498 . BIGNONIACEZ. 
1. Parmentiera alata, Miers in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvi. p. 166. 
Crescentia alata, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. iii. p. 158; DC. Prodr. ix. p. 247; Hook. Kew Journ. 
Bot. vi. p. 275; Trans. Linn. Soc. xxiii. p. 21; Parad. Vindob. ii. t. 87. 
Crescentia trifolia, Blanco, Fl. Filip. p. 489. 
Souta Mexico, common on the western coast from Mazatlan to Acapulco (Hum- 
boldt & Bonpland ; Gregg; Seemann); Centrau America, without locality (Wendland) ; 
PanaMA, Veraguas, cultivated (Seemann). Hb. Kew. 
Introduced in the Philippine Islands and elsewhere. 
2. Parmentiera cereifera, Seem. Bot. Voy. ‘Herald,’ p. 189, t. 32; Trans. Linn. 
Soc. xxiil. p. 17. 
PanaMa, near the villages of Cruces, Gorgona, and San Juan (Seemann). Hb. Kew. 
3. Parmentiera edulis, DC. Prody. ix. p. 244, et Calques des Dess. Fl. Mex. 830 ; 
Trans. Linn. Soc. xxiii. p. 18. 
Parmeniiera aculeata, Seem. Bot. Voy. ‘ Herald,’ p. 183. 
Crescentia aculeata, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. iii. p. 158. 
Crescentia edulis, Desv. Journ. Bot. iv. p. 112; DC. Prodyr. ix. p. 246. 
Crescentia musecarpa, Zaldivar ; Heller, Reisen in Mexico, p. 414. 
Parmentiera foliolosa et P. lanceolata, Miers in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvi. pp. 166 et 167. 
South Mexico, Zimapan (Coulter), Gonacatepec (Andrieux, 225), Campeachy (Hum- 
boldt & Bonpland). Hb. Kew. 
14. CRESCENTIA. 
Crescentia, Linn. Gen, Plant. n. 762; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 1053; Miers in Trans. 
Linn. Soc. xxvi. pp. 159-180, tt. 7-9. 
An exclusively Tropical-American genus of trees. Miers defines fifteen species from 
very scanty material. 
1. Crescentia cucurbitina, Linn. Mant. p. 250; DC. Prodr. ix. p. 246; Seem. 
in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxiii. p. 19. 
Crescentia latifolia, Lam. Dict. i. p. 558. 
Crescentia obovata, Benth. Bot. Voy. ‘ Sulphur, p. 130, t. 46. 
Crescentia lethifera et C. toxicaria, Tussac, Fl. des Antill. iv. p. 50, t. 17. 
Crescentia ovata, Burm. FI. Ind. p. 182. 
Panama, Chagres (Hendler, 210), without locality (Seemann). —_Danrey; West Inp1zs. 
Hb. Kew. 
2. Crescentia cujete, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 872; DC. Prodr. ix. p. 246; Seem. in 
Trans. Linn. Soc. xxiii. p. 20; Bot. Mag. t. 3430; Vell. Fl. Flum. vi. t. 103; Tussac, 
Fl. des Antill. ii. p. 80, t. 19. 
Crescentia cuneifolia, Gardn. in Hook. Journ. Bot. ii. p. 422. 
Crescentia acuminata, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. iii. p. 157. 
