A description of the genus Cinchona, comprehending the various species of vegetables from which the Peruvian and other barks of a similar quality are taken. Illustrated by figures of all the species hitherto discovered. To which is prefixed Professor Vahl's dissertation on this genus, read before the Society of natural history at Copenhagen. Also a description, accompanied by figures, of a new genus named Hyænanche: or hyæna poison.

  • Lambert, Aylmer Bourke, 1761-1842.
Date:
1797
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Credit: A description of the genus Cinchona, comprehending the various species of vegetables from which the Peruvian and other barks of a similar quality are taken. Illustrated by figures of all the species hitherto discovered. To which is prefixed Professor Vahl's dissertation on this genus, read before the Society of natural history at Copenhagen. Also a description, accompanied by figures, of a new genus named Hyænanche: or hyæna poison. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    [ 29 ] Flores cluplo minores quam in praecedente. Capfula obovata, lineis decern elevatis coflata. CINCHONA ANGUSTIFOLIA, Pl. 9. Cinchona panicula terminali, capfulis oblongis penta- gonis, foliis lineari-lanceolatis pubefcentibus. Swartz. Prod. 42. A£t. Holm. 1787. p. 117—123. t. 3. Vahl. in A&. Havn. 1. p. 25. Habitat in Hifpaniola. Rami cortice cinereo. Ramuli fimpliufculi, pubefcentes. Folia petiolata, acuminata, obtufiufcula, fubtus pu- befcentia. € I Petioli breves, pubefcentes. Stipulae ovatas, acutae. Panicula trifida vel trichotoma. Pedunculi pedicelli vi llofo-pubefcentes. Calyx pubefcens : dentibus fubulatis, longitudine ger- minis. Corolla Cinchonae caribaeae, at longior. Stigma incraflatum, oblongum, integrum. Capfula oblonga, teretiufcula. Schwartz. 1. c. Mr.