BIGNONIACEZE. XXV. Crescentia. 
5 C. Ara TA (H. B. et Kunth, l. c. p. 158.) unarmed ; leaves 
3 together, all ternate; or the middle one of the three is ternate, 
and the lateral ones simple; common petioles broadly winged. 
h.S. Native of Mexico, in very hot places, near Acapulco. There 
are prickle-formed tubercles, which rise from the same point as 
the leaves. Leaves 3, from the axil of each tubercle; middle 
leaf ternate, on a long petiole; lateral ones simple, smaller, and 
sessile. Simple leaves obovate-oblong, obtuse ; leaflets of the 
ternate ones oblong, obtuse, acutish at the base. Flowers scat- 
tered, size of those of Cobæ'a scandens, on short pedicels, pale 
red, reticulately veined. Fruit globose, 4-6 inches in diameter, 
ex Bonpl. 
Winged-petioled Calabash tree. Tree 20 to 30 feet. 
Cult. The species of Crescéntia grow well in a mixture of 
loam, peat, and sand; and ripened cuttings will strike root in 
sand, under a hand-glass, in heat. The trees require to be so 
large before they come to a flowering state, that it is not likely 
they will ever be brought to blossom in this country. 
XXVI. TANJ/E'CIUM (from ravankne, tanaekes, long ; stems 
elongated.) Schreb. gen. no. 1022, and p. 834. Swartz. prod. 
p. 91. fl. ind. occ. 2. p. 1049.  Crescéntia species of authors. 
Tripinnaria species, Spreng. gen. 2. p. 506. 
Lin. syst. Didyndmia, Angiospérma. Calyx tubular, trun- 
cate, entire. Corolla with a long, cylindrical tube, a wide 
throat, and an erectly spreading, 5-cleft, nearly equal limb; 
the 2 upper segments approximating, less divided, nearly upright; 
the 3 lower spreading, a little reflexed. Stamens 4, nearly 
equal in length, with the rudiment of a fifth; anthers 2-lobed. 
Stigma 2-lobed. Berry large, pedicellate, globular or oblong, 
2-celled. Seeds oblong, angular, nestling in the pulp.—Climb- 
ing shrubs, natives of Brazil. Leaves alternate, simple, or binate, 
ternate, glabrous. 
1 T. parssiticum (Swartz, prod. 92. fl. ind. occ. 2. p. 1053.) 
leaves ovate, coriaceous; stem climbing, shrubby, radicant. R. 
"A S. Native of Jamaica and Caraecas. Jacq. hort. schoenbr. 
l. p. 61. t. 115.—Brown, jam. 262. Leaves shining. This 
plant sustains itself by the help of the neighbouring trees, 
or is found, spreading on the ground, if it does not meet with 
support. 
Parasitical Tanecium.  Fl.? Clt.? Shrub climbing. 
2 T. JAnónA (Swartz, prod. 92. fl. ind. occ. 2. p. 1050.) lower 
leaves ternate: superior ones twin; tendrils from the tops of 
the petioles, between the leaflets; stem scandent. h. U.S. 
Native of Jamaica, most common between St. Elizabeth’s and 
Westmoreland.—Brown, jam. 267.—Sloan. jam. 207. hist. 2. p. 
173.—]Jaróba Mareg. bras. 25. Pis. bras. 173. Flowers white. 
This species climbs to the tops of the loftiest trees, and along 
their tops. 
Jaroba 'T'aneecium. 
Cult, 
Shrub cl. 
For culture and propagation see Bignónia, p. 222. 
XXVII. TRIPINNA‘RIA (so named, from the leaves of one 
of the species being tripinnate.) Spreng. gen. 2. p. 506. Tri- 
pinnia, Lour. coch. 391. 
Lin. syst. Didynàmia, Zngiospérma. Calyx unequally 5- 
cleft, or 5 crenate, campanulate, or cup-shaped. Corolla funnel- 
shaped, or sub-campanulate, with a widened throat, and a 5-cleft 
spreading limb ; segments ovate, undulated, villous, upper ones 
the largest. Stamens 4, didynamous, about equal in length to 
the corolla, with the rudiment of a fifth. Stigma bifid, acute or 
bilamellate. Berry large, fleshy, 1-celled, filled with pulp. 
