Bijrsonima MALPIGHIACEJ: 223 



prominent, somewhat obscure; petiole 3-5 mm. 1., canaliculate and glab- 

 rescent on the upper side; stipule lanceolate, 5 mm. 1. Racemes 3-7(-ll) 

 cm. 1. ; peduncle about 3 cm. 1. Sepals 4 "5-5 mm. 1. ; glands about half 

 as long; segments above glands ovate-oblong, puberulous. Petals: blade 

 4 mm. 1., 6 mm. br. ; claw 4 mm. 1. Filaments 3 mm. 1., with few hairs; 

 anthers oblong, glabrous, 1-5 mm. 1. Drupe (? mature) globular, G-7 mm. 

 in diarn. 



This species is named after Mr. Robert Craig, late of Savoy, Clarendon, 

 who has helped by sending specimens for examination and in other ways 

 in connection with the " Flora of Jamaica." 



3. B. Smallii Faicc. & Eendle in Journ. Bot. h. 270 (1917); 

 leaves broadly elliptical, somewhat obovate, apex rounded, base 

 obtuse or rounded, papery, upper surface more or less puberulous, 

 midrib puberulous on both sides, lower surface otherwise glabrous, 

 3-6 cm. 1., 2* 2-3 '5 cm. br. ; inflorescence brown-tomentose; 

 bracts ovate-oblong, glabrous on the inner side, brown-tomentose 

 on the outside, 4: mm. 1. ; pedicels about 6 mm. 1. ; petals deep 

 rose-pink when dry ; ovary glabrous. B. Berteroana Small lit 

 N. Amer. Fl. xxv. 167 (1910) (non A. Juss.). Types in Herb. 

 Mus. Brit, and in Herb. Jam. 



\Yild Cashew. 



In fl. Aug. ; near Troy, 2000 ft., Harris ! Fl. Jam. 8763. 



Tree 16 ft. high. Leaves : nerves and veins very obscure on upper 

 surface, conspicuously veined beneath, not prominent ; petiole 8-11 mm. 1., 

 brown-tomentose; stipules ovate, blunt, brown-tomentose, 1*5-2 mm. 1. 

 Racemes 4 cm. 1. ; peduncles 3-4 cm. 1. Sepals 4 mm. 1. ; glands 2 mm. 1. ; 

 portion above the glands triangular-ovate, obtuse, brown-tomentose. 

 Petals : blade 3-4 mm. 1., 5-7 mm. br. ; claw 3-4 mm. 1. Anthers glabrous, 

 about 1'3 mm. 1. Drupes not seen. 



4. B. braeteata Fence. <( RemUt.' iii Jonni. Bot. h. 269 (1917) ; 

 leaves elliptical, apex blunt or somewhat rounded, base obtuse or 

 wedge-shaped, papery, glabrous, 7-9 '5 cm. 1., 3 '5-4* 5 cm. br. ; 

 inflorescence bro\vn-tomentose ; bracts foliaceous, narrowly ellip- 

 tical-oblong, base narrowing and sometimes somewhat stalked. 

 glabrous inside, more or less puberulous or glabrescent on the 

 outside, to 1 cm. 1. ; pedicels very short ; ovary glabrous. 



Flowers in bud in Sept.; Peckham, Clarendon, 2500 ft., Harris ! 

 Fl. Jam. 11,202. 



Shrub 9 ft. high. Leaves: nerves and veins obscure on upper surface, 

 conspicuously net-veined beneath, not prominent; petiole 6-8 mm. 1., 

 glabrous ; stipules ovate, with brownish hairs on the outside, especially on 

 the margin, 3*5 mm. 1. Racemes 4-6 crn. 1. ; peduncles about 2'5 cm. 1. 

 Anthers glabrous. 



5. B. glaberrima Ni<'<l<>u::n /'// Arb. Int. fimunxl., By, 



43 (1901) : leaves elliptical, or some ovate or obovatr, 

 obtusely acuminate, base obtuse or acute or shortlv narrowed, 



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generally unequal-sided, papery and greenish when drv, glabrous, 

 3 '5-6 cm. 1., L ; -,"> "> cm. br. ; inflorescence glabrous or with a lew 



