curved gibbous tube , whofe brim is cut into five unequal 
fegments , which are reflexed ; this hath an empalement , 
which is Jhort , ofi one leaf, cut into two obtufie fegments , 
which are concave. It hath four ftamina , taw of which 
are of the length of the petal-, the other are floor ter , ter- 
minated by twin fummits which are proftr ate. It hath an 
oval ger men. fit ting on a foot-folk, fupporting along flender 
Jiyle, crowned by a roundifh ftigma. The ger men afterward 
becomes an oval or bottle-ftoaped fruit, with a hard Jhell, 
inclofmg many flat heart-Jhaped feeds. 
This genus of plants is ranged in the fecond fedtion 
of Linnaeus’s fourteenth clafs, intitled Didynamia 
Angiofperrnia. The flower having two long and two 
fliort ftamina, and the feeds being included in a 
capfule. 
The Species are, 
. Crescentia ( Cujete ) foliis lanceolatis, utrinque at- 
tenuate. Hort. Cliff. 327. Crefcentia with fpear-fhaped 
leaves, narrowed at both ends. Cujete foliis oblongis 
anguftis magno frudtu ovato. Plum. Nov. Gen. 23. 
Calabafh-tree with oblong narrow leaves , and a Urge oval 
fruit. 
. Crescentia ( Latifolia ) foliis oblongo-ovatis, frudtu 
rotundo, cortice fragili. Crefcentia with oblong oval 
leaves , and round fruit with a tender Jhell. Cujete la- 
tifolia, frudtu putamine fragili. Plum. Nov. Gen. 
£3. Broad-leaved Calabafh-tree whofe fruit hath a tender 
Jhell 
There are fome varieties of thefe trees, which only 
differ in the fize and fhape of their fruit ; but thofe 
are variations which arife from feeds of the fame tree, 
fo are not to be enumerated as diftinft fpecies ; but 
the two here mentioned are undoubtedly different 
fpecies, for I have frequently railed them from feeds, 
and have never found either of them vary. 
The firft fort grows naturally in Jamaica, and in all 
the Leeward Iflands. This hath a thick trunk, 
covered with a whitifh bark, which rifes from twenty 
to thiry feet high, having feveral knots all the length, 
and at the top divides into many branches, which 
ipfead every way, and form a large regular head, 
garnilhed with leaves which come out irregularly ; 
fometimes Tingle, at others many arife from the fame 
knot ; they are near fix inches long, and one and a 
half broad in the middle, diminifhing gradually to 
both ends ; they are of a lucid green, and have very 
fliort foot-ftalks, with one midrib, and feveral tranf- 
verfe veins running from that to the fides. The 
flowers are produced from the fide of the large 
branches, and fometimes from the trunk, ftanding 
upon long foot-ftalks •, their empalement is deeply 
divided into two obtufe fegments. The flower hath 
but one petal, which is irregular, having an incurved 
tube, which is divided at the brim into two irregular 
fegments, which turn backward; thefe are of a 
greenifh yellow colour, ftriped and fpotted with 
brown ; the flowers are an inch and a half long, from 
the bottom of the tube to the extent of the upper 
fegment. They have four flender ftamina, of the 
fame colour with the petal, which are of unequal 
lengths, two being full as long as the petal, and the 
other are much fhorter, terminated by oblong fum- 
mits, divided in the middle, which lie proftrate on 
the ftamina. From the lower part of the tube arifes 
a long flender foot-ftalk, fupporting the oval germen, 
which hath a headed ftigma fitting clofe on the top ; 
the germen afterward turns to a large fruit, of dif- 
ferent forms and fize ; they are often fpherical, fome- 
times they are oval, and at other times they have a 
contracted neck like a bottle ; and are fo large, as 
when the pulp and feeds are cleaned out, the fhells 
will contain three pints or two quarts of liquid. Thefe 
fruit or fliells, are covered with a thin fltin of a 
greenifh yellow when ripe, which is peeled off ; and 
under this is a hard ligneous fhell, inclofmg a pale, 
yellowifh, loft pulp, of a tart unfavory flavour, fur- 
rounding a great number of flat heart-fhaped feeds. 
