232 
cate, distinct at apex. Stigma bipartite (f. 22. c.), hispid at 
top. Capsule 1-celled, 2-valved; valves placentiferous in the 
middle. Placentas 2, large, fleshy. Seeds obovate, horizontal, 
imbricate, flattened, surrounded by a broad, repandly sinuated 
wing, which is emarginate at the base; outer testa black, crus- 
taceous, wrinkled, and a little scrobiculate.—A_suffruticose, 
scandent plant. Leaves opposite, petiolate, abruptly bipinnate, 
terminated by a spiral, compound tendril. Leaflets coarsely 
serrated. Flowers racemose, secund.  Racemes opposite the 
leaves, pedunculate, secund, many-flowered. Calyx short, green. 
Corolla scarlet, or deep orange req Capsule large, muricated. 
1 C. sca‘BEr (Sweet, fl. gard. 
n.s.t. 30.) bh... G. Native 
of Chili. Eccremocárpus scà- 
ber, Ruiz. et Pav. syst. fl. per. 
157. Lindl. bot. reg. 939. 
Leaves with 2 pairs of pinne; 
leaflets alternate, obliquely cor- 
date, ovate, serrated or entire. 
Stems angular, thickly clothed 
with short, stiff, pellucid hairs, 
when young, but afterwards 
smooth. Leaves, racemes, and 
corollas clothed with glandular 
hairs. 
Scabrous Calampelis. Fl. 
July, Aug. Clt. 1824. Shrub 
climbing. 
Cult. This beautiful, climb- 
ing plant is generally raised from seeds in spring, in a hot bed ; 
and when the plants are of sufficient size, they are planted 
singly in separate pots. They answer well to be trained in a 
conservatory ; or to be planted out in the open ground, against a 
wall or house, with a south exposure, along with Cobe‘a scán- 
dens, where, if the summer prove warm, it will make a showy 
, appearance. 
FIG. 22. 
Tribe TII. 
CRESCENTIE E (the plants contained in this section agree 
with Crescéntia, in having a large, baccate fruit.) Fruit a large 
melon or gourd-shaped, 1-celled berry; with a corticate, solid 
rind ; filled with pulp and seeds inside. 
XXV. CRESCENTIA (named by Linnaeus after Pietro 
Crescentio, an Italian writer on agriculture, in the thirteenth 
century.) Lin. gen. 762. Schreb. gen. no. 1021. Juss. gen. 
127. edit. Uster. p. 142. Gaertn. fruct. suppl. 1. p. 229. t. 
223. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 3. p. 157.—Cujéte, Plum. gen. 
p- 23. t. 16. icon. 109. 
Lin. syst. JDidynàmia, Angiospérma. Calyx bipartite, equal, 
deciduous. Corolla large, sub-campanulate; tube very short ; 
throat large, ventricose, incurved; limb erect, 5-cleft, unequal ; 
lobes toothed or curled. Stamens 4, didynamous; with the 
rudiment of a fifth; anthers 2-lobed. Stigma bilamellate. 
Berry large, form of a gourd, 1-celled, pulpy inside; rind solid. 
Seeds nestling in the pulp.—Large, spreading trees. Leaves 
alternate, solitary or in fascicles, simple, ternate or pinnate. 
Flowers solitary, rising from the trunk or branches. 
I C. Cu;E re (Lin. spec. 873. Jacq. amer. 175. t. 111. ed 
pict. p. 86. t. 167.) leaves oblong, acute or obtuse, cuneate at the 
base, in fascicles. h.S, Native throughout equinoxial Ame- 
rica, —Plum. gen. 23. t. 109.— Comm. hort. 1. p. 137. t. 71. 
Branches horizontal. Flowers scattered over the older branches, 
and even in the trunk itself, solitary, pedicellate, sometimes all 
green, but most often variegated with green, purple, red, and 
yellow; they do not wither, but become putrid, and in that 
BIGNONIACEJE. XXIV. Catamreuis. 
