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1 inch in diameter in the mouth, having, 3 lines below this, a very shallow ringent 

 constriction, or upward induplicature of the tube, on the anterior side only ; the sta- 

 mens arc 8 lines long, one pair being seated 5 lines lower than the upper pair, and 4 

 lines higher than the sterile stamen, which is fixed 6 lines above the base ; the disk 

 is 1 line high, 4 lines in diameter ; the ovary is 5 lines long, the style is 15 lines, the 

 stigma 1J line long. 



12. Crescentia latifolia, Plumier, Amer. ii. 100, tab. 109 ; Lam. Diet. i. 558, tab. 



517: Crescentia ovata, Burm. M. Ind. 132 : Cujete n° 2, Plum. Gen. 23, tab. 16 : 

 Crescentia cuciirbitina, DC. in parte (non Linn.), Prodr. ix. 246 ; Seem, in parte 

 (non Linn.), Linn. Trans, xxiii. 19 : trunco crasso, cortice rufo-cinereo ; ramis paten- 

 tibus, cinereo-glaucis, subangulatis, striolatis, nodis cupulosis margine cartilagineis; 

 foliis alternis, ovatis aut oblongis, apice acumine brevissimo obtusulo constrictis, imo 

 subacutis aut obtuse cuneatis, integris, glaberrimis, valde coriaceis, supra sub- 

 pallidis, opacis, nervis immersis, subtus nervis utrinque 10 costaque prominentibus, 

 petiolo brevi, crasso : floribus ramorum apicem versus vel in axillis solitariis vel 

 binis ; pedunculo subtenui ; calyce oblongo, paulo supra basin ampliore, ultra 

 medium aequaliter 2-fisso aut in segmenta 3 inaequalia rupto ; corolla campanu- 

 lata, tubo longitudinaliter sulcato, antice ventricoso, et hinc medium versus plica 

 msversali profunde introflexo, fauce paulo obliqua, limbo 5-lobo, lobis sub- 

 brevibus margine inciso-laciniatis, laciniis linearibus, acutis aut obtusis ; staminibus 

 paulo exsertis, antheris imo divaricatis ; stylo multo longiore ; stigmate ovali, sub- 

 solido : fructu majusculo, ovato, apice breviter umbonato, pericarpio sublignoso, 

 fragili, intus pulposo.— In AntiUis : t>. s. ins. S. Thomae, ad Borboni {(Ersted) : in 

 hb. Hook. Cuba {Otto 357); Jamaica (Distm). 



This species much resembles in general appearance C. cucurbitina , with which it has 

 been confounded by most botanists, but differs in being a larger tree with a thicker 

 trunk, and with copious wide-spreading (not erect) branches, in its leaves, which are 

 more cuneate at base, its more erect flowers, a differently shaped corolla, with a deep 

 ventral transverse duplicature (not ringent in the mouth), its broader and 5-lobed border 

 with laciniated margins, a subsolid stigma, and a larger fruit. Plumier describes it as 

 an "arbor mgens;" the trunk often acquires a considerable diameter, and furnishes a 

 pale-coloured, hard wood, with a close crossgrain, which renders it valuable for many 

 purposes Tim leaves are 5-7| inches long, 2f-3i inches broad, on a thick petiole 4 inch 

 long Ihe peduncle is 1~U 2 inch long ; the calyx is broad, 1J inch long ; the tube of the 

 corolla 1, inch long, 1 inch broad in the mouth, and below the plicature in the middle 

 of the tube it is narrowed to a breadth of f inch ; the two front lobes of the border are 3 

 hues long and broad, the three superior lobes 6 Hues long and broad, the laciniated seg- 

 ments 4 hues long, 1 line broad ; the stamens are 6-8 lines long ; the stigma extends 12-16 



beyond the mouth. These details are obtained from Plunder's original drawing of 

 the plant, preserved in the British Museum, assisted by the specimens above quoted. 



The fruit, stated by Plumier to be large and ovate, is shown in that drawing to be U m cut* 

 long, 3 t inches in diameter, surmounted by an obtuse mammillary projection 4 lines 



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