

l54 MALPICHIACE^S- 



Arbores aut rarius frutices Americae eequinoctialis. Folia opposita, 

 intcgcrrima, interdum glanclulis ocellatis obsita. Racemi axillares, 

 simplices. Flores pedicellati, flavi, intcrdum albi; pedicellis basi uni-, 

 supra basim bibracteatis. 



I. IJUNCHOSIA GLANDULIFERA. 



B. ramiilis adpresso- pilosis ; foliis snbrotundo-ovatis, acutis, basi subrotundatis, utrinquu 



adi>resso-pubcscentibus, basim vcrsus biglandulosis. 



Malpighia glandulifera Jacq. ic. 3. t. 469. 



Ciruela de frayle. 



Crescit in comallibus Araguensibus , prope Cura, alt. 23o hex. (Provincia Cardcasana.) 



£ Floret Martio. 



Abbob 20-pedalis ; ramiterctcs,rugulosi,glabri ; ramulijuniorcs pilis niicntibusadprcssisobsiti. Folia oppo- 

 sita,petio!ata, subrotuudo-ovata, acuta, basi rotundata, integerrima, reticulato-venosa, nervomcdiovenisquc 

 primariis subtus promincntibus, subcoriacca, complicata , utrinquc adprcsso-pubescentia , supra viridia , 

 subtus pallidiora pilisque argcnteis conspersa, 3-f pollices Ionga, 27 pollices lata, subtus basim vcrsus 

 biclandulosa. Pktiou trcs lineas longi, teretiusculi , interne canaliculati , sericeo-pubcscentcs. iynrcLX 

 axillarcs valde abbrcviatai (?). Kacemi axillares, solitarii et gemini, pedunculati , 2-3-pollicares , crccti. 

 Pedlncclcs rhachisque pilis sericcis adpressis obsita. Flores oppositi, pedicellati, magnitudinc floris 

 Tonnentilla: erectse; pedicellis tres lincas longis, sericeo-pubcscentibus, basi unibractcatis, medio articu- 

 latis, bibracteolatis et hinc glandula orbiculari sessili instructis. Bractea ovato- lanccolata , acuminata, 

 pubcscens, persistens, pedicello quadruplo brevior; bracteola; opposits, parva;, ovatu;, acuts, pubescentes, 

 persisientes. Caxyx turbinato-hemisphaericus, decemglauJulosus, externe pubesccns, limbo quinquefidus , 

 pcrsistcns; glandulis oblongis, connatis, apice libcris; laciniis ovatis, obtusis, icqualibus, erectis. Petala 

 quinquc, unguieulata, orbiculato-renifonnia, concava, ina:qualia . Ilava, glabra. Stamina dccem, altcrna 

 brcviora. Filamenta Hnearia, apicc angustata, membranacca, unincrvia, glabra, basi in urceolum connata. 

 Antherje obovato-clliplica-. apice rotundata;, basi bilobic, dorso aflixx', erecta:, glabnc, bilocularcs, longi- 

 ludiualiter intcrne dehisccntcs. Ovarium subovatum, comprcssiusculum , scriceo-pubesccns, in stylum 

 brevcm crassum rectuui dcsincns, bilocularc ; loculis monospermis. Stigma dcpresso-peltatum , bilobum. 

 Prcctls ovatus, carnosus, cxterne aurco-luteus , intcrnc sanguineus , capsulam includcns bilocularem, 

 loculis monospcrmis, altcro oblitcrato. (Dcscriptio fructus cx schcdis Bonplandianis. 



2. BUNCHOSIA COHMFOLIA. j- 



B. ramnlis adpresso-pilosis; foliis cllipticis, acuminatis, basi acutis, utrinquc pilis adpressis 

 argenteis conspersis, basim versus biglandulosis. 



Crescit inter Turbaco ct Carthagena de Indias , alt. l5o hex. (Eegno Novo-Grana- 

 tensi.) \) Floret Aprili. 



Akbor 12-pedalis; ramulis terctibus, lanibus, glabris ; junioribus adprcsso- pilosis. Folia opposita , petio- 