XXV. CRESCENTIA. 
state exhale a nauseous and intolerable smell. The form and 
size of the fruit are variable ; from spherical to bottle-shaped, and 
from 2 inches to a foot in diameter. These, however, if they 
are no more than varieties, are very constant. The fruit is co- 
vered with a thin skin, of a greenish yellow colour when ripe; 
under this is a hard, thin, woody shell, inclosing a pale yellowish 
soft pulp, of a tart, unsavoury flavour, surrounding a great num- 
ber of flat seeds. These shells, cleansed of their pulp, and de- 
prived of their outer skin, and dried, are used by the inhabitants 
of tropical America, for drinking cups; those of the long, small- 
fruited kind, are formed into spoons and ladles; those which 
are round are cut through the middle, and used as cups for cho- 
colate and cacao: in short, these shells are converted into a 
variety of domestic furniture. They are frequently large 
enough to hold a gallon of fluid; they serve to boil water in, as 
they bear the fire well. The thicker parts are frequently used 
as button moulds in the West Indies. The Caribs engrave the 
outside with a number of grotesque figures, which they some- 
times colour black or red. The pulp is sometimes eaten by the 
negroes, but is not looked upon as being either agreeable or 
wholesome ; it is, however, much used by way of poultice ; and 
a syrup made of it is in much request among the natives, in dis- 
orders of the breast, in contusions and inward bruises. The 
wood being very tough and flexible, is very fit for the coach- 
maker, and is frequently used for making saddles, stools, and 
other furniture. The leaves and branches are eaten by cattle, 
in times of scarcity, as is also the pulp of the fruit, The tree is 
called T'utuma in some parts of America. 
Var. D; leaves narrow; fruit smaller, globose or ovate. 
Plum. gen. 23. 
Var. y, Cujete minima, fructu duro. 
smallest Calabash tree, with a hard fruit. 
Cujete or Common Calabash Tree, Fl. ? Clt. 1690. 
20 to 30 feet. 
2 C. cucurzitina (Lin. syst. p. 565. mant. 250. Swartz, 
obs, 234.) leaves ovate, rather coriaceous, solitary ; fruit ovate, 
acuminated. h.S. Native of Jamaica, in dry rocky places; 
and about Campeachy. C. latifolia, Mill. dict. no. 2. É 
Cujète, var. ò, Lin. spec. 873.—Plum. gen. 23. icon, 109.— 
Brown, jam. 266.—Pluk. alm. 124. t. 171. f. 2.—Sloan, jam. 
206. hist. 2. p. 172. Branches erect. Pedicels 2-5, terminating, 
one-flowered, shorter than the leaves. Corollas size of those of 
the preceding, dusky ; the base of the tube and throat is white. 
The fruit varies in size; the shellis so thin as to be unfit for 
any purpose; the seeds are also much thinner; and the pulp is 
deeper yellow than that of the preceding. 
Gourd-like Calabash-tree. Fl? Clt. 
feet. 
3 C. acumrna‘ra (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 157.) 
leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminated, cuneately narrowed at the 
base, in fascicles. kh .S. Native of the Island of Cuba, near 
Havannah and Los Guines. Branches elongated, white. Flowers 
size of those of the two preceding. Fruit globose, 3-4 inches 
in diameter. It differs from C. Cujéte in the leaves being nar- 
rower, acuminated, and less firm. 
Acuminated-leaved Calabash tree. Clt, 1822. Tree. 
4 C. AcurLEA' TA (H. B. et Kunth, l. c. p. 158.) branches 
prickly; leaves ternate or simple, twin; common petiole fur- 
nished with a narrow wing above. b. S. Native of Mexico, 
near Campeachy.—Hern. mex. 290. Branches terete, warted. 
Leaves ovate-oblong, obtuse, running into the petioles at the 
base. Prickles nearly opposite, subulate at top, and thickened 
at the base. Flowers solitary or twin on the tops of the 
branches. Corolla as in the genus, greenish. Fruit oblong, 
ribbed. 
Prickly Calabash tree. 
Plum. gen. 28. The 
Tree 
1788. Tree 20 
Tree. 
