Cimoliornis (simoliornis)

[NL., 1002 bian or Cart a gena bark, from C. lancifolia and C. cordifo lia; Pitayo bark, from C. Pita yens is; gray, Lima, or Huanuco bark, from Č. Peruviana and other species; and Cusco bark, from C. pubescens. The British and Dutch governments have done much to promote the cultivation of the more important species, and extensive plantations have been succe fully established in the Him a lay as and in Ceylon, Java, and Jamaica. Cinchona bark is most valuable as a remedy in fevers and as a general tonic; but the alkaloids obtainable from the bark have in practice largely taken the place of the bark itself. Of these the most abundant and in common is quinine. Others of fo il animals, so called because found in cimolite. This fo il, from the Chalk of Maid stone, was supposed by Owen to be a bird, and was named C. diome dea, but was afterward identified by Bower bank with a pterodactyl, Pterodactyl us giganteus.