Travels in Peru and India While Superintending the Collection of Chinchona Plants and Seeds in South America, and Their Introduction into India.

CHAPTER II.

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THE VALUABLE SPECIES OF CHINCHONA-TREES--THEIR HISTORY, THEIR DISCOVERERS, AND THEIR FORESTS.

I. The Loxa region and its _crown barks_ 21

II. The "_red-bark_" region, on the western slopes of Chimborazo 26

III. The New Granada region 27

IV. The Huanuco region in Northern Peru, and its "_grey barks_" 30

V. The _Calisaya_ region in Bolivia and Southern Peru 35