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Cult. All the species will thrive well in any light soil, or a 
mixture of loam and peat, and ripened cuttings will root freely 
in sand under a hand-glass, in heat. Most of the species are 
rather shewy. 
III. BUNCHO'SIA (from Bunchos, the Arabic name for 
coffee; in allusion to the similarity between the seeds of this 
genus and those of coffee). Juss. ann. mus. 18. p. 481. H.B. 
et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p.183. D.C. prod. 1. p. 581. 
Lin. syst. Monadélphia, Decdndria. Calyx 5-parted, fur- 
nished on the outside with 8 or 10 glands. Petals unguiculate. 
Stamens 10, monadelphous at the base. Style 1, simple, bifid 
or trifid at the apex. Drupe enclosing 2, but very rarely 3, 
nuts, which are flat on one side and convex on the other.—Ra- 
cemes axillary, loosely spiked or somewhat panicled. 
* Leaves, petioles, or pedicels glandular. 
1 B. eranpuxoésa (D.C. prod. 1. p. 581.) leaves ovate-ellip- 
tical, acuminated, smooth ; petioles furnished with 2 glands at 
the top ; racemes simple, shorter than the leaves. h.S. Na- 
tive of the Antilles. Malpighia glandulosa, Cav. diss. 8. p. 411, 
t. 239. f.2. Flowers yellow. 
Glandular-petioled Bunchosia. Clt. 1804. Tree 20 feet. 
2 B. cuanputrrera (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 
154.) leaves elliptical-ovate, on short petioles, wavy, pubescent 
on both surfaces, furnished with 4 glands beneath at the base; 
racemes simple; pedicels each furnished with 1 gland. R.S. 
Native of Caraccas and of Guadaloupe in woods. Malpighia 
glandulosa, Jacq. icon. rar. t. 469. M. glandulifera, Jacq. coll. 
4, p. 207. and 5. p. 5. f. 3. Flowers yellow. Fruit red. 
Gland-bearing Bunchosia. Fl. Mar. May. Clt. 1806. 
_ 10 feet. 
3 B. cornrrouia (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 154.) 
leaves elliptical, acuminated, acute at the base, pubescent on both 
surfaces as well as the branches, with close-pressed silvery 
hairs, and furnished with 2 glands towards the base ; racemes 
simple, each pedicel furnished with 1 gland. h.S. Native of 
New Granada between Turbaco and Carthagena. Petals white. 
Fruit yellow. 
Dogwood-leaved Bunchosia. Shrub 12 feet. 
4 B. rorysta‘cuya (D. C. prod. 1. p. 581.) leaves oblong, 
acute, smooth, shining, furnished beneath at the base with 2 
glands ; racemes rather panicled ; pedicels each furnished with 
1 gland; stigma capitate, 2-lobed. h.S. Native of the West 
Indies and Cumana. Malpighia polystachya, Andr. bot. rep. t. 
604. Flowers yellow. Fruit red, eatable. 
Many-spiked Bunchosia. Fl. Mar. May. Clt. 1806. Sh. 10 ft. 
5 B. me‘pra (D. C. prod. 1. p. 581.) leaves oblong-lanceolate, 
acute, smooth, shining, furnished beneath with 2 glands, 
approximating to the midrib ; racemes simple ; pedicels each 
bearing J gland on the middle; stigma capitate, 2-lobed. kh. S, 
Native of the West Indies. Malpighia mèdia, Ait. hort. kew. 
ed. 2, vol. 3. p.103. Flowers yellow. 
Intermediate Bunchosia. Fl. Mar. May. Clt. 1790. Sh. 10 ft. 
6 B. vinosa (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 154.) 
leaves almost sessile, oblong, acute, rounded at the base, hairy 
above, and covered beneath with bristly hairs, and hoary as well 
as the branchlets, and furnished with 7 or 9 glands towards the 
Sh. 
margin ; racemes simple, each pedicel furnished with 1 gland 
. - 
above the middle. h.S. Native of New Granada near Tur- 
baco. Flowers yellow. 
Pilose Bunchosia. Tree 12 feet. 
