444 St)LANEJC. 



tooth above the downy part j berry obovoid, — Vent. Choir, t. 18. — C. megalophylluin, 

 Bun. ! C. Bellasombra, Bun. ex spec. Mader. C. vespertinum, Sieb. Mart. 64 ! ap. l>un. 

 C. ^Schottii, Sendtn. — C. conglomeratum, K. P., agreeing in the leaves, is slightly distin- 

 guished by orange-coloured cymes, broader corolla-lobes, and glabrous filaments. — Variable 

 in the calyx-teeth, and the breadth of the corolla-lobes : the filament-teeth, usually wanting 

 in our specimens, are. very marked in cultivated ones; leaves 8"-4", calyx l"'-2'", corolla 

 6"'-8'" long. — Hab. Jamaica!, At., March; Dominica!, bur. ; Trinidad!, Sieb. Tr. 176, 

 Sch. ; [Cuba! and Guatemala! to Brazil; introduced into Madeira!]. 



64. C. hirtum, Sw. ! Branchlets shaggy with denticulate hairs ; leaves chartaceous, 

 ovate-oblong or ovate-lanceolate, bluntish at the point, subcordate or roundish at the base, 

 arch-veined : primary veins prominent beneath : shaggy down persistent on the midrib ; 

 cymes contracted, subsessile : flowers subsessile, greenish-white ; calyx 5-dentate : teeth 

 deltoid j corolla-tube clavate, gradually tapering : lobes ovate, bluntish ; stamens included, 

 inserted about the middle of the corolla-tube : filaments pubescent below their tooth j berry 

 ovoid, black. — Jacq. Schain.br. t. 421. — C. hirsutum, Jacq., a form with the leaves auricled 

 by the development of axillary gems.— Leaves 5"-2", calyx li'"-2"', corolla 6"'-8'", berry 

 6'" long. — Hab. Jamaica !, Sw., Mac/., Ed., IFils., in mountain-woods, S.Thomas i. E., 

 Westmoreland; [Cuba!]. 



65. C. laurifolium, Viler. Glabrous (except the axis of the cymes) ; leaves leathery, 

 shining, elliptical, obovate or oblong, bluntish or blunt : veins inconspicuous or delicate ; 

 cymes contracted, subsessile: flowers shortly pedicellate, greenish -yellow, changing colour; 

 calyx 5-dentate : teeth minute or deltoid ; corolla-lube clavate, gradually tapering, glabrous : 

 lobes ovate-roundish or ovate, blunt ; stamens included, inserted above the middle of the 

 corolla-tube: filaments glabrous, eutire or bearing a tooth above the base; berry ovoid. — 

 L'Her. Stirp. t. 34. Bat. Mag. t. 2929.— C. akiternoides, Besf. C. subtriflorum, Bun.! 

 — Leaves 4 £"-2", pedicels I'", calyx H'", corolla 8"'-6'", berry C'-o'" long— Hab. An- 

 tigua!, Wullscfd.; Trinidad!, Sieb. Tr. 180; [Cuba!, Portorico'l, French islands]. 



66. C. nocturnum, L, Glabrous ; leaves chartaceous-leathery , ovate or ovate-oblong, 

 with a bluntish point : veins delicate ; cymes peduncled, racemiform, exceeding the peticde : 

 inferior pedicels often as long as the calyx; flowers greenish-yellow; calyx 5-dentate, 

 about one-third as long as the corolla-tube : teeth ovate-roundish or deltoid ; corolla-tube 

 clavate, gradually tapeiing, glabrous : lobes ovate, blunt ; stamens included, inserted above 

 the middle of the corolla-lube ; filaments puberulous below, entire, or bearing a tooth above 

 the base ; berry ovoid-oblong. — Bill. Elth. f. 185. Jacq. Schcenbr. t. 329. — C. fcetidis- 

 simum, Jacq.— Leaves 4"-2i", calyx 3"'-2'", corolla 8'"-9'" long.— Hab. Jamaica I, Al., 

 M'Nab, Pd., March, in mountain-woods ; Dominica !, Imr. ; [Cuba !]. 



67. C. diurnum, L. Glabrous; leaves chartaceous-leathery , ovate-oblong, bluntish : 

 veins delicate; cymes peduncled, contracted: flowers white, subsessile ; calyx 5-dentate: 

 teeth minute or deltoid ; corolla-tube clavate, gradually tapering, glabrous : lobes roundish, 

 reflexed ; stamens included, inserted below the throat: filaments entire, glabrous, about 

 thrice as long as the anthers; berry subglobose. — Bill. Elth. f. 186. Jacq. Schwnbr. 

 t. 331. — C. odontospermum, Jacq. C. Forsythi, Bun. C. fasti^iatum, Jacq. (I. c. t. 330): 

 a variety with longer peduncles. — Leaves 4"-3", calyx 1"', corolla 6"'-8'" long ; berry 3"'- 

 4'" diam. — Hab. Caribbean Islands {Bun,) ; [Cuba !, in saline soil, S. Jean !]. 



CXIV, BIGNONIACEJ). 



Stamens and corolla of Scropkularinea>, but anther-cells mostly distinct, contiguous at 

 their base. Ovary superior, many-ovulate, with the ovules distant from the axis, inserted 

 along each margin of a central, placentary dissepiment, rarely paracarpous i carpophylls 2. 

 Seeds compressed, often winged, sessile, mostly transverse. Embryo exalbuminons : cotyle- 

 dons large, foliaceous, mostly emarginate. — Woody, rarely herbaceous plants ; leaves often 

 compound, usually opposite and exstipulate. 



Drugs are obtained from Crescentia, Tecoma leucoxylon and stans, and Bignonia epqui- 

 noctialis. The hard shells of Crescentia Cujete (the Calabash-tree) are turned into bottles and 

 other household articles. Jacaranda (the Palisandre^wood), Calalpa, and Tecoma afford 

 timber. 



