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stigmate late 2-lamellato ; ovario 1-loculari, placentis 4 parietalibus cruciatim 

 dispositis ; fructu magno, valde globoso. — In Brasilia : v. s. in lib. Hook. Natividade, 

 in prov. Goyaz ( Gardner, 3342). 



This species, though well described by Gardner, is considered identical with C. citjcte 

 by Dr. Seemann ; but the only accordant feature that I can perceive is the laciniation of 

 the border of the corolla, a character found in some other species ; in all other respects 

 there exists much discrepancy. It differs in the size and shape of its leaves, which are 

 pubescent beneath on the midrib and nerves, in its more ovate calyx, in its included 

 stamens and style, and in the globular shape of its fruit. The tree grows to the height 

 of about 18 feet : the leaves are 4 to 71 inches Ions, H to 2f inches broad ; the peduncle 



is about 7 lines long, the bracts small and acute ; the calyx, at first closed and 9 lines 

 long, splits into two or three unequal divisions ; the corolla is greenish yellow, the lobes 

 of the border nerved and reticulated with purplish lines ; the fruit is perfectly globose, 

 6 to 8 inches in diameter. In Gardner's typical specimen, the transverse duplicature 

 of the corolla which he mentions is not visible ; but that, no doubt, is owing to the flower 



being glued to the paper on that side. 



I have considered the species described by Browne to be the same as this, because it 

 agrees with it in the form of its leaves and in the size and shape of its fruit. 



3. Crescentia acuminata, H. B. K. iii. 157 ; DC Prodr. ix. 216 : Crescentia enjete, 



Seem, (non Jacq.) in parte, Linn. Trans, xxiii. 20 : Crescentia cifjete, var. /3, angustl- 



folia, Linn. Sp. PI. 873 : Crescentia n° 2, Browne, Jam. 266 : Cujete n° 4, Plum. 



Gen. 23 : ramis elon^atis, nexuosis, ramulis angulatis, laBvibus, glabris, subalbidis : 



foliis 3, fasciculatis, lanceolato-oblongis, apice acuminatis, imo longe spathulatis, 



cuneatis, sessilibus, integris, membranaceis, utrinque glabris, nervis divaricatis et 



remotiusculis, supra nitidis, reticulatis, subtus pallidioribus, costa prominente : 



floribus e trunco solitariis ; pedunculo breviusculo ; calyce coriaceo, glabro, 2-fisso, 



segmentis ajqualibus, ovatis, obtusis, concavis ; corolla subcampanulata, extus 



glandulis crystaliinis scabrido-punctulata, tubo brevi, ventre infra medium plica 



transversali introflexo, fauce magna, subobliqua, limbo imequaliter 5-fido, erecto ; 



staminibus inclusis ; stigmate 2-lamellato ; fructu globoso, sub-4-pollieari.— In 



Antillis et Guiana : v. s. in Jib. Hook. Karaoung, Guiana Gall. (Sagot, 451) ; sine 



loco (Kokn.). 



This species, which is also amalgamated with the typical plant by Dr. Seemann, is well 



distinguished from it by its more membranaceous, narrower, longer leaves, and by its 



much smaller and globose fruit ; Kunth makes no mention of the deep incisions in the 



border of the corolla, which is a marked feature in the two preceding species, but which 



I cannot trace in Sagot's specimen. The leaves are 2-6 inches long, 1-2| inches broad ; 



the peduncle is 7-8 lines long ; the tube of the corolla is 4 lines broad at its base, lj- 



inch broad across its mouth, 1£ inch long, with a transverse plicature 6 lines above the 



base ; the upper lip is erect, f inch long, divided into acute lobes, the margins of which 

 appear very crispate. In the British Museum Collection there is a fruit, supposed to 



be from Jamaica, which corresponds with that described by Kunth : it is perfectly 



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