7 B. TuBeRcuLAa`ra (D. C. prod. 1. p. 581.) branches tuber- 
cled; leaves ovate-lanceolate, rather pubescent; racmees 3- 
times shorter than the leaves, each pedicel furnished with 1 gland 
above the base, k. S. Native of Caraccas, Malpighia tu- 
MALPIGHIACEÆ. 
lII. Buxcuosia. 
berculàta, Jacq. schoenbr. 1. p. 54. t. 104. Flowers yellow. 
Fruit red. 
Tubercled-branched Bunchosia. 
Shrub 8 feet. 
8 B. arce’ntea (D.C. prod. 1. p.582.) branches puberulous; 
leaves lanceolate, silvery beneath; racemes opposite, simple, 
pubescent, each pedicel bearing 1 gland. h.S. Native of 
Caraccas. Malpighia argéntea, Jacq. fragm. 106. t. 83. Flowers 
yellow. Glands of calyx elongated. 
Silvery-leaved Bunchosia. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1810. Sh. 10 ft? 
9 B. crav'ca (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 155.) 
leaves elliptical-oblong, acuminated, acute at the base, smoothish 
above, covered beneath with close-pressed hairs, glaucescent, 
and furnished with 4-11 glands towards the margin; branches 
warted ; racemes opposite, pubescent, each pedicel furnished 
with 1 gland. h. S. Native of New Granada near Honda. 
Very like B. nitida. Flowers yellow. 
Glaucous-leaved Bunchosia. Shrub 12 feet. 
Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1806. 
* * Leaves, petioles, and pedicels without glands. 
10 B. nr'tipa (D.C. prod. 1. p. 582.) leaves oblong, acu- 
minated, smooth, glandless ; racemes elongated, almost the length 
of the leaves. h. S. Native of Jamaica, Guadaloupe, and St. 
Domingo, in sunny places. Malpighia nitida, Lin. spec. 609. 
Cav. diss. 8. p. 411. t. 239. f. 1. Flowers yellow. Fruit large, 
red, and are much eaten by turkeys and other large fowls. 
Leaves 4 inches long. 
Shining-leaved Bunchosia. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1800. Sh. 4 ft. 
11 B. armenraca (D. C. prod. 1. p. 582.) leaves ovate- 
oblong, acute, coriaceous, smooth; racemes elongated, almost 
the length of the leaves; styles rather distinct. h. S. Native 
of Peru in the province of Chanca. Malpighia Armeniaca, Cav. 
diss. 8. p. 410. t.288. The fruit in shape is compared to that 
of Prunus Armeniaca, and the nucleus is said to be poisonous. 
Leaves 4 or 5 incheslong. Flowers yellow. 
Apricot-fruited Bunchosia. Shrub. , 
12 B. opora'ta (D.C. prod. 1. p. 582.) leaves ovate, emargl- 
nate, downy on both surfaces ; racemes opposite ; stigma bifid or 
trifid. h. S. Native of Carthagena among bushes. Mal- 
pighia odorata, Jacq. amer, p. 136. t. 177. f. 41. Flowers 
yellow, sweet-scented. 
Sweet-scented-flowered Bunchosia. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1806. 
Shrub 7 feet. . 
+ Species not sufficiently known. 
13 B.? panicuta‘ta (D. C. prod. 1. p 582.) leaves oblong, 
cordate, acuminated, smooth; racemes panicled, lateral, and 
terminal. h.S. Native of Jamaica. Malpighia paniculata, 
Mill. dict. no. 6. Flowers purple. 
Panicled-flowered Bunchosia. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1790. 
Shrub 10 feet? 
14 B. cang’scens (D. C prod. 1. p. 582.) leaves oblong, ob- 
tuse, pubescent; racemes axillary, compound. R. S. Native 
of the West Indies. Malpighia canéscens, Ait. hort. kew. 2. Ps 
105. Flowers probably yellow. 
Hoary-leaved Bunchosia. Clt. 1742, Tree 20 feet? 
15 B.? sesstrirdnia (D. C. prod. 1. p. 582.) leaves oblong 
lanceolate, tapering to the base, almost sessile, acuminated at the 
apex; racemes opposite, simple; style thickish, with an orbi: 
lar stigma. h. S. Native of Mexico. Petals yellow, wit 
fringed margins. Fruit unknown. 
Sessile-leaved Bunchosia. Shrub ? tal 
Cult. All the species of this genus are rather ornament) 
They will thrive well in a mixture of loam and peat, an 
ripened cuttings will root in sand under a hand-glass, in heat, 
