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CALABASH TREE. 
(Calabassier. Fl\) 
Natural Order ? Solane^e. Linncean Classification , Didy- 
NAMIA AnGIOSPERMIA. 
CRESCENTIA* (Linn.) 
Calyx 2-parted, equal and deciduous. Corolla large, somewhat campanu- 
late, the tube unequal, ventricose and incurved, the border 5-cleft, un- 
equal, its segments dentately-sinuate or torn. Stamens 4, (sometimes 
5), as long as the corolla, 2 of them shorter, anthers incumbent. 
Stigma bilamellate. The berry large, 1 -celled, resembling a gourd, 
with a solid bark, within pulpy, many seeded. 
Trees or shrubs of tropical America and the Caribbean islands ; the 
leaves large, alternate and fasciculated, the flowers mostly solitary arising 
from the trunk or branches. 
LONG-LEAVED CALABASH TREE. 
CRESCENTIA Cujete, foliis cuneato-lanceolatis confertis . Swartz. 
* Named in memory of Pietro Crescentio, an Italian writer on Agricul- 
ture. 
