Note 1313 — I.—PHÆNOGAMOUS OR FLOWERING PLANTS. (continued 11)

Markham has vigorously contended that the name Cinchona should be altered to Chinchona as better commemorating the countess of Chinchon. But the inconvenience of changing so well-established a name and its many derivatives, has out-weighed these considerations.—See list of works relating to Cinchona at the end of the present article.