C'reacentiece.] CXX. BIGNONUCE^. 1053 



Species ad 5, Americit tropicpe incolEe, ])C. Prod, ^x, 564. }Va/2>' Ann. iii, 93. Griseb. Cat PL 

 Cub. 19h 



Genus quoad fructus structurani imporfecte notum, n^tu'tatis quodammodo incertuiu, an rite 

 Cresccntieia adsociatum an potius Parmcntierfe affiiie hand patct, a Tanfpcio longe recedit, Spcci- 

 miim in herbariis servata plemque valde manca. 8. violacca, Qriseb. YL Brit, W, Ind» 445, oxcK 

 eyn., videtur Tcdjcbtiies species, B'lgnonice palUdiey LindK, affini?- 



52, Creseentlat inm, G^e?i. n, 762, — Calyx coriaceuSj junior clausus, per anthesin alte 

 5-fidiis V. 2-partitus, Begmentis latia. Corollse tubus amplua v, campanulatus, aiitice 

 plus minus plica transversa ventricoKus ; linibus valde obliquus, subdilatatna, vix 2-labia- 

 tus, ore irregulariter dentato-lacerus v, snb-5-fidus. Stamina 4, didjTiama, inclusa v, 

 breviter exserta ; antheree glabrse, loculis brevibus divergentibus. Discus pulvinatus, 

 Ovarium sessile, l-Ioculare, placeutis 2 parietulibus plus minus intrusia ; ovula nunierosaj 

 i:>laccntas undique obtegentia- Fructus magnusj globosus v, ovoideus, indehiscens, peri- 

 carpio carnoso demxim induratOj placentis aocretia spongiosis pulposisque loculum iinpleu- 

 tibus. Semina numerosaj pulpa nidulantia, exalata, plano-compressa et late obovata v.' 

 majora crassissima paullo latiora quam longa et subdidynia ; cmbrj"o seniini conformia. — 

 Arbores glabrse. Folia altema, ad nodos solitaria v. fasciculataj coriaccav. fere membra- 

 nacea, Flores inter foliorum fasciculus v. ad latera ramoi^um solitarii v, pauci fasciculati, 

 flavicantes pallidi v» rubro-striati. 



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Species ex Miersio 15, pliirim3& huiien nounisi specinjinibus valde niancis cognitte evidenter redu- 

 cendse, Anieric^e tropicse incolae. DC. Prod. ix. 246, Walp. Hep. vi. 517 ; Ann. v. 624. Miers in 

 Tracts. Linn. Soc. xxvi, 167, i. 7 ad 9. Gerln. /_ Fruct, L 223. Jacq, Fragm. /. 33,/. 6. Laru^ 

 Illiistr. L 647. Be7iik BoU 8i(fj>K t. 46. BoL Mag. t. 3430, 4822, 



Genus a Miersio in sectiones 2 dividitur ; 1. Eucresce^ttxa iC ct'Jete, Linn., et affines), foliis fascicu- 

 latis, fructu saepius maxinio semiiiibujs, ubi nota, parvulis planis ; et 2, Kitallagjiia ((7. cucurhiiijia, 

 Linn., et affines), foliis sparsis, fructu ssepius minoro, seminibun, ubi nota, majoribus crassissimis. 



53. Kl^ella, DC. Prod. ix. 247. (Sotor, Fenzl ex Seem, in Hook. Kew Jow-n. vij 

 272,)^Calyx amplus, coriaceus, junior clausus, Incui'^^o-inucrbnatuK, per anthesin ore ob- 

 liquo late apertus intequaliterque 2-5-fidus. Corolla? tubus basi breviter contractusj in 

 faucem late canipanulatani ampliatus ; limbus sub-2-IabiatuSj labio postico 2-fido, antico 

 3-partitOj lohis omnibus ainplis late ovatis patentibus. Stamina 4, didynama, pamm 

 iniequalia, breviter exserta ; anthene glabrse, loculis linearibus parallelis v, demum basi 

 divergentibus. Discus crassus, late annulatus. Ovarium, sessile, 1-locuIare, placentis 

 tamen 2 parietalibus valde intrusia in medio loculo contiguis nee coha?rentibn5 imperfecte 

 2-loculare ; ovula numerosissima, placentas undique v, facie interiore excepta obtegentia, 

 Fructus magnus, oblongua v. elongatus, crassus, subteres, indebiscens, pericarpio 

 carnoso, loculo placentis fibroso-carnosis pulpa farctirf oninino repleto. Seiiiiiia nidulantia, 

 crasaa, compreasiuacula, aptera, testa coriacea, inter lobos cotyledonum intmsa fere 2- 

 locularia ; cotyledones latie, complicato-2-lobre, lobis planis ; radiculabrevis, centrifuga. — 

 Arbores procerjej glabrae v. vix tomentellce. Folia alterna, anipla, pinnata, foliolia intc- 

 gerrimis, Flores magni, pallide rubentes, in paniculam laxam pendentem diapositi- 

 Fructus ?aepe l^-pedalis, 6-7 poll- crassi, a pedunculo 6-7-pedali pendentea. 



Species 3 v. 4, Africa3 tropicse et aubtralig aubtropicse incolie* Wa^p. Hep. vi. 517 ; An7}, iii. 03, 

 V. 623. Jacq. CdL iii. t 18 {Crescentia), Deless. Ic, SeL v. L 93, A, B. A, Rich. FL Afn/ss. t 76. 



Ovarium sub anthesi in fpeciminibus exsiccatis examinat-«m, et jam panllo am'tum in spiritu ser- 

 vatutn semper l-looulare invenimus, placentis in medio loculo contiguis v. ralde approximatis at 

 minirae connatis, in una specie undiqufl oruliferis, fti altera facie interiore anguste nuda, Semina 

 more ordinis transversa axi horizontali.sod ob plicaturam embryonis horizoataliter nee verticaUter 

 coropr^ssa, ^ 



