Malpirjliia MALPimilACE.K 227 



/.//. 256; Grlseb. op. clt. 117; Niedcnzu torn. cit. 11 ; Url>. Symlj. 

 Ant. ii\ 332; Small torn, cit. 157. M. macrophylla Desf. Cat. 

 Hort. Par. ed. 3, 232 (1829). 



New Green, Manchester, Purdie \ Porto Rico, Crab Is., St. Cruz. 



Slirnb 6-1G ft. ; young twigs compressed, glabrous. Sepals ovate, 

 3-4-5 mm. 1. ; glands 10, 2-3 mm. 1. Petals keeled, pale pink; one 

 spathulate, larger than the rest, the others with limb somewhat semi- 

 circular. 



1. M. urens L. Sp. PL 426 (1753) ; leaves with stinging hairs 

 (3-6 mm. 1.) beneath, parallel with midrib, otherwise glabrous, 

 usually whitish-grey beneath, elliptical or oblong-elliptical, apex 

 acute or obtuse, base rounded to subcordate, papery, subsessile, 

 2-11 cm. L, 1-4 cm. br. ; flowers 4-5 (2, 3) in sessile or subsessile 

 corymbs or umbels : pedicels 1-2 cm, 1. ; petals keeled, 7-9 mm. L, 

 blade of one petal roundish, 5-6 mm. in diam., of the rest sub- 

 cordate, 4-5 mm. L, keel of petal not so broad as in 31. incan'i, 

 not free at apex ; apex of styles foot-like or hammer-like ; drupe 

 8-10 mm. in diara., subglobular ; pyrenes, outline oblong-elliptical, 

 3-crested, crests thin, apex of middle crest distinct from lateral 

 crests, spaces between with transverse ridges ; comniissural ridge 

 as long as crests, slightly projecting at base. Mill. Gard. Di<-t. 

 ed. 8 & Ic. t. 181, /. 1 ; Cav. Diss. 407, t. 235, /. 1 ; Descourt. Fl. 

 Ant. viii. 234, t. 569 ; A. Juss. torn. cit. 257 ; Griseb. op. cit. 116 ; 

 Siitall torn. cit. 158. M. viniinea Arc. Browne Hist. Jam. 229. 

 M. martinicensis Jacq. Enum. PL Carib. 21 (1760) & ScL Stir}). 

 A.iter. 136 ; Niedenzu torn. cit. 13. Arbor baccifera folio oblongo 

 subtilissimis &c. Sloane Cat. 172 & Hist. ii. 106, t. 207, /. ^3. 

 Tvpe in Herb. Linn., cultivated in Hort. Upsal., named by 

 Linnreus. 



C o w h a g e or C o w i t c h Cherry. 



Xuar St. Jago de la Vega, Sloane Herb. vii. 33! Houstoun \ Browne ; 

 V,~ricjht\ Broughtonl March], Portland Gap; above Abbey Green, 5000 ft.; 

 llin-ris ! Fl. Jam. 5016, 5783, 5890, 5954. West Indies. 



Shrub 5-15 ft. high. Sepals ovate or ovate-lanceolate, about 2 mm. 1. ; 

 glands 6, 8, or 10, 1'5 mm. 1. Petals purple. 



". M. ineana 3111L Gard. Diet. cd. 8 (1768), leaves with 

 stiM'^inir hairs (1-3 mm. 1.) beneath, parallel w r ith midrib, more 

 or less persistent, otherwise glabrous, whitish-grey beneath, 

 narrowly elliptical-oblong to lanceolate, apex very acute or 

 acuminate (some blunt), more or less mucronulate, base wedge- 

 .shaped to obtuse, papery, subsessile, 3-6 cm. L, 1-2 cm. br. ; 

 iloNsers :j-7 in >uli.sessile corymbs; peduncle 3-4(-6) mm. i. : 

 pedicels S-14 mm. 1. ; petals helmet-shaped, subequal, limb 

 ,'i-j nun. 1., broadly keeled on the back; keel wing-like to 

 1 mm. br., with curved free apex; drupe 8-10 mm. in diam., 

 subglobular, 9-ribbed ; pvrenes, outline roundish, 3-crestt-d ; 



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