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beneath: racemes erect, elongated, compound at the top. k. S. 
Native of Cayenne. Flowers yellow. 
Lanceolate-leaved Byrsonima. Tree 20 feet. 
14 B. eu'tcura (D.C. prod. 1. p. 580.) leaves oval-oblong, 
acute at both ends, brownish-velvety beneath; racemes erect, 
simple ; drupe ovate, mucronated. h.S. Native of Mexico 
on the mountains. Malpighia púlchra, Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. 
icon. ined. Drupe scarlet. Petals cordate, yellow when young, 
but at last becoming reddish. 
Fair Byrsonima. Tree 16 feet? 
15 B. sericea (D. C. prod. 1. p. 580.) leaves elliptical-ob- 
long, acuminated at both ends, smooth and shining above, but 
covered with silky rufous down beneath ; racemes rather branched, 
somewhat velvety. k.S. Native of Brazil. Flowers yellow. 
Stlky-leaved Byrsonima. Shrub. 
16 B. cine REA (D. C. prod. 1."p. 580.) leaves narrow-lan- 
ceolate, shining above, younger ones covered with rufous-velvety 
down on both surfaces, adult ones underneath as well as the 
branches clothed with cinereous down ; racemes spicate, simple. 
h.S. Native of French Guiana. Malpighia cinérea, Poir. 
suppl. 4. p.7. Flowers yellow. 
Cinereous Byrsonima. Shrub. 
17 B. rvopararouia (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 
148.) eaves elliptical, bluntish, rounded at the base, complicated, 
_ smooth, younger ones underneath as well as the branches and 
calyxes clothed with rusty down; racemes simple. h. S. 
ative of Cumana and Caraccas in hot places. Flowers yellow. 
Fruit unknown. 
Rhopala-leaved Byrsonima. Tree 20 feet. 
18 B. niripr'ssima (H. B, et Kunth, 1. c.) leaves nearly ses- 
sile, elliptical, rounded at both ends, puberulous above and 
shining, but clothed with rufous pubescence beneath as well as 
the branches ; racemes simple; calyx clothed with rufous down, 
with 10 distinct glands. h.S. Native on the banks of the 
Tinoco in the mission of Panumana. Flowers white. 
Most-shining-leaved Byrsonima. ‘Tree 20 feet. 
** Leaves in the adult state smooth on both surfaces. 
19 B. spica‘ra (D. C. prod. 1. p. 580.) leaves lanceolate, 
smooth, rusty beneath ; racemes spiked, erect, crowded, rather 
velvety; petals halbert-shaped, very blunt. -h.S. Native of 
t. Domingo, Guadaloupe, Porto-Rico, and Brazil. Malpighia 
Spieata, Cav. diss. 8. p. 409. t. 237. Flowers yellow. 
spri red- flowered Byrsonima’ Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1810. 
20 B. u'cipa (D. C. prod. 1. p. 580.) leaves obovate, cunei- 
rm, obtuse, or mucronate, smooth, veinless, shining ; racemes 
spiked, erect, short, smooth; pedicels hispid; petals hastately 
dney-shaped. h. S. Native of the Caribbee Islands, St. 
p omas, and Guadaloupe. Malpíghia lùcida, Swartz, fl. ind. occ. 
tiful shrub, Sims, bot. mag. t. 2462. Flowers pink. A beau- 
Lucid-leaved Byrsonima. FI. May, Aug. Clt. 1759. Sh. 8 ft. 
* COccoLoBÆFro`LIA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. 
P. 148.) leaves sessile, roundish, ovate, blunt, obsoletely cordate, 
ator as well as the branchlets; racemes simple ; calyxes 
Ville tees R.S. Native of the Caraccas in arid places near 
n de Cura. Flowers white. 
occoloba-leaved Byrsonima. Tree 16 feet. 
x - LÆVIGAa`ra (D. C. prod. 1. p. 580.) leaves ovate, obtuse, 
m smooth ; racemes spiked, crowded with flowers, elon- 
fae Mapp Native of Cayenne and probably in Guada- 
. alpig isi i i ° res 
lowishewhine S la laevigata, Poir. dict. 4. p. 332. Petals ye 
Smooth-leaved Byrsonima. Shrub? 
*83 B. E'LEGANS (D. C. prod. 1. p. 580.) leaves oblong, or 
II. ByrsoNma. 637 
oblong-lanceolate, membranaceous, very smooth ; racemes elon- 
gated, nodding; pedicels glandular. h. S. Native of the 
sea-shore in the island of Arowabisch in Guiana. Malpíghia éle- 
gans, Meyer, prim. esseq. 178. Flowers flesh-coloured. 
