230 



FLOKA OF JAMAICA 



Bunchosia 



or longer than, the leaves ; inner petal spathulate, claw margined, 

 the rest with ovate toothed blades ; connective yellow, much 

 shorter than the anther-cells ; ovary 3-celled. Niedenzu in Ind. 

 Ltd. Li/c. Brunsb. t Bunchosia,. 4 ; Small in N. Arner. FL -.err. 1G1. 

 B. media Mncf. Jam. i. 149 (1837) (iion DC.). Malpighia 

 humilis etc. Browne Hist. Jam. 230 ? Malpighia nitida Sw. Obs. 

 Bot. 180 (1791) (non L.). (Fig. 76.) 



Wright ! Bancroft \ between Green Valley and Tweedside, Macfadyen \ 

 Wullschlacgel \ March I Port Henderson; Kock Fort; Campbell ! Xew 



Fig. 76. Bunchosia Swartziana Griseb. 



A, Flower, calyx and corolla removed, cut 

 lengthwise x 7 ; with a separate 

 enlarged view of the stigma seen from 

 above. 



B, Drupe, nat. size. 



C, Pyrene x l. 



D, Ditto cut across. 



Forest, 50 ft. ; Long Mountain, south and west, 280-700 ft. ; Cane river 

 valley, 300 ft.; Chelsea Hill, Santa Cruz Mts., 2200 ft. ; between Malvern 

 and Mountain Side, 400 ft. ; Green Island, Fish river ; Harris ! Fl. Jam. 

 6051, 6525, 8173, 8861, 9604, 9633, 9689, 9936, 10,256. 



Shrub 3-10 ft. or small tree, to 15 ft. high. Leaves usually with two 

 glands beneath, 1-2 cm. from the base. Pedicels pubescent in flower, then 

 glabrate. Calyx : glands 8 obovoid, 1-2 mm. 1. ; sepals oblong, ciliate, 

 longer than the glands by 1 5-2 mm. Petals 5-7 mm. 1. Filaments united 

 at .base to -i their length. Ovary glabrous ; styles and stigmas united, 

 glabrous. Drupe somewhat globular, furrowed, 3-lobed, 6-10 mm. in 

 diam., scarlet. 



2. 



B. media DC. Prodr. i. 581 (1824); leaves narrowly 

 elliptical to elliptical, generally shortly acuminate, base wedge- 

 shaped, 4-10 cm. 1. ; racemes usually somewhat shorter than the 

 leaves ; inner petal about equal to the rest which are roundish ; 

 connective yellow, much shorter than the anther-cells ; ovary 

 3-celled. Griseb. loc. cit. ; Niedenzu torn. cit. 9 ; Small torn. cit. 

 163. Malpighia media Ait. Hort, Kew. ed. 2, Hi. 103 (181 1). 

 Malpighia nitida Su: Olts. Bot. 180 (1791) (non Jacq.) probably 

 belongs to this species, but Swartz mentions " 3 styles." 



Wright ! Masson ! Swartz (fide Niedenzu) ; Macfadyen ! Distin ! 

 Cuming ! Robins Bay, St. Mary, McNab \ Great Valley, Manchester, 

 Pur die ! Wilson ; Wullschlacgcl ; Mammee Bay, Prior \ March ! Lucea, 



