BuncJiosia MALPIGHIACE.E 231 



Hitchcock ; Red Hills, Grabliam \ Annotto Bay, Thompson ! between 

 Fontabelle and Galloway, Mrs. E. G. Britton, 2867 I Red Hills ; Hope 

 Grounds; Great Pedro Bay; Stanmore Hill, 2200 ft. ; Peckham, 2300 ft. ; 

 Harris I near Salt Ponds, Harris d> Britton ! Fl. Jam. 6902, 8602, 9709, 

 9951, 10,552, 11,080. Cuba. 



Shrub 5-10 ft. high. Leaves with 2 glands 1-2 cm. above the base 

 beneath. Pedicels pubescent in flower and fruit. Calyx : glands 10-8, 

 oblong, 2-2 - 5 mm. 1. ; sepals oblong, ciliate, longer than the glands by 

 l'o-2 mm. Petals 7-9 mm. 1., blades about 4 mm. 1. Filaments united 

 to about ^ of their length. Ovary glabrous ; styles and stigmas united, 

 glabrous. Drupe somewhat globular, 2-3-lobed, orange-yellow, S mm. 1., 

 6-7 mm. in diam. 



3. B. jamaicensis Urb. d- Niedenzu ex Niedenzu in lud. Lect. 

 Lijc. Brunsb., BuncJiosia, 10 (1898) ; leaves broadly elliptical, 

 apex rounded or obtuse, base obtuse or wedge-shaped, 10-16 

 cro. 1., 5*5-10 cm. br. ; racemes 2 together or solitary, shorter 

 than the leaves ; petals subequal, blade more or less cordate- 

 ovate ; connective purplish or brownish, slightly shorter than 

 the anther-cells ; ovarv 2-celled. Small torn. cit. 164. B. Linde- 



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niana Griseb. Fl. Br. W. Lid. 115 (1859) (as regards the Jamaican 

 plant) (non Juss.}. 



Manchester, Purclie ! March ! Prior \ near Cascade River, 3000 ft. ; 

 Holly Mount, 2500 ft., Harris \ Fl. Jam. 6463, 6608, 8S97. 



Tree 15-30 ft. high. Leaves glabrous, with or without 2 glands near 

 the base. Sepals oblong, about 3 mm. 1. Petals to 5*5 mm. 1. Ovary 

 glabrous ; styles and stigmas glabrous. Drupe 2-3-lobed, somewhat 

 globular, 11-13 mm. in diam. 



[THRYALLIS L. 



Shrubs. Leaves glaucescent, with a gland on each margin 

 near the base ; stipules (in the Jamaican species) free. Flowers 

 in terminal racemes ; pedicels jointed below the middle, with a 

 i tract at the base, and 2 bracteoles below the joint. Calyx 

 -"-cleft, without glands. Petals yellow, subequal. Stamens 10, 

 all perfect ; filaments distinct or united at the base. Styles 3, 

 distinct, awl-shaped, acute. Capsule 3-coccous : cocci dehiscent ; 

 epicarp slightly fleshy, endocarp hard and brittle ; embryo bent 

 round a fold of the seed-coat; cotyledons sube<|ual, incumbent; 

 radicle rather long. 



Species about 15, natives of tropical continental America. 



T. graeilis Kxntze Rev. Gen. /. 89 (1891) ; Ro*e in C<>ntrib. 

 U.S. Hirl. xii. 2>0. T. glauca Small in N. .!/// /. FL . 150 

 (1910). (lalphiimu gracilis JlartL in i ttt. 552 ^'9); 



A. Ju*x. in Arrlt. J/MX. Par. Hi. 324 ; UrJ>. > b. Ant. ii'. 331. 

 1 -lauca G . Cat. 43 (I860) (non Cat:). 



Natural i/ud ; Y/atson Hill, F,nccctt\ Hope estate, 1000 ft., Harris ! 

 Fl. Jam. 8394, Il,b84. Central America, naturalized in West Indies. 



