178 MR. JOHN MIERS ON THE GENUS CRESCENTIA. 



ahove the base ; the outer integument closely invests the inner tunic; both are membra- 

 naceous ; the embryo is black, 6 lines long, 8 lines broad, 3-J lines thick, grooved down 

 each face, with a deep emargination in the summit, and another at the base, formed by 

 2 short auricular lobes, the short radicle being entirely concealed within these lobes. 



1 L Crescextia cuspidata, nob. : ramulis obtuse angulatis, substriatis ; foliis majusculis, 



elongato-oblongis, imo cuneatis, apice abrupte acuminatis, supra opacis, scrobiculato- 

 impressis, nervis subimmersis utrinque circiter 16 divaricatis et arcuatim nexis, 

 subtus pallidioribus, nervis paulo prominentibus, nervo marginali prominulo, 

 petiolo crassiusculo, brevissimo : flore solitario, terminali aut axillari, longe pedun- 

 culato ; calyce subcylindrico, longo, fere ad basin bifisso, extus varioloso-punctato ; 

 corolla infundibuliformi-campanulata, extus scabrido-punctulata, tubo striato- 

 nervoso, calyce paulo longiore, ad faciem ventralem infra faucem subito transversim 

 introflexo, limbo sub-2-labiato, labio superiore longiore, latissimo, crenulatim eroso, 

 labio inferiore breviter 3-lobo, lobis rotundatis, suberectis, inaBqualiter inciso-den- 

 tatis ; antheris vix exsertis ; stylo longe protenso : fructu ovato, apice obtuse 

 apiculato vel umbonato, pericarpio duro, crassiusculo, extus impresso-punctato, 

 intus pulposo, seminibus majusculis.— In Venezuela et Antillis : v. s. in hb. Hook. 

 Tovar {Fendler, 780) ; Tope prope Caraccas, unde " Coco de Mono " dicitur (Bnr- 

 chell) ; S. Vincente ( Gtdlding). 



This species differs from the preceding, which it much resembles, in the more pro- 

 longed shape of its leaves, suddenly contracted at the apex into a cuspidated acumen ; the 

 form of the corolla is different ; and it has a more oval fruit, having a hard, stout shell 

 with a pallid punctated surface. The leaves are 7J-12 inches long, 2 j-4 inches broad, 

 on a rather stout petiole 3-5 lines long : the peduncle is 2 inches long ; the calyx is 1 

 inch long ; the tube of the corolla If inch long, the upper lip 6 lines, the lower lip 

 3 lines long, the upward sudden introflexion being 3 to 6 lines beneath it. The fruit j« 

 3-3| inches long, 2-2£ inches broad, seated on the persistent disk upon a pedicel 2 4 

 inches long ; the pericarp is 1 line or more in thickness, with 4 adnate parietal 



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tely disposed ; the seed is 7 lines long, 9 lines broad 

 15. Crescentia elongata, nob. : ramulis cortice suber 



punctato, rimoso 



apice 



tubo incur vat o 



nodis cupuloso-nodosis ; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis, imo breviter subeuneat 

 repente attenuate, lateribus fere rectis et parallelis, eoriaceis, supra opace viridibus 

 nervis utrinque cireiter 12 immersis, subtus concoloribus, nervis prominulis, petiole 

 brevi, crassiusculo : floribus solitariis, longe pedunculatis ; calyce magno, oblongo. 

 bine ad medium fisso, illinc breviter 3-fisso ; corolla infundibuliformi-campanulata; 

 * " lm P UD ctato, fauce aperta, regulari, limbo sub-2-labiato, labio supe- 



more erecto, sub-2-lobo, inferiore subdeclinato, breviter 3-lobo, lobis margine sinuate- 

 erenatis : fruetu ovali, pericarpio tenui, testaceo, intus nervis 4 cruciatim parieta- 

 hbus, quorum 2 oppositis utrinque placentiferi s et late expansis, prolationibus in 

 sicco submembranaceis, seminiferis, a pericarpio liberis, seminibus in illas immersis. 

 In AntiUis : v. s. in hb. Hook. Monte Verde, Cuba oriental! ( Wright, 361 bis). 



