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Great-leaved Barbadoes Cherry. Shrub 10 feet. 
21 M. pu‘sra (Cav. diss. 8. p. 413. t. 242.) leaves ovate- 
acute, cartilaginous, entire, smooth; branches dotted ; racemes: 
axillary, panicled. h. S. Native of St. Domingo. Flowers 
small, yellow. Fruit unknown. It may be a species of Bun- 
chésia or Banistéria. The styles are short, not exserted. 
Doubtful Barbadoes Cherry. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1820. Sh.10 ft. , 
22 M. ogova`ra (H. B. et Kunth. nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 146.) 
leaves obovate, acute, cordate, quite entire, coriaceous, shining 
above, rather hairy beneath; umbels axillary, twin, 4-flowered. 
h. S. Native of South America on the banks of the river 
Magdalena near Nares. ‘There are 5 hypogynous scales seated 
between the stamens and the ovary. Flowers yellow. This 
plant may probably form the type of a distinct genus. 
Obovate-leaved Barbadoes Cherry. Shrub 10 feet. 
23 M. ternirouia (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 
146.) leaves 3 in a whorl, oblong-lanceolate, acute, rounded at 
the base, quite entire, rather hairy above and shining, but 
clothed with soft down beneath; umbels axillary, compound, 
3-4-rayed, many-flowered. h. S. Native of New Granada 
near Pandi. Flowers yellow. Fruit unknown. This is pro- 
bably a species of Vargasia. . 
Tern-leaved Barbadoes Cherry. Shrub 12 feet. 
Cult. These trees and shrubs will thrive in any light soil, or 
a mixture of loam and peat; and ripened cuttings will root in 
sand under a hand-glass, in heat. M. coccifera nitida, and aqui- 
folia are the most worthy of general cultivation. 
II. BYRSO’NIMA (from byrsa, a lide, and nimius, much 
used ; because the bark of some of the species is used in tanning 
in Brazil). Rich. in Juss. ann. mus. 18. p. 481. 
Lin. syst. Monadélphia, Decandria. Calyx 5-parted, furnished 
with 8 or 10 large glands on the outside at the base. Petals 
unguiculate. Stamens 10, connected together at the base, but 
a very little way. Styles 3. Drupe containing a 3-celled, 3- 
seeded nucleus.—Racemes of flowers spicate and terminal, sim- 
ple or branched. [lowers yellow, rarely white. 
* Leaves clothed mith velvety down beneath. 
1 B. versgasciròLIa (D. C. prod. 1. p. 579.) leaves lanceo- 
late-obovate, quite entire, downy on both surfaces; racemes ter- 
minal ; trunk thick, knotted, dwarf. h.S. Native of Guiana 
by the sea-shore. Malpighia verbascifdlia, Aubl. guian. 1. p. 
460.t. 184, Cav. diss. 8. p. 411. t. 240. Leaves grey. The 
hairs on the upper surface of the leaves are fixed by their centre. 
Flowers yellow. 
used in Guiana as a detergent in ulcers. 
red tinge and is vulnerary and astringent. 
Mullein-leaved Byrsonima. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1810. Sh. 1 ft. 
2 B. ravriròLia (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 147.) 
leaves ovate-oblong, narrowed towards the top, cuneated at the 
base, and rather complicated, hairy above, downy beneath and 
hoary ; branches clothed with downy hairs; calyx silky-villous. 
h. S. Native of Llanos in Cumana. Malpighia laurifòlia, 
Spreng. syst. 2. p. 385. Very like B. verbascifòlia. 
Laurel-leaved Byrsonima. Shrub. 
3 B. nitipa (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. vol. icon. under Malpighia,) 
leaves ovate-oblong ; racemes terminal and axillary, branched, 
panicled; petals fringed; fruit large, 3-sceded; stigmas 3. 
h. S. Native of Peru. 
Shining-leaved Byrsonima. Shrub 10 feet. 
4 B. erto’popa (D. C. prod. 1. p. 579.) leaves oval, obtuse, 
tapering to the base, coriaceous, at length shining above, under- 
neath as well as above hairy on the nerves; peđuncles very 
hairy. h. S. Native of South America. Malpíghia rùfa, 
Poir. dict. 4. p. 332. ; 
This decoction has a 
A decoction of the roots and branches is * 
MALPIGHIACEÆ. I. Marriemnra. II. BYRSONMA. 
