16 DR. B. SEEMANN ON THE CRESCENTlACE^E. 
iflorum, DeCand. Prodr. ix. p. 245 ; Seem, in Bonpl. iv. p. 127, et in Hook. Jou 
Misc 
Marc 
Cucurbitifera, Sloane, Hist. ii. p. 173 ; Browne, Ja 
Geoar. Distr. Jamaica (Robins ! Distan 1 Wright 
British Guiana (Schomburgk ! n. 829) j 
76 
folia 
ccerulescens 
rosea vel coccinea. (Schlegelia, Mia 
3. Tan^citjm parasiticum ; foiiis ovatooblongis acuminatis utrinque glabris, racemis 
axillaribus 2-12-floris, corolla (coccinea) glabra, tubo abbreviate), bacca globosa, 
• glabra (f erruginea) , seminibus angulato-oblongis parvis. (v. sp. s. et v. cult.) 
Tanacium parasiticum, Swartz, Fl. Ind. Occ. ii. p. 1053, t. 20. f. 2 ; DeCand. Prodr. ix. p. 245 ; Seem, in 
Bonpl. iv. p. 127 ; et in Hook. Journ. and Kew Misc. ix. p. 83. 
Crescentia, Browne, Jamaica, p. 266. n. 5. 
Geogr. Distr, Woods of Jamaica {Swartz ! Purdie ! Alexander !) ; Cuba {Ch. Wright, n. 434) j near San 
Gabriel da Cachoeira, Rio Negro, Brazil {Spruce ! n. 2243). Cultivated at the Royal Botanic Gar- 
dens, Kew. 
4. Tan^ectum lilacintjm ; foiiis ovatis ovato-ellipticis vel lanceolato-oblongis utrinque 
glabris, paniculis terminalibus multifloris, bracteis ovato-oblongis acuminatis, brac- 
teolis lineari-lanceolatis striatis pedunculisque puberulis, corolla (lilacina, rosea vel 
violacea) glabra, tubo abbreviato, bacca ovali glabra (nigra), (v. sp. v. et sp. s.) 
Herald, d. 182, Bonpl. iv. p. 128, et Hook. Journ. and Kew Misc 
p. 84. 
egelia lilacina, M 
Prodr. ix. p. 564. 
788 
Miq. in Linnaea, xxii. p. 73 
Besleria 
carulea 
Syst 
Herb 
vern 
Distr. Darien (Seemann !) ; Surinam (Hostmann ! n. 553 in Herb 
Kegel, teste Miquel) ; French Guiana (Aublet! in Mus. Brit.). 
Authors do not quite agree respecting the colour of the corolla. In the specimens I 
collected in Darien it was lilac, some might call it pink. Aublet had specimens with blue, 
and some with violet corollas. I regard these discrepancies as indicating so many slight 
varieties . 
Species exclmce. 
Tanaciumt paniculaturn, Sieh. =Arrabidaa paniculata, Seem. 
Tatuecium pinnatwn, Willd. = Kigelia pinnata, DeCand. 
Tancecium tripinna, Raeusch = Colea tripinnata, Seem. 
