272 KEVISION OF THE GENERA 



vernacular one of the plant in some parts of Nubia), established upon 

 Kotschy's specimens (no. 403), is also a synonym of Kigelia Africana, 

 It must, however, be added that T'enzl, when publishing the latter 

 name (Vortrag uber eine neue Crescentiaceen Gattuug, p. 1 et 3), made 

 a mistake in supposing that Spqthodea campanulatay Beav. (to which 



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tulipift 



The exist- 



ence of ^. campanulata is not at all doubtful, as tlierfe exist very good 

 specimens of it in the herbaria of both Hooker and Bentham, agreeing 



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quite well with the description and figure in Palisot*s FL Ovvar., and 

 showing that it has nothing to do with Kigelia, 



Crescentiacearum Tribus Crescentie^- 



Calyx decidnus^ irregularis^ spatJtaceiis vel bipa7*titus. 



Genera, 



1. Farmeniie7'a,J)G. — Calgx spathaceus. Frudus carnosus, teres, cpul- 

 posus. — rolia opposlta, plerumque trifoliolata , — America tropica. 



2. Crescentia, Linn. — Calyx bilabiatus, lobis integerrimis. Friictus 

 lignosus, pulposus. — Folia sjmrsa vel fascicidata^ simplicia vel tri- 

 foliolata. — America tropica, 



3. Kigelia^ DC, — Calyx bilabiatus, lobis irregulariter fissis. Frudus 

 corticatusj pulposus, — Folia opposita^ simplida vel pinnata. — Africa 

 tropica. 



I. Parmentiera, BC, 



Calyx deciduus, spathaceus, longitudinaliter fissus. Corolla subcampa- 

 nulata, tubo lato brevi, fauce hiante, limbo distincte 5-lobo, lobis 

 subsequalibus patentibus. Stamina 4, didynama, cum rudimento 

 quinti. Antherce 3-]oculares, loculis divergentibus. Discus glandu- 

 losus, ovarii basin cingens. Stylus elongatus. Stigma bilamellatuni, 

 lamellis integerrimis. Ovarium uniloculare, multiovulatum. Fnic- 

 tus carnosus, indehiscens, teres, tuberculatus vel Isevis, spurie 3-4- 



locularis, epulposus. Semina plurima, parva, cordata vel subrotuuda. 

 Albumen nullum. — Arbores America tropic(Sy ramis aculeatis vel in- 

 ermibus, foliis opjwsitis, simplicibus vel tri/oliolatis, pedunculis ?/«/- 

 Jforis subcongestis ex trunco aut ba4 raraoi'um et ramulorum o?'iis, co- 

 roUis albidis vel virescentibus, fructibus/r/r^'. 



