarium to approach the genus Cosmibuena.This fruit does not however at all agree with that figured byVahl, which is very like the capsule of C. magnifolia. This C. macrocarpa425