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tiol. fl. 2-5 pedic. fruct. ovat. acum. — .intilles. 

 Tree with streight angular branches, fruits size 

 of a Citron, wood white and hard. 



468. Crescentia L. auct. This G. differs by 

 calix bipartite cor. incurva, limbo 5fido ineq. 

 bacca cortex dura, fol. confertis, jl, lateralis 



many Sp. are blended in Cr. cujete, whereof 

 I shall distinguish 3 at least. All from Antilles 

 and South America. 



469. Crescentia arborea Raf. fol. cuneatis 

 subeq. fract. globoso maximo — very useful tree, 

 branches divergent, fruits often as large as head, 

 medical. 



470. Crescentia pumila Raf. humilis, fol. 

 obovatis inequalib. fruct. subovato oviformis — 

 small shrub, fruit size of hen-e^gs. 



471. Crescentia latifolia Raf. fol. subrot. 

 fruct. ovatis — perhaps a Dendrosicus ? 



472. Lantana Tt. this appeared a natural 

 genus, but the hooked stigma was its main ar- 

 tificial character and it has many anomalies in 

 flowers and habit, forming at least subgenera. 



473. Subg. Camara Raf. cal. ineq. 3dent. 

 cor. infund. limb. 4lobo subeq. inf. emarg. Vru- 

 texfol. oppos. fl. subcap. bracteatis. Most of 

 the species, 



474. Subg. Periana Raf cal. 4dent. cor. hy- 

 pocr. 41oba, ¥rut. foL opp. fl, capit. involu- 

 cratis — here belong L. ochreata, itivolucrata, 

 aculeata and others. 



475. Subg. Trilepta Raf. cal. 3dent. ineq. 

 cor. hypocr. limbo obliquo 41obo. Frut, fol, • 

 nertic.fl. spicatis bracteatis — Type L. trifoUa, 



476. Subg. Erpila Raf. cal. 4dent. cor. in- 

 fund. subSloba, Frutex repens, ramis annuis 



fl. subspic. bracteatis — Type L. annua. 



477. Batindum Raf. diff. Lantana. cal. Spart. 



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