MALPIGHIACEA. XVI, BANISTERIA. 
terminal; carpels armed with a short prickle on the inside of each. 
h.S. Native of Peru. Flowers yellow. 
Prickly-carpelled Banisteria. Shrub ? 
23 B. Leona (Cav. diss. 9. p. 
424, t. 247. exclusive of the fruit 
and American species,) leaves 
ovate-oblong, acuminated, coria- 
ceous, netted with veins, smooth, 
somewhat glaucescent beneath ; 
petioles without glands, short; 
panicles clothed with rufous down, 
terminal. h.S. Native of Sierra 
Leone among bushes near the 
riverside. Flowers yellow. Fruit 
brown when ripe. 
Sierra Leone Banisteria. FI. 
Jan. March. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 
24 B. muttirLora (D. C. prod. 
1. p. 589.) leaves ovate-oblong, 
acuminated, coriaceous, netted 
with veins, smooth, shining above, 
glaucous beneath ; petioles without glands, short; panicles ter- 
minal, clothed with rufous down, longer than the leaves; young 
fruit velvety. h, S. Native of Cayenne. Very like B. Leona. 
Flowers yellow. 
Many-flowered Banisteria. Shrub 6 feet. 
25 B. MUCRONA' TA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 589.) leaves oval, acu- 
minated-mucronate, smooth on both surfaces, membranous ; pe- 
tioles short, each bearing 2 glands at the apex, and are, as well 
as the nerves of the leaves, clothed with close-pressed down ; 
corymbs axillary, few-flowered. h.%.S. Native of New Spain. 
lowers yellow. 
ucronate-leaved Banisteria. Shrub cl. 
26 B. rerrucinea (Cav. diss. 9. p. 424. t. 248.) leaves ovate, 
acuminated, smooth above, and shining, rusty beneath, and are, 
as well as the petioles, clothed with close-pressed hairs; glands 
situated on the lower part of the limb of the leaf; racemes 
panicled ; fruit pubescent, with erect wings. h.%.S. Native 
of Brazil. Leaves 2 inches long. Flowers yellow. 
_ Var. B, Sulgens (Meyer. prim. esseq. p. 181.) leaves 5 or 6 
inches long. © h. ©. S. Native of Guiana in woods. Flowers 
yellow, ` 
Rusty-leaved Banisteria. Clt. 1820. Shrub cl. 
27 B. PERIPLOCÆFÒLIA (Desf. cat. hort. par. ed. 2. p. 160.) 
eaves ovate or oblong, mucronated, somewhat coriaceous, smooth 
on both surfaces ; petioles each bearing 2 glands at the apex ; 
„corymbs terminal ; carpels hairy, and crested at the base. h. ^. 
ative of Porto-Rico. Flowers yellow. 
long.” a, subovata (D. C. prod. 1. p. 589.) leaves ovate-ob- 
V pape 
linear. b, angustif dlia (D. C. prod. 1. p. 590.) leaves oblong- 
Periploca-leaved Banisteria. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1818. 
cl. 
a 28 B. rv’tcENs (Lin. spec. 612. but not of Cav.) leaves ovate, 
“uminated, smooth above, and clothed with silky pubescence 
mecath, as well as the petioles, each of which bear 2 glands at 
© apex; branches dichotomous ; flowers in umbellate corymbs ; 
wine pubescent ; wings furnished on the inside with a smaller 
E h..S. Native of Guadaloupe. Flowers yellow. 
ulgent Banisteria. Clt. 1759. Shrub cl. 
rahe ? Bracuta‘ta (D. C. prod. 1. p. 590.) leaves oval, 
uminated, smooth on both surfaces ; petioles without glands ; 
Panicles terminal, furnished with round, opposite bracteas ; 
ovaries pubescent. h. S. Native of Porto-Rico. Flowers 
Yellow 
FIG, 109. 
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Armed Banisteria. Shrub? 
