DR. B. SEEMANN ON THE CRESCENTIACE^. 21 



Geogr. Distr. Jamaica (P. Browne ! in Herb. Linn, propr., W. Wriyht !) ; Cuba {Humboldt et Borqjland \ 

 Ed. Otfol); Santa Lucia (Herb. Mus. Brit. !) ; St. Thomas {C. Ehrenberg\) ; Guiana {Aublet\). 

 Guatemala. {Friedrichst hall n. 1186) ; Surinam {Splitzgerber \) ; Brazil {Blanchetl) ; Isthmus of 

 Panama {Seemann !) ; Cumana (Herb. Mus. Par. !) ; Puerto Caballo {Karsten !) ; Cartago de 

 Q.wmAm [BoussingauU \) ; Peru (Dombetj I) ; Key West, Florida {Blodgett in Herb. Torrey !). Cul- 

 tivated throughout the Tropics and in European gardens. 



A tree about 30 feet high, generally crowded with OrcliidecB, Ferns, Bromeliacece, and 

 other epiphytical plants. Eruits generally attaining the size of 32-pounder cannon-balls. 



4. Crbscentia alata ; arborea ; foliis fascicnlatis ex axilla 3, medio longe petiolato 

 trifoliolato, lateralibus simplicibus minoribus similibus, petiolo foliorum foliolatorum 

 late alato, fructibus globosis, cortice ligno duro. (v. sp. v. et cult.) 

 Crescentia alata, R. B. K. Nov. Gen. Amer. iii. p. 158; DeCand. Prodr. ix. p. 247; Seem, in Hook. 



Journ. and Kew Misc. vi. p. 275 ; Seem. Parad. Vindobonens. ii. t. 87- 

 Crescentia trifolia, Blanco, Fl. Filipin. p. 489 ; DeCand. Prodr. ix. p. 247- 

 Nomina vernacula : in Mexico, teste Heller et Seemann, " Guantecomate" " Tecomate " vel " Quiro ;'" 



in ins. Philip., teste Blanco, " Hoja cruz " appellatur. 

 Geogr. Distr. Common on the western coast of Mexico, from Acapulco to Mazatlan [Humboldt and 

 Bonpland\ Gregg ! n. 944 ; Seemann !) ; Itztoluca [Ehrenberg !) ; Central America [Herm. Wendlandl). 

 Cultivated in Veraguas (Seetnann\), Mariana Islands {Gaudichaud\ in Herb. Berol.), Manilla 

 {Pen-ottet\ in Herb. Par.), and in European gardens, having been introduced by me in 1850 to 

 Kew. 

 The size of the fruit is that of a large orange. 



Species exclusce. 

 C. aculeata, H. B. ¥.. = Parmentiera edulis, DeCand. 

 C. edulis, Desv., Mo2,. = Parmentiera edulis, DeCand. 

 C. jasminoides. Lam. = Gardenia clusiafolia, Jacq. 

 C. pinnata, Jacq. — Kigelia pinnata, DeCand. 



6. Kigelia, DeCand. 



Flos resupinatus. Calyx deciduus, tubuloso-campanulatus, bilabiatus, labiis irregulariter fise.s et hinc 

 calycem spurie 5-fidum constituentibus. Corollte tubo brevi, fauce lata campanulata, limbo sub- 

 lequahter 5-lobo, lobis ovatls acuminatis. Stamina 4, didynama, cum quinto sterili. Antherce 

 biloculares, locuhs basi longe discretis. Discus glandulosus ovarii basin cingens. Stylus staminum 

 fere longitudine ; stigma bilamellatum. Ovarium um\ocv\ave, multiovulatum, glabri.m, placentis 

 parietalibus. Bacca elongato-ellipsoidea seu cylindracea, 2- 4-plove latitudine longior, cortice 

 corticato, intus pulposa, spurie 2-locularis. Semina in pulpa nidulantia, subrotunda vel ovoidea, 

 testa fuscescente. Albumen nullum. Cotyledoties {Me DC.) rotundatae, externe longitudinaliter 

 plicatae segregatee. 



Arbor Africa tropicce, ram'is divergentibus, cortice albido, fohis oppositis imparipinnatis, foliolis (5-11) 

 ellipticis vel ovato-eUipticis, non raro insequalibus, terminali obovato, integerrimis vel subrepando- 

 dentatis, coriaceis, utrinque glaberrimis, paniculis longissime pedunculatis, pendentibus e trunco seu 

 ramis vetustis ortis, corollis amplis atro-rubris extus pallidioribus, baccis (2 ped. et ultra long., 5-8 

 unc. lat.) pendulis, albidis. 



Kigelia, Revis. Bignon. p. 18 ; DeCand. Prodr. ix. p. 247 ; Endl. Gen. Plant. Suppl. i. p. 1409. n. 413/ ; 

 Seem, in Hook. Journ. and Kew Misc. vi. p. 2/6. 



Bignonice, Tecomce, Crescentia-, Tancecii et Tripinnarice spec. auct. 



Sotor, Fenzl, Vortrag liber eine Crescent.- Gattung, p. 1. 



