Catalogue of the collections / Comp. by E.M. Holmes.

  • Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. Museum
Date:
1878
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    298. (7) Cinchona lanceolata, B. et P. {West Coast Garthagena Bark, partly.) a. Quills and thick curved pieces. Note.—This is a variety of Carthagena bark which comes via the Pacific. It is described by Pereira under the name of fibrous or spongy Carthagena. Per. Mat. Med., 3rd edition, vol. ii., pt. ii., p. 1645; see Ex. of Pavon's specimens, P. J. [1], vol. xi., p. 560. Del. et Bouch. Quinolog., p. 35, and pi. xiii. It is very much like the bark of C. lancifolia, but the fibres are looser, and the bitter taste not developed immediately. According to Howard it contains more quinine and less cinchonine than the bark of C. lancifolia. His analysis gives— Quinine... .-. ... ... ... 1'17 Cinchonine ... ... ... ... 0'05 It is the Cascarilla lampifia of Ruiz. In the vernacular it is known as Cascarillo bobo, or Amarillo de mufia. See Transl. WeddelVs Notes, p. 24. (8) 0. lancifolia, Matis. (New Granada Baric.) a. Small fiat pieces. Note.—This specimen is the kind alluded to by Howard as the Calisaya of Santa Fe. P. J. [1], vol. xi., p. 560. This kind of bark comes not unfrequently in connection with the bark of C. Palton, and is used for extracting Quinine (J. E. H.). For fig. of plant, see Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tab. 142. b. Varieties from New Granada, in large carved pieces, and in quills, without periderm. c. Red variety, in thick curved pieces, with a portion of periderm remaining. It contains cinchonidine as now defined. Red Carthagena bark. d. Reddish and inferior variety, in small quills, without periderm. e. Large quills, with the periderm remaining, and with oblique grooves on the bark caused by some twining plant, a character stated by Pereira to be almost peculiar to this bark. Per. Mat. Med., vol. ii., pt. ii., p. 111. This is the Coquetta bark of commerce, a name restricted to the orange varieties of C. lanci- folia. C. Palton, C. lanceolata, C. rosulenta, and C. lucumaefolia much resemble C. lancifolia, and are all fibrous barks with a silvery periderm. (9) Cinchona lucum^folia, Pav. (Carthagena Bark, partly.) a. Quills with thick white periderm. (White Grown Bark.) b. Flat pieces. A kind of soft bark. C. lucumaefolia, Pav. c. Ditto. C. lucumaefolia, var. Note.—This bark is very similar in appearance to that of C. lancifolia, but is usually lighter, more loosely fibrous, and of a duller or more brownish yellow tint. The quills have a very thick, white, silvery and