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1. CRESCENTIA, L, 



Calyx 2-partite or 2-fid, deciduous. Corolla campanulate : limb unequally 5-fid or sub 

 entire. Stamens diilynamous. Ovary 1 -celled. Stigma 2-lamellate. Fruit indehiscent 

 pulpy : seeds compressed, wingless. — Glabrous trees or shrubs ; leaves alternate or fascicled, 

 simple, entire ; peduncles often arising from the trunk. 



1. C. Cujete, L. Leaves spathulate, subsessile, ehartaceous, fascicled ; calyx 2-partite 

 corolla transversely plaited below : lobes dentate-undulate ; fruit large, subglobose : shell 

 hari.—Jacq. Amer. Pitt. t. 167 ; Tuts, Fl. 2. /. 19 ; Desc. Fl. 4. t. 244.— A. tree ; leaves 

 8"-4", variegated corolla 3"-2" long; fruit l'-2" diam.— Hab. Jamaica!, S. Kitts !, An- 

 tigua ! and all other islands ; [Cuba ! and Mexico to Brazil !]. 



2. C. cucurbitina, L. Leaves ohovate-oblong or oval-oblong, shortly petioled or sub- 

 sessile, rigid, scattered; calyx 2rpartite ; corolla unequally 5-lobed ; fruit ovoid, with a 

 blunt point: shell brittle.— Plum. Ed. Burin, t. 109; Desc. Fl. 3. t. 182.— A tree; 

 leaves 10"-3", dusky-variegated corolla 2i", fruit 3" long. — Hab. Jamaica !, Pd., Dist., 

 Wils., along the dry, rocky coast ; S. Vincent !, Guild. ; Trinidad (Sieb.) ; [Cuba ! to 

 Venezuela]]. 



The poisonous C. lethifera, Tuss. {Fl. 4. t. 17), of Haiti, and perhaps other West Indian 

 islands, is distinguished by a 2-fid calyx, a whitish corolla and its limb subentire : its syno- 

 nyms are the shrubby C, cucurbitina, Seem. Panam, !, and C. obovata, Benth. (Sulph. t. 46). 



2, SCHLEGELTA, Miq. 



Calyx tubular, persistent. Corolla salver- shaped : lobes 5, slightly unequal. Stamens 

 didynamous : anther-cells ovate or oblong, diverging-pendulous. Ovary half-2-celled by 

 the introflexed carpophylls : placentary dissepiment none. Stigma 2-lamellate. Fruit in- 

 dehiscent, pulpy: seeds small, wingless. — Shrubby, rooting, glabrous climbers; leaves op- 

 posite, simple, entire, leathery, tapering into a short petiole ; pedicels ebracteolate ; calyx 

 coloured. 



* Corolla-tube campanulate above the base. 



3. S. parasitica, Mrs. Leaves elliptical or elliptical-oblong, blunt ; fascicles few- 

 flowered, longer than the petioles, axillary or inserted into the bark ; pedicels cernuous, 

 jointed above, 2-bracteolate above the base : bracteoles minute, lanceolate ; calyx shortly 

 campanulate, truncate, one-third to one-fourth as long as the corolla-tube; corolla-tube 

 campanulate: lobes roundish ; anther-cells ovate, blunt ; "fruit globose: shell brittle." — 

 Taiuccium, SmT— Leaves 6"-4" long, veiny beneath; cqrolla crimson: tube 1" long ; fruit 

 "size of a small apple." — Hab. Jamaica!, 41., Pd., March, Wullschl., rooting on trees ; 

 [Cuba !]. 



4. S. axillaris, Gr. (». sp.). Leaves oval, rounded at the top ; fascicles axillary, fevv- 

 mauy-flowered, equalling the petiole : pedicels a3 long as the calyx, jointed above, 2-bracteO' 

 late below the middle t bracteoles minute, lanceolate, rigid ; calyx shortly campanulate, 

 broadly %-crenate-l-lipped ; lips one-third to one-fourth as long as their tube : superior 

 lip reni form-rounded, 2 inferior crenatures bluntly deltoid ; corolla-tube campanulate : lobes 

 roundish; anther-cells ovate, blunt.— Nearly allied to the preceding, corolla apparently 

 smaller, but not yet full-grown in our single specimen ; veiny leaves 6"-3", pedicels 3'" long ; 

 stamens didynamous, with a fifth sterile filament : anther-cells diverging downwards ; stigma 

 Darrowly 2-lamellate ; placenta; many-ovulate, almost touching each other with their dilated 

 border, but quite distinct in the middle of the cell. — Hab. Dominica I, Imr. 



** Corolla-tube slender, cylindrical. 



5. S. violacca, Gr. Leaves elliptical-oblong or elliptical, blunt, dotted ; pedicels ter- 

 nate or single, in a short, terminal corymb, not jointed, 2-bracteolate at the middle : brac- 

 teoles linear ; calyx cylindrical, elongated, shortly 2-lipped, more than half as long as the 

 corolla-tube : lips minutely 2-3-dentate, one-fourth as long as their tube j corolla-lobes 

 ovate-oblong: tube narrowly cylindrical j anther-cells linear-oblong, blunt. — Jubl. t. 254. 

 Besleria Aubl — S, lilacina, M'iq. (Surin. t. 36 sin.), is perhaps a form with smaller flowers. 



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