274 REVISION OF THE GENERA 



trifoliolatis 



fasciculatis 



tfl< 



Crescentia differs from Tarmentiera in its bilabiate calyx and pulpy 

 fruit ; from Kigelia in its hard-shelled (woody) fruit. 



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§ 1. IPolia alternay solitaria. Corolla virescens, 



1. Crescentia cucurMtina, Linn. ; arborescens, foliis alternis solitariis 

 omnibus simplicibus lanceolato-ovatis vel obovatis breviter acumi- 

 natis, fructibus globosis ovatis vel ellipticis, cortice fragili. — C ' cu- 



iP. 250 : Stoartz. Obs. v. 234 ! C. latifolia, 



Mant 



fig 



t. l^^.Jig. sup.! C. obovata, BentJi. Bot. Stilph, p, 130. t 46 ! C. 

 ovata, Burm. FL Ind. p. 132 ! C. lethifera, Tussac, FL des Antill 

 V. 4. p. 50. (. 17 ! C. toxicaria, Tassac, FL des AntilL v. 4. t. 17- 

 C. palustris, Forsyth, Herb, ! — Nomen vernacnlum Panamense,"Cala- 

 bazo de Playa." 



A shrub, about 15 feet high, growing commonly on the coast of the 

 islands and the continent of the central parts of America, and probably 

 only cultivated in Java. I have seen specimens of it from Jamaica 

 (W. Wright! Purdie! Distin!), St. Vincent (Anderson!), Chagres 

 (Fendler, no. 120 !), Pacific coast of the Isthmus of Panama (See- 

 mann !), Island of Gorgona (Barclay !). Tussac ascribes to it poisonous 

 qualities; but the statement that it has proved injurious to people 

 who came in contact with it must be received with caution; as it 

 stands quite isolated, and as no poisonous qualities are known to 

 exist in the whole series of plants to which the Crescentiacece belong, I 

 am inclined to dismiss it altogether as unworthy of credit, and feel al- 

 most disposed to think that the Manzanilla-tree, which, growing gene- 

 rally in company with (7, cucurbitinay may have caused the mischief, 

 if any was caused. 



3. Crescentia macropTiylla^ Seem. ; arborescens (vel arborea ?), glaber- 



solitariis 



errimis 



nervo (unico) utrinque acuto, petiolis basi valde incrassatis, corolla 

 (virescente) campanulata, tubo elongato curvato ventrlcoso, limbo 

 subregulari fimbriatoJaciniato, lamellis stigmatis fimbriatis, fructus 



D. macrophylla, Bort. Kew, 



