326 BOTANY 01 THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. HEEALB. 
BIGKONIACE^. 
544. Tecoma stans, Juss., De Cand. Prodr. vol. ix. p. 224. Sierra Madre, near the village of 
Santa Lucia; Acapulco (Lay and CoUic!). 
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545. Chilopsis linearis, De Cand. Prodr. vol. ix. p. 2%7.—Catalpa Pottsii, Seem, in Otto und 
Distr. Allgem. Gartcnzeit. vol. xix. p. 321 ! Cliilmalnia (Potts!). 
Geographical distribution: Mexico (Tate! Gregg, no. 20!); between Western Texas and El Paso, 
Nl-w Mexico (C. Wright, no. 428 !) ; California (W. Lobb ! Coulter, no. 634 !). 
CRESCENTIACE^. 
546. Crescentia alata, II.C.K., Dc Cand. Prodr. vol. ix. p. 247.— C. trifolia, Blanco, Flor. de 
Pilip. p. 489! — Xomen vemacul. "Tecomate." Common on the -svestern coast from Acapulco to 
Mazatkn (Seemann ! Gregg, no. 944 !). 
The eliell of the fruit is made into driaking-cups, and its pnlx), hoiled with sugar, is administered mter- 
nally to those suffering from complaints of the chest (consumption?)- 
GES?^ERACE^. 
547. DiCYRTA parviflora, Seem. (Tab. LXIX.); cauie gracili cum tota hcrba hirsute Isete 
nridi, propagulis . . . ., foliis ovatis acuminatis grosse inacqualiter scrratis in petiolum angustatis, 
pcduuculis axillaribus binis tcruisvc unifloris folio brevioribus vol subiequantibus, corolla tubuloso- 
iufundibuliformi (alba ?) limbo erccto-patente, tubo calycis laciniis anguste lanceolatis 2-3-plo lon- 
giorc sursum ampliato, annnlo glandnloso tenuiorc vix pentagono. — Trevzrana parvifioraj Hook, et 
Am. Bot. Bcccli. p. 302. Tepic [Lay and Collie !). 
This plant agrees most with the characters of the Genus Bicyrta, Pcgcl, as laid down by Dr. Hanstein 
in his excellent paper on Achimcnca in the Limica, but there arc several points of difference about irhich 
it is necessary to offer some remarks. The figure of our Plato (Tab. LSIX.) i^'as taken from dried speci- 
mens collected in 1828 by Beechey's Expedition, in the neighbourhood of Tepic, and it is quite possible 
that the sliape of the corolla may be more curved than it is there represented ; nor can very much reliance 
be placed on the representation of the stigma, as, in the few specimens that could be subjected to analysis, 
it was so much injured by pressing that its real character had in a great meaam:« been lost, but quite enough 
remained to show that it is not bi-lameUate, but rather stomatomorijhous. The anthers ax>peared to bo 
free, at least the two longer stamens were not connected with the two shorter. In general habit our plant 
agrees with that of the two Bicyrta described, but approaches nearest to I), Candida^ Ilanst. Stem, leaves, 
peduncles, and calyx hirsute, dark green ; leaves, including petiole, X\ inches long, in the widest part 9 
lines broad ; corolla glabrous outside, and hairy inside the tube ; ovary and stamens 4, didynamous, gla- 
brous, with the rudiment of the fifth ; capsule unknown. There are three specimens in the Hookerian 
Herbarium, but none have any root. 
Plate LXIX. Eig. 1, coroUa; 2, the same, cut open; 3, ovary and style; 4 and 5, stamens:— aZZ mag- 
nified. 
54-8. ScHEERiA Mexicana, Seem, in Bot. Mag. t. 4743.— Rcgcl, Gartcnflora, Jahrg. 1853. t. 71. 
—Mandirola Seemami, Ch. Lem. 111. Hort. vol. iii. in descript. t. m.—Achimenes Scheerii et A. 
Chirita, Hort. Chihuahua (Potts!). 
