A
D E S C R I P T I O N
OF THE
G E N U S C I N C H O N A ,
C O M P R E H E N D IN G
TH E VARIOUS SPECIES OF VEGETABLES FROM WHICH
TH E PERUVIAN AN D O TH ER BARKS OF A
SIMILAR Q U A L IT Y A R E TA K EN .
ILLUSTRATED BY
F IG U R E S OF A L L TH E SPECIES H ITH E R T O D ISCO V E R ED .
TO WHICH IS PREFIXED
PROFESSOR V AH L’S DISSERTATION ON THIS GENUS,
READ BEFORE THE SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY AT COPENHAGEN,
ALSO
A DESCRIPTION, ACCOMPANIED BY FIGURES, OF A NEW GENUS
NAMED
H Y tE N A N C H E : o r , H Y A E N A P O I S O N .
L O N D O N :
PRINTED FOR B. AND J. WHITE, AT HORACE’S HEAD, FLE ET -STRE ST .
M.DCC.XCVII.