Hairy-peduncled Byrsonima. Shrub. 
5 B. PuLomoìpes ; leaves obovate-roundish, with 2 glands at 
the base of each, scabrous above, and clothed with cinereous 
down beneath ; racemes compound, axillary. h.S. Native of 
Brazil. Malpighia phlomoides, Spreng. syst. 2. p. 385. Flowers 
ellow. 
Phlomus-like Byrsonima. Shrub. 
6 B. nervosa (D.C. prod. 1. p. 579.) leaves oval, blunt at 
both ends, shining above, wrinkled, but clothed with rufous 
down beneath, feather-nerved, with the nerves and hervelets pro- 
minent ; racemes crowded with flowers and covered with brown 
down. h.S. Native of Brazil. Malpighia macrophylla, Juss. 
in Pers. ench. 1. p. 506. Flowers yellow. 
Nerved-leaved Byrsonima. Shrub 8 feet. 
7-B. corrniror1a (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 152. 
t. 447.) leaves obovate, obtuse, tapering to the base, rather 
membranaceous, younger ones velvety on both surfaces, with 
rufous down, adult ones smooth above, but rather velvety be- 
neath; racemes simple, crowded with flowers, rather velvety ; 
glands of calyx continuous. hk. S. Native of Mexico about 
Acapulca. Flowers copper-coloured. 
Cotinus-leaved Byrsonima. Shrub 6-12 feet. 
8 B. rerruer NEA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 151. 
t. 446.) leaves obovate-roundish, each with a short point, cu- 
- neated at the base, covered with soft pubescence above, but 
clothed with rusty down beneath, as well as the branches and 
calyxes ; racemes simple; calycine glands 10, distinct. R. S. 
Native about the river Orinoco in woods. Flowers yellow. 
Rusty-leaved Byrsonima. Shrub. 
9 B. artr'ssma (D.C. prod. 1. p. 579.) leaves ovate-oblong, 
covered with rufous down beneath but beset with bristles above, 
which are fixed by their centre; racemes clothed with rufous 
hairs. h.S. Native of Guiana in woods. Malpighia altis- 
sima, Aubl. guian. 1. p. 455. t.181. A tree from 60-80 feet 
high. Flowers white. Drupe reddish, almost dry. 
Tallest Byrsonima. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. Tree 80 ft. 
10 B. crassiréxia (D. C. prod. 1. p. 579.) leaves ovate, acute 
at both ends, at length smooth above, but clothed with brownish 
down beneath; racemes erect, elongated, brownish-velvety. 
h. S. Native of Guiana and Cayenne, and also at Orinoco? 
Malpighia crassifdlia, Lin. spec. 610. Aubl. guian. 1. p..457- 
t. 182. B. crassifdlia, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. P. 
151.? Flowers yellow. Drupe greenish. The inhabitants of 
Guiana consider an infusion of the bark a febrifuge, and as stop~ 
ping vomiting. 
Var. B, Mouretla (Aubl. guian. 1. p. 459. t. 183.) leaves acute ; 
flowers spiked. h. S. Native of Guiana and Cayenne 1n 
woods. Cav. diss. 8. p. 412. t. 241. Flowers yellow. This 
tree is called Moureila in Guiana. Tree 20 feet. 
Thick-leaved Byrsonima. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1793. Sh. 6 ft. 
11 B. curysopuy’i1a (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. 
p- 151.) leaves oblong, short-acuminated, acute at the base, 
rather wavy on the margin and revolute, smooth above, clothed 
beneath with silky down, which is of a golden rusty colour i 
racemes simple; calyxes glandless. h.,S. Native of Sout 
America at St. Carlos del Rio Negro. Galphimia chrysophylla, 
Spreng. syst. 2. p. 385. Flowers yellow. ft. 
Golden-leaved Byrsonima. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1823. Tr. 14 ft.: 
12 B. monta‘na (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p- 151.) 
leaves elliptical-oblong, acute at both ends, smooth above, pu- 
bescent beneath; branches and calyxes covered with rusty 
down; racemes branched. h.S. Native of Cumana on Mount 
Cocollar. Flowers yellow. Fruit unknown. 
Mountain Byrsonima. Tree 20 feet. . 
13 B. tancrora‘ta (Poir. dict. 4. p. 332.) leaves lanceolate 
oblong, at length becoming smooth above, but brownish-velvety 
