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

Date:
1878
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    298. (7) Cinchona lancbolata, J2. et P. (West Coast Oarthagena Barh, partly.) a. Qaills and thick curved pieces. j^ote.—This is a variety of Oarthagena bark which comes via the Pacific. It is described by Pereira under the name of fibrous or spongy Oarthagena. 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 hke the bark of C, lancifoha, but the fibres are looser, and the bitter taste not developed immediately. According to Howard it contains more quinine and less ciuchonine than the bark of 0. lancifolia. His analysis gives— Quinine... ... ... ... ... 1'17 Cinchonine ... ... ... ... 005 It is the CascariUa lampiiia of Ruiz. In the vernacular it is known as Oascarillo bobo, or Amarillo de muna. See Transl. WeddeWs Notes, p. 24. (8) C. LANCIFOLIA, Mutis. (New Granada Baric.) a. Small flat pieces. Note.—This specimen is the kind alluded to by Howard as the Cahsaya of Santa Fe. P. J. [1], vol. xi., p. 560. This kind of bark comes not unfrequently in connection mth the bark of 0. Palton, and is used for extracting Quinine (J. E. H.). For fig. of plant, see Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, tsih. 142. b. Varieties from Ne-w Granada, in large curved 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 Oarthagena 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. lucumtefolia much resemble C. lancifolia, and are all fibrous barks with a silvery periderm. (9) Cinchona ldcumjifolia, Pav. (Oarthagena Baric, partly.) a. Quills with thick white periderm. (White Crown Bark.) b. Flat pieces. A kind of soft bark. C. lucumsefolia, Pav. c. Ditto. '* C. lucumsefolia, var. Note.—This bark is very similar in appeai-ance to that of C. lancifoha, but is usually Ughter, more loosely fibrous, and of a duller or more brownish yellow tint. The quills have a very thick, white, silvery and