30 B.? racrroxia (D. C. prod. 1. p. 590.) leaves oval-ob- 
long, acuminated, smooth, with the middle nerve clothed beneath 
with close-pressed villi ; petioles biligulate at the apex ; corymbs 
axillary, dichotomous. h.S. Native of Cayenne. Flowers 
yellow. 
Beach-leaved Banisteria. Shrub ? 
31 B. exxiprica (H. B. et Kunth, nov, gen. amer. 5. p. 161.) 
leaves elliptical, rounded at both ends, pointed, membranous, 
smooth above, but clothed with adpressed hairs beneath, as well 
as the branches, and bearing 2 sessile glands at the base of each 
leaf; umbels axillary, few-flowered. h. ©. S. Native of Peru 
near Loxa. Flowers probably yellow. 
Elliptical-leaved Banisteria. Shrub cl. 
32 B. toneiroria (Swartz, fl. ind. oce. 2. p. 856.) leaves ob- 
long, rounded at the base, acuminated at the apex, stiff, shining, 
on short footstalks ; panicles terminal, with very wide-spread- 
ing branches. h.S, Native of the Caribbee Islands. Flowers 
yellow. 
Long-leaved Banisteria. Shrub cl.? 
33 B. rrcra (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 160.) 
leaves oblong, narrowed, and acute at the apex, but rounded at 
the base, thickish, smooth above, but clothed with adpressed 
hairs beneath, each bearing 2 pea-like glands at the base; 
flowers terminal, umbellately-crowded. h.%. S. Native of 
New Spain between Carthagena and Panama in humid places. 
Flowers yellow. 
Painted Banisteria. Shrub cl. 
34 B. macroca’rpa (Pers. ench. 1. p. 507.) leaves oblong, 
acuminated ; spikes of flowers compound ; wings of fruit very 
broad, obliquely rounded. kh. S. Native of Martinico. 
Large-fruited Banisteria. Shrub. 
35 B. vepirotra (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 159.) 
leaves oblong-linear, rounded at both ends, somewhat mucronate, 
coriaceous, smooth, shining above; petioles clothed with silky 
down; peduncles terminal and axillary, many-flowered. kh. 
A^, S. Native of Cuba near Havannah. Flowers yellow. 
Ledum-leaved Banisteria. Shrub cl. 
36 B. sauicirouia (D. C. prod. 1. p. 390.) leaves oblong, 
acute at both ends, clothed with silky down beneath, bearing 2 
glands at the top of each petiole ; racemes axillary, somewhat 
compound, length of leaves. hk. ©. S. Native of Brazil. 
Leaves irregularly opposite, therefore somewhat alternate. 
Flowers yellow. 
Willow-leaved Banisteria. Shrub cl. 
37 B. piverstrouia (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen, amer. 5. p. 
159.) leaves elliptical-oblong, ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate, 
somewhat mucronate, rounded at the base, coriaceous, smooth 
and shining above, puberulous beneath, each with 2 sessile 
glands at the base; peduncles terminal, twin, many-flowered. 
h.%.S. Native of Cuba in dry places near Havannah. 
Diverse-leaved Banisteria. Shrub cl. 
38 B. paucirròra (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 159.) 
leaves elliptical-oblong, somewhat pointed, mucronate, rounded 
at the base, coriaceous, puberulous above, and pubescent be- 
neath, each furnished with 2 stipitate glands towards the base ; 
umbels terminal. h.S. Native of Cuba near Havannah. 
Flowers yellow. 
Few-flowered Banisteria. Shrub cl. ? 
39 B. ovata (Cav. diss. 9. p. 429. t. 257. f. 1.) leaves 
ovate-lanceolate, acute, pubescent beneath; petioles each bear- 
ing 2 glands at the apex ; umbels terminal ; fruit hemispherical, 
with very short wings. h.S. Native of the Island of Domi- 
nique. Vent. choix. in a note, no. 51.t. 51. A. Flowers of a 
yeddish-sulphur colour, with yellow anthers, 
Ovate-leaved Banisteria. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1810. Shrub cl. 
