114 malpighiacej:. 



Jacq. (Amer. Pict. t. 130), is fc>r»Wbly the same : but I do not know whether our plant has 

 the orange-coloured drupes of tin* figure. — Leaves variable, 2£"-l" long, lV'-8'" broad : 

 veins conspicuous, reticulated, jrominulous on both sides : petiole l'"-2'" long ; stipules 

 subulate ; flowers precocious ; ilrijues 4 "'-3'" long. — Hab. Dominica !, Imr., on limestone ; 

 Trinidad!, Lock., Cr. ; [Guianfcj \ JBahia !]. 



6. E. squamatum, V. .' Uivts elliptical, pointed Or apiculate, leathery, green be- 

 neath ; pedicels 2-3, axillary, exceeding the petiole : drupes oblong, bluntish at the top, 

 obtuse-angled, as long as the p«*-diwll.— Vahl, Symb. 3. t. 63. — E. havanense, Rich, (non at.) 

 — A tree ; leaves 3£"-2V lonj,'., i"~W broad, dark-green, paler beneath : veins reticulated, 

 prominulous chiefly above : pfniote 3"' long ; stipules ovate ; flowers larger than in the 

 other species : petals 3"'-2" / Ifcgg : drupes 6"'-5'" long.— Hab. Jamaica I, Al., in the dis- 

 trict of S. Anns; S. Lucia!, A*^<rr. ■. [Cuba to Guiana]. 



XfcL MALPIGHIACEiE. 



Calyx 5-partite : 4 segments te*u31j biglandular. Petals 5, mostly ungniculate. Stamens 

 10, or fewer by abortion : antht?n adnate. Pistil syncarpous : ovary 3 (2-5)-celled : cells 

 uniovulate, with the ovule ascetf-d ins; from a pendulous funiculus ; styles usually distinct (or 

 2 abortive). Embryo exalbumitiaw . — Stem mostly woody; leaves usually opposite, and 

 quite entire, stipulate, with tht dipitles often caducous ; pedicels articulated and bibrac- 

 teolate. 



The drupes of some Malpighitst* tre eatable. 



Tribe I. MALPIGHIEjEs-Sltamens 10. Pericarp without wings, inserted upon 



a flat torus. 



1. BYRSONIMA, Rich. 



Calyx usually 10-glandular. StyFet 3, pointed. Drupe with a 3-celled endocarp. — Sti- 

 pules axillary, persistent ; flowed* eV terminal racemes. 



1. B. verbascifolia, Rich. Shrubby; leaves obovate, cuneate at the base, and usually 

 petioled, tomentose on both sidt% or glabrate above ; bracts lanceolate-filiform : the inferior 

 exceeding the lateral ones j petals jdlow ; anther-cells hairy, nearly as long as the connec- 

 tive, which is recurved at the siHflmit. — Aubl. t. 184. — Leaves 10"-6" long. — Hab. Trini- 

 dad !, Cr., Savanna de Piarlo; [tiiiianal, the whole of Brazil H. 



2. B. cinerea, DC. ArbofStfJM ; leaves elliptical-oblong or elliptical, cuneate at the 

 base, long-petioled, shining ab(z&, tomentose beneath; bracts small, triangular, equal; 

 petals yellow; anther-cells haif$ , trailing the connective ; ovary villous. — B. crassitolia, 

 Lun. {nan Kth.). — Leaves 4"-$" long, 2"-l" broad : down pale-rufescent or hoary, per- 

 sistent ; racemes long, rusty-ton'tfttJ'St : pedicels long, approximate, articulated at the base, 

 — Hab. Jamaica !, Al., March ; pPirnos, near Cuba ; Guiana, equatorial Brazil]. 



3. B. crassifolia, Kth. %l-»T>ky or arborescent ; leaves oval or elliptical-oblong, 

 long-petioled, glabrous above, to^enfote or glabrate beneath; bracts small, bluntish, equal ; 

 petals yellow ; anther-cells villettfi, m little exceeded by the connective ,• ovary glabrous. 

 Aubl. I. 182, 183; Desc: Ft. 2. t. 110.— A shrub or low tree, 10-12' high; leaves va- 

 riable, 3"-5" long, 1£"-2V' broN.veiay above : down short, rufous; pedicels shorter than 

 in the preceding, about twice as long as the flower. — Hab. Dominica 1, Imr. ; Trinidad !, 

 Lockh., Cr., common in all savai'^ihs; [Cuba! to northern Brazil !, Venezuela !]. 



4. B. coriacea, DC. Arbobtfoiis ; leaves elliptical or elliptical-oblong, petioled, gla- 

 brous on both sides, or with the iwrves glabrate and pale-green beneath ; bracts lanceolate, 

 acuminate or subulate, subequal : jet-ah golden-yellow ; anther-cells glabrous, equalling the 

 connective ; ovary silky-lanugiw^t. — Malpighia, Sw. I (exclus. syn. St.). B. Berteroana 

 Juss. /—A tree, 20-30' high ; 1***6* 4"-3" long, 14" broad, usually pointed ; petioles and 

 racemes rusty-tomentose ; drupef yellow.— The old Swartzian name, referred erroneously by 

 A. Juss. to B. spicata (a species, ^»?t observed in Jamaica), must be restored. — Hab. Ja- 

 maica !, all coll., common in the Httluem districts ; S. Vincent !, Guild. 



