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CINCHONA MACROCARPA VAHL.
Pentandria Monogynia Linn. 'I ’AB. XXf. Rubiaceae Juss.
Rubiaceae Cinchoneae Endl.
C. Ma c r o c a r pa Vabl. Act Holm. 1. 20. taf. 3. — L amb, descript, gen. Cinch. 22.
tftf 3' ~ DG‘ P r ° d r' IV* paS- 354- C- o v a i.if o i . ia Mut. ex Humb. in Magazin cl.
Ges. nat. Freunde 1807. pag. 118. L a d k n b b r g ia macrocarpa Ki. ITaynr Arzcnei-
gew. XIX. C a sca r im a macrocarpa Wedd. Hist. nat. d. Quinq. pag. 89.
C in cho na L. DC. Endi.. sect. L a d e n b e r o . a /». Bukna.
C h a r a c t e r d i f f e r e n t ia lis .
C. foliis magnis, herbaceis vel subcoriaceis, ovalibus vel obovato-ovalibus, basi obtusis vel utrinqne sinuatis, subcordatis,
junioribus subvillosis, adultis .supra glabris, in costa nervisque et subtus cum petiolo pilosulis; s t ip u l i s to t id em c o n n a t is , extus
pilosis, intus glabris, ad basiti glanduloso-villosis; inflòrescentiis carnoso-paniculàtis, terminalibus, bracteis foliaceis, bracteolis linea-
ribus, stipulis late triangularibus, interjectis: f io r i b u s 5— 6 m e r is speciosis; calycis utrinque pilosi tubo ovato, limbo libero, campanulato,
5 — 6 d e n t ic o la t o d em um d e c id u o ; corollis coriaceis, extus tomentosulis, intus pilosis ; limbi l a c in i i s la n c e o la t i s ,
supra totidem villosulis; s tam in ib u s tu b o m e d io c o r o l la e in s e r t i s , g la b r is , filamentis brevibus, antheris linearibus, supra
basin excisam dorso affixis; annulo. epigyno quinquegibboso, gibbìs crenatis; s t y lo t e r e t i, piloso; capsulae lignoso- coriaceae, ab
apice ad basin septicide bipartitale, calyce demum denudatae, valvis’ epicarpio cum endocarpio connato; seminibus oblongis vel lanceolatis,
margine laceratis porosisque. —
G h a ra c te r n a tu r a lis .
Arbor magna, frondosa, 40 50 pedalis, trunco tereti, corticis tignosi parenchymate post siccationem albescente; ramulis quadrangulis
tomentosulis. Folia opposita, ovalia vel obovato-ovalia, petiolata; petiolis sextam partem longitudinis folii attingentibus,
laminibus 12 27 centirn. longis, 7 20 centim. latis, herbaceis vel subcoriaceis, integerrimis, basi obtusis vel emarginatis, apice
in junioribus subvillosis plus minus acutis, adultis, supra calvis, in costa nervisque e t subtus cum petiolo subhirsutis, interstitiis
parenchymatosis pubescentibus, pilosulis vel interdum subcalvis. Stipulae ad calyptram ochreaeformem acutam, tandem rima unica
axillari longitudinaliter fissam, concretae, petiolo superantes, extus hirsutae, intus glabrae, ad basin villis glandulosis pluriserialibus
obsessae. I n f lo r e s c e n t ia terminalis cymoso-paniculacea, speciosa, tomentosula; pedunculis, bracteis calycibusque rufis; floribus
hermapbroditis suaveolentibus, albis. C a ly x 5 m. m. longus, tubo ovato vel turbinato, cum ovario connato, limbo libero, campanulato,
o r e 5 6 sinuato-denticolato, intus ad basin sericeo hic illic villis obsesso, superne pilosulo vel subglabro tandem deciduo.
C o r o lla epigyna hypocraterimorpha coriacea, 5 centim. longa, tubo cylindrico intus pilosulo limbo 5 — 6 lobo, lobis lanceolatis,
supra totidem villosulis, sub anthesin patentibus, aestivatione valvatis. S tam in a 5— 6 tubo medio corollae inclusa vel supra medium
inserta, glabra; filamenta brevia; antherae lineares dorso supra basin bifidam affixae. D i s c u s epigynus annularis, quinque-
gibbosus, gibbis emarginatis, glaber. O v a r ium inferum biloculare, loculis multiovulatis; ovula placentae lineari, dissepimenti axi ad-
natae undique affixa, peltata adscendentia, sursum imbricata anatropa; stylus teres, tubi corollae longitudine vel brevior, pilosus;
stigmata duo erecta, crassa, papillosa. C a p s u la oblonga crassa subteres, a latere compressiuscula, tomentosula, 5— 6 centim. longa,
15 in. m. lata, bilocularis, post evanescentiam limbi calycini disco decemcrenato coronata, ab apice ad basin septicide bivalvis, bi-
partibilis, valvis sublignoso-pergamentaceis epicarpio cum endocarpio connato vel tandem apice bifido vix soluto. S em in a plurima,
ovalia vel lanceolata spermophoris, post dehiscentiam liberis, multifarie affixa, adscendentim imbricata; nucleo ovali, undique
membranaceo-alata, ala porosa, margine lacerata. Embryo minutus, in axi alburainis carnosi rectus, cotyledonibus ovalibus applicati
vis, radicula tereti infera.
Habitat in silvis humidis umbrosisque Novo-Granafae 2200— 2700 mtr. altitudine.
Dieser scbönbelaubte 4 0— 50 Fufs hohe Baum wächst in Neu-Granada unter dem 4. und 5. Grade nördlicher Breite in den
feuchten Gebirgswäldern von Bogota und Antioquien in einer Höhe von 6600— 8100 Fufs. Der 1 0— 12 Fufs hohe, cylindriscbe