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tolerable smell, R. S. ; fr. 0. Shells of the fruit, cleansed and dried, 

 are used by the inliabitants of Tropical America for drinking cups. 

 Those of the long, small-fruited kind, are formed into spoons and la- 

 dles. The round ones are cut through the middle and used for choco- 

 late-cups ; they are frequently large enough to hold a gallon of fluid, 

 serving to boil water in, as they bear fire well. The thicker parts are 

 frequently used for button-moulds in the W. Indies. The Caribs engrave 

 the outside with a number of grotesque figures, which they sometimes 

 colour black and red. The pulp is now and then eaten by the negroes, 

 but it is not looked upon as either agreeable, or wholesome ; it is, 

 however, much used by way of poultice, and a syrup made out of it is 

 much in request among the natives, in disorders of the breast, in con- 

 tusions, and inward bruises. The wood being very tough and flexible, 

 is fit for the coach- makers, and frequently used for making saddles, 

 stools, and other furniture. {Mill, diet.) 

 2. alata. H. B. and Kth. (G. Don. o. c. p. 233.) b Mexico. In the 

 Govesoor General's garden, at Barrackpore, fl. R. S. The flowers are 

 like those of No. 1. 

 ? Tripinna, Lour. (Tripinnaria, Pers. — G. Don's Mill. diet. 4, p. 233.) 

 1. africana, (Tripinnaria africana, Spreng. syst. 2, p. 842 ; — O. Don. I. c. 

 — Crescentia pinnata, Jaeq. eoll. 3, t. 18. — Tanaecium pinnatum, 

 Willd.) L. b Mozambique. Introduced in 1841. 



* Bignonia pallida, Lindl. ; B. Reg. 1 2, t. 965 B St. Vincent. — B. Ung- 

 uis, L. B v^ Barbadoes. — 6. staminea, Lam. S v^ St. Domingo. — 

 B. Chamber laijnii, Sims. ; B. M. 47, t. 2 148. S ^-/ Brazil. — B. alliacea, 

 Swz. B \^ Guiana. — B. rigescens, Jacq. 'B \.^ Caraccas. — B. lactifiora, 

 Vahl. B v_' St. Cruz. — B. Leucoxylon, L. B. Repos. 1, t. 43. 5 Jamaica. 

 — B. Telfairicc, Bojer ; B. M. 57, t, 2976. b Madagascar. — B. Colei, 

 Bojer ; B. M. .55, t. 2817. b Mauritius. Has been introduced at 

 Bombay. — Sputhodea uneata, Spreng. (Bignonia uncata, Andr. ; B. M. 

 37, t. 1511.) B ^_/ Guiana. W. Indies. — Tecoma pentaphylla, Juss. b 



W. Indies T. starts, Juss. ; B. M. 59, t. 3191. 5 W. Indies. Mexico. 



Introduced at Bombay. — T. radicans, Juss. a, major, (Bignonia radi- 

 cans, L. ; B. M. 14, t. 485.) B Virginia. Carolina. Florida. — Jacaranda 

 brasiliana. Lam. b Brazil. — /. tomentosa, R. Br. ; B. Reg. 13, t, 1103. 

 5 Brazil. — Fredericia speciosa, Mart. B ^v Rio Janeiro. — Ferdinan- 

 dusa elliptica, Pohl. 5 Brazil. — Astianthus longifoUus, D. Don. B 

 Mexico. — Chilopsis saligtta, D. Don. B Mexico. — Wightia gigantea, 

 Wall. pi. as. rar. 1, t. 81. B ^-/ Nepal. — Catalpa longissima, Juss. B 

 W. Indies. — Tourretia lappacea, Willd. © v^ B. M. 66, t. 3749. 

 Peru. — Crescentia cucurbitiiia, L. b Jamaica. — C. aculeata, H. B. and 

 Kth. b Mexico. — Tancecium parasiticum, Swz. B v_/ Jamaica. — T. 

 Jaroba, Swz. B v-/ Jamaica. 