Elegant Byrsonima. Tree 40 feet. 
24 B. ancusriroxia (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 
153. t. 449.) leaves linear-oblong, retuse at the apex, acutish 
at the base, smooth, cretaceously-pruinose beneath ; stipulas 
connate at the base; racemes branched; calyxes clothed with 
silky pubescence, furnished with 10 glands. h. S. Native 
of South America near where the rivers Atabapo and Ori- 
noco join. Malpighia pruinòsa, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 384. Flowers 
red. 
Narrow-leaved Byrsonima. Tree 16 feet. 
25 B. pr’nsa (D. C. prod. 1. p. 580.) leaves ovate-lanceolate, 
coriaceous, shining on both surfaces; racemes densely spiked ; 
pedicels hairy. h. S. Native of Guiana. Malpighia dénsa, 
Poir. dict. suppl. 4. p. 7. Flowers red. 
Dense-racemed Byrsonima. Shrub. l 
26 B. corra'ceEa (D. C. prod. 1. p. 580.) leaves ovate, acute, 
quite entire, smooth on both surfaces; racemes densely spiked, 
pubescent, erect. h. S. Native of the south of Jamaica 
among bushes on the lower mountains of Liguanea. Malpighia 
coriacea, Swartz, fl. ind. occ. 2. p. 854.—Sloan. hist. 2. p. 20. 
t. 163. f. 1. Flowers yellow, sweet-scented. Brown calls this 
tree Locust-tree. 
Leathery-leaved Byrsonima. 
Tree 30 feet. 
27 B. sracuysta‘cuia (D.C. prod. 1. p. 581.) leaves oval, 
acute at both ends, quite entire, smooth; racemes spiked, erect, 
brownish-velvety, one-half shorter than the leaves. k. S. 
Native of Brazil. Flowers yellow. 
Short-spiked Byrsonima. Shrub, 
28 B. pa’tuwa (D.C. prod. 1. p. 581.) leaves ovate, smooth 
on both surfaces, shining above, very coriaceous, pale ; racemes 
spiked, with short, smooth pedicels; drupe small, globosely-pear- 
shaped. h. S. Native of Cayenne, Malpighia pallida, Poir. 
suppl. 4. p.7. Flowers yellowish. 
Pale-leaved Byrsonima. Clt. 1820. Shrub 6 feet ? 
29 B. reticuta’ra (D. C. prod. 1. p. 581.) leaves ovate-lan- 
ceolate, netted, smooth, shining above ; racemes large, compound, 
reflexed at the apex; bracteas ovate. h. S. Native of Ca- 
yenne. B. spicata, Poppig. Malpighia reticulata, Poir. suppl. 
4, p. 8. Flowers pale-yellow. 
Netted-leaved Byrsonima. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1823. Sh. 10 ft. 
30 B. mo’tus (D. C. prod. 1. p. 581.) leaves ovate-oblong, 
smooth, even, coriaceous ; racemes panicled, short, smooth. 
h. S. Native of Cayenne. Malpighia móllis, Poir. suppl. 4. 
. 6. Flowers yellowish. 
Soft-leaved Byrsonima. Shrub 6 feet. 
31 B. pipuy txa (Jacq. amer. 136.) leaves oval, smooth, 
quite entire ; racemes simple, on small 2-leaved branches. h.S. 
Native of Carthagena in woods by the sea-side. Flowers yellow. 
Fruit yellow. 
T) wo-leaved-racemed Byrsonima. Shrub 8 feet. _ 
32 B. GuapaLrurr'ysis; leaves elliptical-oblong, quite entire, 
shining above, rusty beneath, smooth ; racemes terminal, loosely 
corymbose. h. S. Native of Guadaloupe. Flowers yellowish. 
Guadaloupe Byrsonima. Shrub ? 
33 B.? voxu'sitis (D. C. prod. 1. p. 581.) leaves oval, acu- 
minated, smooth, shining; branches twining, usually tubercled J 
racemes corymbosely-umbellate, terminal. h. 5S. Native of 
the West Indies. Malpighia volubilis, Sims, bot. mag. t. 809. 
Flowers yellow. Fruit unknown. This plant is most probably 
a species of Banistéria. 
Twining Byrsonima. Fl. Aug. Sept. 
Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1814, 
Cit. 1793. Sh. tw. 
