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5. B. spicata, Rick. Arboreous ; leaves elliptical-lanceolate or lanceolate, tapering into 

 the short petiole, glabrous above, rusty-opaque and glabrate beneath : hairs scattered, ap- 

 pressed ; bracts lanceolate, bluntish, equal ; petals yellow ; anther-cells glabrous, equalling 

 the connective, the top of which is separated and somewhat recurved ; ovary glabrous. — Cav. 

 Diss. 8. t. 237 ; Desc. Ft. 2. t. 91.— Malpighia, Cav. M. altissima, Jacq. (non Aubl.). 

 M. guadelupensis, Spr. Banisteria laurifolia, Sieb. Mart. 123 ! (non L.).—A tree, 30'-40' 

 high ; leaves 5"-2" long, 20"'-8'" broad, acuminate with a bluntish point, usually shining 

 above and nigrescent when dried ; drupes yellow. — Hab. Dominica!, Imr.; S. Lucia, Tri- 

 nidad!, Sieb., Cr.; [Cuba! to Brazil!]. 



6. B. lucida, Rich. Shrubby or arborescent; leaves spathulate, tapering into the 

 short petiole, revolute on the margin, glabrous : veins inconspicuous ; racemes short ; bracts 

 lanceolate, acuminate -. the interior twice as long as the lateral ones ; petals changing during 

 their development from rosy to purple ; anther-cells glabrous, exceeded a little by the con- 

 nective; ovary glabrous. — Rich. Cub. t. 28 A. — Malpighia, Mill., Sw. — A shrub or middle- 

 sized tree ; leaves 14"— 1" long, 8"'-5'" broad, rounded or bluntish at the top, shining above, 

 opaque beneath ; racemes puberulous or glabrous ; drupes greenish. — Hab. Bahamas !, 

 Swains.; Antigua !, Nichols.; Dominica!, Imr.; [Cuba!]. 



7. B. trinitensis, Juss. Leaves obovate, shortly petioled, revolute on the margin ; 

 glabrous, rusty beneath : veins inconspicuous ; bracts minute, equal ; petals . . . ; anther-cells 

 hairy above, half the length of the recurved connective; ovary glabrous. — Banisteria ran- 

 bellata, Sieb. Trin. 51 ! — Nearly related to the preceding, but the leaves broader, 2"-f " long, 

 H"-i" broad.— Hab. Trinidad!, Sieb. 



2. BUNCHOSIA, Rich. 



Calyx 10-glandular (or 8-9-glandular from one or two segments being 1-glandnlar). Styles 

 2-3, often cohering partially, or to the top : stigma truncate. Drupe 2-3-pyrenous : py- 

 renae without crests. — Racemes axillary ; flowers usually yellow. 



8. B. liindeniana, Juss. I Arboreous; leaves oval or obovate, rounded towards the 

 base, glabrous : two glandular sjjots beneath near the base ; racemes twice exceeded by the 

 leaf-, pedicels articulated and tribracteate at the base ; anther-cells exceeding a little the 

 connective ; styles cohering : stigma peltate ; drupes 2-celled, ovate-globose. — Leaves 5"-6" 

 long, 3" broad, somewhat leathery : petiole glabrous ; drupes 5"'-6'" long, 4'" broad. — Hab. 

 Jamaica!, A I., March; Dominica!, Imr.; [Mexico, Costa Rica!, Guiana!]. 



9. B. media, DC. Shrubby; leaves elliptical or elliptical-oblong, blunt or with a 

 bluntish point, cuneate at the base, glabrous : two glandular spots beneath, distant from 

 the base ; racemes usually somewhat exceeded by the leaf: pedicels articulated near the 

 base ; anther-cells exceeding a little the connective ; styles cohering : stigma peltate ; drnpes 

 2-celled, ovate-globose. — Malpighia, Ait. — Leaves 3|"-2" long, 2"-f " broad, somewhat lea- 

 thery : glandular spots roundish, 4"'-6'" distant from the base : petiole glabrous ; drupes 4'" 

 long, 3"' broad, red. — Hab. Jamaica !, Wils., Al., March. 



10. B. glandulosa, Rich. Shrubby; leaves elliptical or elliptical-lanceolate, bluntly 

 acuminate or blunt, tapering at the base, glabrous : two glandular spots beneath near the 

 base; racemes as long as the leaf: pedicels articulated and bibracteolate below the middle; 

 anther-cells somewhat exceeded by the rounded connective ; styles cohering .- stigma peltate ; 

 drupes 2-celled, ovate, blunt.— Cav. Diss. 8. t. 239 dextr. Juss. Monogr. t. 8.— Malpi- 

 ghia, Cav. Bunch, nitida var. parvifolia, Juss.!— Leaves 3"-2" long, H'-f" broad, rigid, 

 membranaceous : glandular spots oval, often alternating upon the tapering leaf- base, or some- 

 what distant from it : petiole puberulous ; pedicels articulated, 3"'-2"' above the base ; 

 drupes 6"'-8"' long, 4' broad- — Hab. Dominica !, S. Vincent !, Guild. ; [New Granada !, 

 Peru !]. 



11. B. Swartziana, Gr. Shrubby; leaves small, lanceolate-elliptical or elliptical-lan- 

 ceolate, bluntish or pointed, tapering at the base, glabrous : two glandular spots beneath, 

 below the middle; racemes as long as the leaf: pedicels articulated and bibracteolate above 

 or near the base; anther-cells nearly as long as the obovate connective ; styles cohering: 

 stigma peltate ; drupes 'i-celled, exactly globose, furrowed along the disaeptneuUl lines.— 

 Malpighia nitida, Sw. (non Jacq., nee Cav.). B. media, Matf.t (non DC.).—C<*dmmded 



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