A description of the genus Cinchona
Aylmer Bourke Lambert. A description of the genus Cinchona. London: Printed for B. and J. White, 1797.
Aylmer Bourke Lambert (1761-1842) was a British botanist who prepared this work with encouragement from Joseph Banks. Cinchona is the source of quinine, used to treat malaria. All but one of the plates in this volume are from drawings by Ferdinand Bauer.
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