Seeds oblong, compressed, nestling in the pulp.—Large trees, 
with pinnate or tripinnate, alternate leaves. Flowers racemose, 
terminal. E 
1 T. Asra'ricA (Spreng. syst.'2. p. 842.) leaves tripinnate, 
YOL. IY. 
XXVI. Tanacium. 
XXVII. Trieinnarra. PEDALINEÆ. 233 
acuminated ; racemes terminal. h.G. Native of Cochinchina, 
in woods on the mountains. Tripinna tripinnària, Lour. coch. p. 
891. A large tree, with spreading branches. Leaves glabrous. 
Flowers yellowish, disposed in terminal, corymbose racemes. 
Asiatic Tripinnaria. Tree large. 
2 T.? Arrica‘na (Spreng. syst. 2. p. 842.) leaves pinnate ; 
leaflets oblong, serrated; flowers lateral from the trunk. 
5.S. Native of Mozambique. Crescéntia pinnàta, Jacq. coll. 
3. p. 203. t. 18. Tane'cium pinnàtum, Willd. spec. 3. p. 312. 
A large tree. Calyx unequally 5-cleft. Corolla funnel-shaped, 
purple inside; having the tube dilated above; segments of the 
limb ovate, acute. Stamens 4, didynamous, with the rudiment 
of a fifth. Berry size of a man’s head. 
African 'Tripinnaria. Clt. 1824. Tree large. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Crescéntia, above. 
Orver CLIX. PEDALI'NE/E (this order contains plants 
agreeing with the genus Pedàlium in important characters.) R. 
Br. prod. p. 519.—Sesamez, Kunth, syn. 2. p. 251. Marty- 
niacez, Link. handb. 1. p. 504. 
Calyx divided into 5 nearly equal parts (f. 23. a.). Corolla 
monopetalous, hypogynous, irregular, having the throat ventri- 
cose, and the limb bilabiate. Stamens 4, didynamous, inclosed ; 
with the rudiment of a fifth (f. 23. b.). Ovarium girded by a 
glandular disk at bottom, of many spurious, 1-2-seeded cells. 
Style simple; stigma undivided. Fruit drupaceous, dry, usu- 
all muricated (f. 23. c.), with several cells formed by the 
splitting of 2 placentas, and the divergence of their lobes as in 
the ovarium. Seeds pendulous, erect or horizontal, with a 
papery testa. Albumen none. Embryo straight. —Herbaceous 
plants; with opposite leaves; and axillary, bibracteate flowers. 
This order differs from Bignonidcea, in the seeds being usually 
definite and wingless; in the woody, parietal-lobed placentas, 
which spread and divide variously inside the pericarpum, so as 
to produce a 4-8-celled fruit, out of a 1-celled ovarium. 
The leaves of Sésamum are emollient; its seeds contain an 
abundance of fixed oil, as tasteless as that of olive oil, for which 
it might be substituted, and which is expressed in Egypt in 
great quantities, The fresh leaf of Pedàlium mürez, when agi- 
tated in water, renders it mucilaginous, in which state it is 
prescribed by the Indian doctors, in cases of dysuria, &c. 
Synopsis of the genera. 
1 Sz'samuw. Capsule oblong, compressed, tetragonal, 4- 
celled, 2-valved; dissepiment contrary to the valves, bipartite. 
Seeds numerous, imbricated in one row in each cell. 
2 Martynia. Drupe oblong, bicornute at apex, the ante- 
rior horn sulcately-toothed, containing a 4-celled nut; cells 
few-seeded. 
3 CnANIOLA'RIA. 
nut, which is furnished with 2 short horns at apex. 
each cell, but often solitary. 
4 Joserninia. Lobes of stigma bifid. Drupes prickly, con- 
taining a 4-8-celled nut ; cells 1-seeded, Seeds erect. 
5 Pepa‘tium. Drupe ovate, 4-cornered (f. 23. c.), the eor- 
ners furnished each with a thorn towards the base (f. 23. d. c.), 
containing a 2-celled, 4-winged, corky nut. Seeds pendulous, 
2 in each cell. à 
Hu 
Drupe ovate, containing a 4-celled, woody 
Seeds 4 in 
