234 FLORA OF .JAMAICA Heteropi&ri* 



semicircular, lower straight or slightly recurved at apex, base 

 truncate. Malpighia reticulata Poir. in Lam. Enci/c. Suppl. iv. 8 

 (1816). Banisteria reticulata C. B. Robinson ex Small torn. cit. 

 138 (1910). 



Banks of Black river, Lacovia, Harris 1 Guiana. 



Leaves elliptical, generally shortly acuminate, base rounded or obtuse, 

 midrib and veins prominent especially beneath, veins conspicuously reti- 

 culate especially beneath and prominent on both sides. Panicles to nearly 

 3 dm. 1. ; reddish-pubescent. Bracts and bracteoles concave, persistent, 

 conspicuous, ovate to oblong-ovate, 3 '5-4 '5 mm. 1. Pedicels jointed about 

 the middle, the upper joint with the flower often deciduous, the lower part 

 with the bracteoles at its apex persistent, giving a characteristic appearance 

 to the panicle. Sepals oblong, about 4 mm. 1., revolute at apex, brownish- 

 pubescent, with 8 glands ; glands slightly more than half as long. Petals 

 yellow ; blade elliptical, to 5 or 6 mm. 1. ; claw 2-3 mm. 1. Styles hooked 

 at the apex outwardly, hook bent downwards. Fruit: wing 3 '5 cm. 1., 

 2 cm. br., when young covered with red tomentum, at length glabrate ;. 

 nerves fan-like ; nut to 2 cm. 1. to '7 cm. br. 



3. H. purpurea H.B. & K. Nov. Gen. it- Sp. v. 164 (1822); 

 leaves membranous, 1*5-5 cin. 1.; Griseb. op. cit. 119; Niedenzu 

 op. cit. 15; Urb. Symb. Ant. iv. 328. H. parvifolia DC. Prodr. i. 

 591 (1824); Griseb. loc. cit. (H. par vi flora in error). Banisteria 

 purpurea L. Sp. PL 427 (1753); Cav. Diss. 423, t. 246, /. 1 ; 

 Small loc. cit. B. parvifolia Vent. Cnoix. t. 51 (1803). 



Near Kingston, Oersted (fide Grisebach). West Indies, Venezuela, 

 Colombia. 



Leaves elliptical, apex and base rounded or obtuse, glabrous, veins 

 reticulate beneath, scarcely visible above ; petiole with 2 glands about the 

 middle. Eacemes terminal or axillary, corymbose, sparingly pubescent. 

 Bracts and bracteoles minute. Pedicels jointed near the base. Sepals- 

 oblong to ovate-oblong, about 2' 5 mrn. 1. ; glands 8, 1*5-2 mm. 1. Petals 

 purple; blade obovate, base sagittate, 3 -5-5 mm. 1. ; claw 1-5-2-5 mm. L 

 Fruit striate-veined, sparingly puberulous; wing about 2 cm. L, about 

 1 cm. br., obliquely obovate-oblong, with a slight projection on the upper 

 margin near the base. 



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5. BRACHYPTERYS A. Juss. 



Sea-shore small shrubs, erect or trailing and twining over 

 low bushes. Leaves with 2 glands on the base of the midrib 

 beneath : stipules very minute. Flowers, in the Jamaican species, 

 in axillary peduncled bracteate umbel-like corymbs. Calyx 

 8-glandular. Petals yellow, 7-13 mm. in diam. Stamens 10, 

 subequal or unequal. Styles produced into an appendage with 

 the stigmatic surface on the inside. Fruit of 1 to 3 cocci, which 

 bea,r a short crest at the apex. Embryo : one cotyledon not 

 developing, the other bending over and enveloping it in its 

 growth. 



Species 2, natives of West Indies, northern S. America and 

 central America. 



