Remijia, a genus of Cinchonaceæ (see CINCHONA), valuable as a source of Quinine (q.v.). There are no less than thirteen species found in Brazil. The name comes from that of the Brazilian physician Remijo.
Remijia
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 8: Peasant to Eoumelia, p. 638
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