intermittents. They promote a tendency to vomition,
and are alfo purgative. Several perfons in England have
affured me that thefe are preferred in the Weft India
iflands to the Peruvian. Both thefe fpecies were fent me
from St. Croix.
6. C. corymbifera. This, according to Forfter, has
the greateft refemblance in appearance and tafte to the
officinalis or Peruvian: a defcription at large is given of
it in the Nov. Act. Upf. tom. 3. p. 176.
7. C. brachycarpa, and
8. C. lineata,
Are both fo nearly allied to C. floribunda, that it is
difficult to find fufficient diftinCtions between them, and
there is reafon to expert the fame effect from them as
from the others. Nothing but repeated experiments can
determine whether the feveral kinds are equal to the
Peruvian, or which may in reality deferve the preference;
but from the experiments which have already been made,
it clearly appears that they are far better fubftitutes than
any other Barks which have been occafionally made ufe
o f for that purpofe.
C I N C H O N A ,
So named from the Countefs del Cinchon, Lady o f a
Spanifh Viceroy, whofe cure is faid firft to have brought
the Peruvian Bark into reputation.
Lin. Gen. p. 228. Reich. No. 245. Schreb. 301. Gsertm
t. 33. JufT, 201.
Quinquina Condam. Aft. Gall. 1738.
CH AR A C TER E S SEN T JA L IS .
Capfula (infera) bilocularis, bipartibilis; valvulis difle-
pimentis parallelis interne dehifcentibus.— Swartz, in Aft.
Holm. 1787, p- 1x9.
CHAR ACTER N A T U R A L IS -
Cal. Perianthium monophyllum, fuperum, breve, per-
fiftens, quinquedentatum : dentibus acutis.
Corolla monopetala, infundibuliformls, quinquefida.,
Tubo longo, obfcure angulato: laciniis lanceolatis vet
linearibus, tubum aequantibus.
Stam. Filamenta quinque in medio tubi.
. Anther® linearesj ereftse.. .
Piftih