Flora Medica

CINCHONACE.E.is not however a real Cosmibuena as is sufficiently proved by its valvatecorolla and permanent calyx. By some mistake it is said in thePlantas aequinoctiales (i. 67.) to be the same as Cosmibuena obtusifolia, atotally different plant. R. and P. in the Suppl. quinol. say that this isthe Quina blanca or Cinchona ovalifolia of Mutis.Vahl asserts, in the place above referred to, that the specimen preservedin the Linnean collection is this species, and consequently thatC. macrocarpa is what was first discovered by Mutis in Santa Fe. Howentirely this statement is devoid of foundation will appear from thefollowing memorandum made by me upon examining the Linneancollections a few weeks since.In the herbarium of the elder Linnaeus there is a specimen markedC. officinalis,in the handwriting of that Botanist, which is not a Cinchonaat all, according to the modern limitation of that genus it does;not appear whence. In the same herbarium is a specimen of a leaf ofsome plant not belonging to the genus Cinchona, and glued to the samepaper 2 loose fruits resembling that of C. stenocarpa, the whole receivedfrom Mutis, and marked, but not by Linnaeus, Cinchona peruviana ;attached to them but on a separate sheet of paper are loose flowers of2 species of Cinchona mixed together, part of which certainly belongsto C. pubescens. Finally there exists along with these evidences abarbarous figure, transmitted to Linnaeus by Mutis, of some Cinchona,which cannot have been intended for C. macrocarpa, but which is morelike C. pubescens, and of no authority for anything ;the only precise factexhibited by it being that the flowers are dark purple. In Smith'sherbarium among the younger Linnasus's materials is a specimen fromMutis marked " Arbre de Quinquina qu'on vient de decouvrir au royaumede Santa Fee " which is C. pubescens. Nothing like C. macrocarpais to be found.849. C. cava Pavon MSS. in herb. Lambert. C. PavoniiLambert illustr. 8. Quito Pavon.Young branches tomentose. Leaves stalked, oblong, subcordate orobtuse at the base, obtuse or rounded at the apex, 8 or 9 inches long,and 6 or 7 broad, rather coriaceous, smooth above, tomentose beneath.Cyme terminal, very compact, trifid, tomentose, shorter than the leavesnext below it. Calyx-tube long, narrow, tomentose ;limb c} athiform,spreading away from the corolla, pubescent, with 5 shallow blunt teeth.Corolla full 2 inches long, tomentose externally ;tube rather curved ;limb valvate, tomentose, not stupose. Anthers inserted in the throat.Fruit cylindrical, between 5 and 6 inches long, smooth, not ribbed,tipped by the hardened remains of the permanent calyx cup. On theticket of this plantin Mr. Lambert's herbarium are the following words :" Cinchona cava. Sp. nova inedita vulgo Canela, de Loxa Quito Peru.Es preciosa esta planta."Nothing more is known of it.** pe cies imperfectly\n own.850. C. dichotoma Fl. Peruv. ii. 53. t. 197 Cascarilloahorquillado R. and P. suppl. quinol. 3. Common in groves onthe Andes near Pueblo nuevo in the district of Chicoplaya.R. and P.A. small smooth tree. Branches slender, quite smooth, thickened at426