Travels in Peru and India by Sir Clements R. Markham

3. _Report of the Expedition to procure Plants and Seeds of the

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Chinchona succirubra_, by R. Spruce, Esq., Sept. 22, 1861. [372] Letter from Mr. Pritchett to the Under Secretary of State for India, dated July 9, 1861. [373] Letter from Mr. Pritchett to the Under Secretary of State for India, dated Dec. 13, 1860. [374] Smyth's _Journey from Lima to Para_, p. 63. [375] Herndon's _Valley of the Amazon_, p. 126. [376] Herndon's _Valley of the Amazon_, p. 136. [377] Smyth, p. 115; who says that, according to a register which had been kept there, it rains at Casapi on more than half the days of the year. "From May to November the sun shines very powerfully in the valley of Chinchao, and consequently the soil, when it is cleared of wood, becomes so parched that its surface opens in chinks, but underneath it always preserves humidity, and therefore needs no irrigation. From November to May it rains much, sometimes six or seven days without intermission."--Dr. A. Smith's _Peru as It Is_, ii. p. 57. [378] Of the identity of the species collected by Mr. Pritchett there is no doubt. He brought home specimens from the trees whence the seeds were obtained, which have been examined by Mr. Howard, and proved to belong to _C. nitida_, _C. micrantha_, and _C. Peruviana_. The barks also have been found to contain a satisfactory percentage of alkaloids. Some further particulars respecting these species have already been given in chap. ii. p. 30-35. [379] Pavon gives its height at from 18 to 24 feet, and 8 to 9 inches in diameter. [380] They yield the _crown bark_ of commerce. [381] Seemann's _Voyage of H. M. S. Herald_, i. p. 177. For some further particulars respecting the chinchona region of Loxa, see chap. ii. p. 21-25. [382] _Nueva Quinologia de Pavon._ _C. Chahuarguera_ and _C. crispa_. [383] Mr. Cross transmitted the following dried specimens of the parts of chinchona-trees from Loxa:--

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1. Chapter 1 2. introduction into India. This important measure has now been crowned 3. CHAPTER I. 4. CHAPTER II. 5. CHAPTER III. 6. INTRODUCTION OF CHINCHONA-PLANTS INTO INDIA. 7. CHAPTER V. 8. CHAPTER VI. 9. CHAPTER VII. 10. CHAPTER VIII. 11. CHAPTER IX. 12. CHAPTER X. 13. CHAPTER XI. 14. CHAPTER XII. 15. CHAPTER XIII. 16. CHAPTER XIV. 17. CHAPTER XV. 18. CHAPTER XVI. 19. CHAPTER XVII. 20. CHAPTER XVIII. 21. CHAPTER XIX. 22. CHAPTER XX. 23. CHAPTER XXI. 24. CHAPTER XXII. 25. CHAPTER XXIII. 26. CHAPTER XXIV. 27. CHAPTER XXV. 28. CHAPTER XXVI. 29. CHAPTER XXVII. 30. CHAPTER XXVIII. 31. CHAPTER XXIX. 32. CHAPTER I. 33. CHAPTER II. 34. CHAPTER III. 35. INTRODUCTION OF CHINCHONA-PLANTS INTO INDIA. 36. introduction into India of a plant the inestimable value of which had 37. CHAPTER V. 38. CHAPTER VI. 39. CHAPTER VII. 40. CHAPTER VIII. 41. CHAPTER IX. 42. 1780. The Inca, on pretence that some person had arrived at his house 43. CHAPTER X. 44. CHAPTER XI. 45. 1771. He must have been possessed of enormous wealth, to have enabled 46. CHAPTER XII. 47. CHAPTER XIII. 48. CHAPTER XIV. 49. CHAPTER XV. 50. CHAPTER XVI. 51. CHAPTER XVII. 52. CHAPTER XVIII. 53. CHAPTER XIX. 54. CHAPTER XX. 55. CHAPTER XXI. 56. CHAPTER XXII. 57. CHAPTER XXIII. 58. 1860. in 7 months, 59. CHAPTER XXIV. 60. CHAPTER XXV. 61. CHAPTER XXVI. 62. CHAPTER XXVII. 63. CHAPTER XXVIII. 64. 1861. In exchange for these plants a supply of _C. succirubræ_, and a 65. CHAPTER XXIX. 66. 1857. | | | | | 67. 1820. Died at St. John's, New Brunswick. 68. 19. C. HIRSUTA (_Ruiz and Pavon_) N. Peru. 69. 6. _C. magnifolia_ {( " _flor de Azahar_). 70. 7. _C. glandulifera_ ( " _negrilla_). 71. 1815. (1 tom. 4°, 112 paginas). 72. 441. A very illegible manuscript in the national library at Madrid. 73. 1850. Bustamante says that, at the time of his visit, there were a 74. 2. Mr. Spruce's _Report to the Under Secretary of State for India_, 75. 3. _Report of the Expedition to procure Plants and Seeds of the 76. 1. Very characteristic specimens of the bark, leaves, flowers, and 77. 2. Bark, leaves, and flowers of _C. crispa_, Tafalla, a kind which is 78. 3. Bark and leaves of _C. Lucumæfolia_ of Pavon, from Zamora. This 79. 1847. Also, Caldwell's _Comparative Dravidian Grammar_. The German 80. 1. _Memoir of the Varagherry Hills_, by Capt. B. S. Ward, _Madras 81. 2. _Observations on the Pulney Mountains_, by Dr. Wight, _Madras 82. 3. _Report on the Pulneys_, by Lieut. R. H. Beddome, _Madras Journal_, 83. 4. Sir Charles Trevelyan's _Official Tour in the South of India_. 84. 1. _Setaria Italica_, called _tennay_ in Tamil, and _samee_ by the 85. 2. _Panicum Miliaceum_, called _varagoo_ on the Pulney hills, and 86. 3. _Panicum pilosum_, or _badlee_, will grow in the worst soil, but is 87. 4. _Cynosurus corocanus_, or _ragee_, is a very prolific grain, and 88. 5. _Holcus spicatus_, or spiked millet, called _cumboo_ in Madras, and 89. 6. _Sorghum vulgare_, or great millet, called _cholum_ in Madras, and 90. 7. _Sesamum Indicum_, or gingelee oil-plant, called _till_ in the 91. 1. _Cicer arietinum_, or Bengal gram, the seeds of which are eaten, and 92. 2. _Dolichos unifloris_, or horse gram, with grey seeds, used for 93. 3. _Dolichos sinensis_, or _lobia_, a twining annual, with large pale 94. 4. _Cajanus Indicus_, pigeon-pea, or _toor_. A shrub three to six feet 95. 5. _Phaseolus mungo_, black gram, or _moong_. A nearly erect, hairy 96. 6. _Phaseolus rostratus_, or _hullounda_, a twining plant, with large, 97. 8. _Lablab cultratus_, a twining plant, with white, red, or purple 98. 9. _Dolichos lablab_, or _bulla_, a twining plant of which there are 99. 10. _Botanical Descriptions of Species of Chinchonæ now growing in 100. 1854. On the 31st of December, 1860, they had of

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