The fhells of this fruit are cleaned of their pulp, and 
the outer fkin taken off/ by the inhabitants of the 
iflands, and dried ; then they ufe them for drink- 
ing-cups, fome of which are tipped with diver, and 
to the necks they fatten handles, and fome of the 
long Imall fruit are formed into the fhape of fpoons 
or ladles, and are ufed as fuch ; the round ones are 
cut through the middle, and are ufed as cups for 
Chocolate. The Indians put a number of fmall (tones 
into thefe fneiis, when cleared of the pulp, to make 
a fort of rattle : in fhort, they convert thefe fhells 
into many forts of furniture, which is the principal 
ufe made of the fruit ; for the pulp is feldom eaten, 
except by the cattle in the time of great droughts. 
The leaves and branches of this tree are alfo eaten by 
the cattle in times of fcarcity. The wood of this tree 
is hard and lmooth, fo is frequently ufed for making 
laddies, ftools, and other furniture. 
The fecond fort feldom riles more than fifteen or 
twenty feet high •, this hath an upright trunk, covered 
with a white lmooth bark, fending out many lateral 
branches at the top, garnilhed with leaves three inches 
in length, and one and a quarter broad ; thefe are 
ranged alternately on the branches, fitting upon fliort 
foot-ftalks ; they are of a deeper green than thofe of 
the firft fort, and their edges are entire. The flow- 
ers come out from the fide of the large branches and 
the tru, .v ; thele are fmaller, and of a deeper yellow 
colour than thofe of the firft •, the fruit of this is 
fometimes round, at others oval, fome being much 
larger than the other ; the fliells of this fruit are thin 
and very brittle, fo are unfit for any purpofes to 
which thofe of the former are employed ; the feeds 
are alfo much thinner, and the ptilp is of a deeper 
yellow. The wood of this tree is hard, and very 
white, fo might be ufeful, were it not for the plenty 
of other forts, which abound in many of the iflands. 
This was found growing naturally in plenty at Cam- 
peachy by the late Dr. Houftoun, who fent the fruit 
to England. 
Thefe trees are too tender to live abroad in England, 
fo require a warm ftove to be prefer ved here. They 
are eafily propagated by feeds, which mull be pro- 
cured from the countries where they grow naturally; 
the way is to have the entire fruit fent over when 
fully ripe ; for when the feeds are taken out of the 
pulp abroad, and fent over hither, if they are long in 
their paffage they will lofe their growing quality 
before they arrive, as I have often experienced. Thefe 
muft be fown on a good hot-bed in the fpring, and 
when the plants are fit to remove, they fhould be 
each planted into a fmall halfpenny pot filled with 
light landy earth, and plunged into a hot-bed of 
tanners bark, obferving to fhade them from the fun 
till they have taken frefh root ; when they muft be 
treated in the fame manner as other tender plants, 
which are natives of the fame countries. In winter 
they muft be placed in the tan-bed of the bark-ftove, 
and during that feafon fhould have but little water ; 
in fummer they will require to be gently watered two 
or three times a week, according to the warmth of 
the feafon ; and in hot weather they fhould have a 
large fhare of air admitted to them. With this ma- 
nagement the plants will make great progrefs, and 
their leaves being of a fine green, they make a 
pretty variety in the ftove, but have not as yet 
flowered in England. 
See Lepidium. 
See Tropjeolum. 
See Sisymbrium. 
CRESS the Garden. 
CRESS the Indian. 
CRESS the Water. 
C R- E S S the Winter. 
CRINUM. Lin. Gen. Plant. 366. Lilio-Afphodelus. 
Com. Rar. 14. Diilen. Hort. Elth. 194. Aiphodei 
Lily. 
The Characters are. 
The involucrurn is compofed of two oblong leaves , in form 
of a fheath or cover , which dries and is reflexed. The 
flower hath one petal , which is funnel-Jhaped, having a 
long tube, deeply cut at the top into fix fegments which 
are reflexed. It hath fix long ftamina, which are inferted 
in the tube of the petal, and are fir etched out beyond the 
flower , fpreading open ; thefe awe terminated by oblong 
proftrate fummits , n. 
at one end ; the germen is fit uMed 
