444 SOLANB^, 



Ijooth above the downy part j berry qbovoid, — Vent. Choix. t. 18. — C. megalophyllum, 

 Dan. ! C. Bella.sopibra, Pun. ex spec. Mader. C. vespertinutn, 8ieb. Mart. 64 ! ap. Dun. 

 C. Kchottii, Sendtth. — C. cnv^lomeralum, R. P., agreeing in the leaves, is slightly distin- 

 guished by orangercoloured cymes, broader corolla-lobes, and glabrous filaments. — Variable 

 in tlie calyx-teeth, and the breadth of the corolla-lobes : the filament-teeth, usually wanting 

 in qur specinjens, are very marked in cultivated pnps ; leaves 8"-4", calvf 1"'^2"', corolla 

 6"'-8"' long.— Hab. Jamaica!, .4/,, iifareA; Dominica 1, ij»r. ; Trinidad!, 5i'e4. 2V. 176, 

 Sch.; [Cuba ! and Guatemala ! to Brazil ; introduced into Madeira!]. 



64. C. hirtum, Sw. ! Branchlets shaggy with denticniate hairs ; leaves chartaceous, 

 ovate-oblong or ovate-lanpeolate, bl'untish at the point, subcordate or roundish at the base, 

 arch-veined ; primarg veins prominent beneath : shaggy dowu pursisteut ou the midrib ; 

 cymes contracted, subsessile : flowers subsessile, greenish- white ; calyx 5 -dentate : teeth 

 ielioSA ;■ coroll a-tube clavate^ gradually tapering : lobes ovate, bluntish; stameus incladed, 

 inserted about the middle of the corolla-tube : filaments pubescent below their tooth ; berry 

 ovoid, black. — Jacq. Sohcenbr. t. 421. — C. hirsutum, Jacq., a form with the leaves auricled 

 by the development of axillary gems. — JiCaves 5"-2", calyx li"'-2"', corolla 6"'-8"', berry 

 6'" long. — Hab. Jamaica !, Sio,, Mac/., Fd., Wils., in moontain-woods, S, Thomas i. B., 

 Westmoreland; [Cuba!]. 



65. C. laurifolmiu, Z'.^i$r. G'/aJri'MJ (except the axis of the cymes) ; leaves leathery,- 

 shining, elliptical, obovate or oblong, blnutish or blunt : veins inconspicuous or delicate ; 

 cymes contracted, subsessile: flowers shortly pedicellate, greenish-yellow, changing colour; 

 calyx 5-dentate : teeth minute or deltoid ; corolla-tube clavate, gradually tapering, glabrous : 

 lobes ovate-roundish or ovate, blunt; stamens included, inserted above the middle of the 

 corolla-tube: filaments glabrous, entire or bearing a tooth above the base; berry ovoid. — 

 L'Her. Utirp. t. 34. Bot. Mag. t. 2929.— C. alaternoides, Desf. C. subtrifloi'um, Bun.!' 

 —Leaves 4i"-2", pedicels ^'", calyx li'", corolla 8"'-6"', berrv 6"'-5"' long.— Hae. An- 

 tigua!, Wullschl.; Trinidad I, 5!>«, Tr. 180 ; [Cuba!, Portorico"!, French islands]. 



66. C. nocturnum, L, Glabrous ; leaves chartacepusdeathery, ovate or ovate-oblong, 

 with a bluntish point : veins delicate ; cymes pediuicled, racemiforij), exceeding the petiole : 

 inferior pedicels often as long as the calyx ; flowers greenish-yellow ; calyx 5-dentate, 

 about one-third as long as the corollartube : teeth ovate-roundish or deltoid ; corolla-tube 

 clavate, gradually tapeijng, glabrous ; lobes ovate, blunt i stamens incladed, inserted above 

 the middle of the corolla-tube ; filaments piiberulous below, entire, or bearing a tooth above 

 the base ; berry ovoid-oblong. — Dill. Elth. f. 185. Jacq. Schosnbr. t. 329. — C. foetidis- 

 simum, /acy.- Leaves 4"-2i", calyx 3"'-2''", corolla S^-g'" long.— Hab. Jamaica I, At., 

 M'Nab, Fd., March,m-!ao!antfiji-vfooi%\ Dominica I, /mr. j [Cuba!]. 



67. C. diurimm, L. Glabrous i leaves chartaceous Aeathery, oyate-oblong, bluntish : 

 veins delicate; cymes peduncledi contracted: flowers ■^\\\i&, subsessile ; calyx 5-dentate: 

 teeth minute or deltoid ; corolla-tube clavate, gradually tapering, glabrous : lobes roundish, 

 reflexed ; stamens includeij, inserted below the throat : filaments entire, glabrous, about 

 thrice as long as the anthers ; berry subglohose.^iJjW. Elth. f. 186. Jacg. Schmnbr. 

 t. 331. — C. odontospermum, Jacq. C. Forsythi, Dun. C. fastigiatum, Jacq. (I. c. t. 330): 

 a variety with longer peduncles. — Leaves 4"-3", calyx 1"', coroUa 6"'-8"' long ; berry 3'"- 

 4'" diam. — Hab. Caribbean Islands {Dun,) ; [Cuba !, in saline soil, S. Jean !]. 



CXIV, BIGNONIACE^. 



Stamens and corolla of Scrophularinete, but anther-cells mostly distinct, contiguous at 

 their base. Ovary superior, many-ovulate, with the ovules distant from the axis, inserted 

 along, each margin of a central, plaeentary dissepiment, rarely paracarpous : carpophylls 2. 

 Seeds compressed, often winged, sessile, mostly transverse. Embryo exalbnmiuous : cotyle- 

 dons large, folisceoiis, mostly emarginate.— Woody, rarely herbaceous plants ; leaves often 

 compound, usually opposite and exstipulate. 



Drugs are obtained from Crescenfia, Tecoma leucoxylon ani slans, and Bignonia (pqui- 

 noctialis. The hard shells of Crescentia Oujete (the Calabash.tree) are turned into bottles and 

 other housejiolii articles, Jaoaranda (the Palisandre-wood), Cgtalpa, and Tecoma afi'ord 

 timber. 



