Catalogue of the collections in the Museum of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain / compiled by E.M. Holmes.

  • Holmes E. M. (Edward Morell), 1843-1930.
Date:
1878
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Credit: Catalogue of the collections in the Museum of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain / compiled by E.M. Holmes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    298. (9) Cinchona lucum^folia, continued. longitudinally cracked soft periderm; they form the White Crown bark of Pemra. See Jfaf. i,/,^., g.^ edition, vol. ii., pt. ii., p. 1638. According to Howard it yields— ^ Quinine... ... 0-68 Cinchonidine 0-63 Cinchonine ... 0-31 1-62 (10) Cinchona miceantha, B. et P. Var. a. ROTUNDIFOLIA, Wedd. a. Very large quills. Note.—This is the CascariUa motosolo of Carabaya, and the Quepo CascariUa of BoUvia (the latter name is also appUed to the bark of C. amygdalifoUa Wedd). It is a very scarce and pecuhar bark. b. Plat pieces. Note.—This is the Bolivian sort, and contains quinine. Var. /3. OBLONGIFOLIA, Wedd. a. Quills. Note.—This is the specimen described in P. J. [1], vol. xiii., p. 672. No. 5. It is a kind of CascariUa provinciana. Analysed by Howard it contained— Quinidine and uncrystallized quinine .. 1-43 Cinchonine ... ... ... ... ... 1-29 2-72 b. Flat pieces. (Coarse Grey BarJc, Peruvian Oalisaya.) Note.—This is the Peruvian sort. See P. J. [1], vol. xii., p. 174, No. 17; also, Per. Mat. Med., vol. ii., pt. ii., p. 99; Wedd, Nat. Hist. Quinq., p. 53, tab. xiv., xv. c. Quills. Note.—This specimen is said by Howard to be identical with one in the British Museum, in Euiz and Pavon's collection, labelled la, Esp., No. 5, CascariUa Pata de GaUinazo, and with one of Poppig's in this museum. See P. J. [IJ, vol. xiii., p. 672, No. 6. Analysed by Howard, this specimen yielded— Quiuidine and uncrystaUizable quinine ... 1-00 Cinchonidine 1-09 2-09 The bark of C. micrantha may be known by its rusty coat, with a thin sUvery layer underneath it, thus resembUng the bark of C. chahuar- guera, from which, however, it differs in having very few transverse cracks. The taste is earthy at first, and then bitter, with a pecuhar sweetness. The Bolivian sort is richer in quinine than the Peruvian. Per. Mat. Med., vol. ii., pt. ii., p. 92. A tree of the BoUvian sort is growing in Mr. Howard's conservatory. It is now (1875) 8 feet in height, and differs much in the purple under side of the leaf, and the red veins from the Peruvian sort. (J. E. H.) For fig. of the quiUs, see Del. et Bouch. Quinolog., pi. v.