Bracliyptcrys MALPIGHIACE/E -35 



B. ovata Sninll in N. Amer.Fl. xxv. 138. B. borealis A. Juss. 

 in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 2, .citi. 291 (1840) A: Arclt. Mns. Par. Hi. 356, 

 t. ii.f. 1G. Griseb. Fl. Bras. xii. 35 & Fl Br. W. Ltd. 117; 

 Hem*L in BioL Cent. Ant. But. t. 151. Banisteria ovata Car. 

 Dis*. 429, t. 257, /. 1 (1790). Stigmatophyllon. ovatum 

 Xi'denzu in Ind. Lc<-t. Lye. Brunsb., Stigmatophyllum, }jt. 2, 31 

 ( 1900) ; Urb. Si/ ml. Ant. iv. 331. (Fig. 78.) Specimens of Rohr 

 A: Aublet from Guiana, and of Smeathman from Ins. Carib. 

 named by A. Juss. are in Her':. Mus. Brit. 



Fig. 78. Braclii/ptej-i* ovata Small. 



, A coccus, nat. size. 

 , Embryo enlarged (after A. cle Jussieu). 



In salt marshes on the seaside, Macfadycn ! near Annotto Bay ; Port 

 Maria ; McXab I Wilson. West Indies, northern S. America, Central 

 America. 



Shrub 1-4 ft. Leaves ovate to lanceolate, apex acute or somewhat 

 obtuse, base rounded, glabrous above, pubescent with soft short hairs 

 beneath, midrib prominent beneath and with 2 glands on it at the base, 

 5-11 cm. 1.; petiole 1-1 '5 cm. 1. ; bracts roundish-ovate or round, 

 1-3 '5 cm. 1. Umbels 3-4-flowered, pedicels 1*5-3 cm. 1. ; peduncle 

 3 '5- 6 cm. 1. Sepals scarcely exceeding the glands by 1 mm.; glands 

 oblong, 2-5-3 mm. 1. Petals: limb crenulate, base wedge-sb aped, 7-13 mm. 

 in diam. ; claw 2-4 mm. 1. Styles 3, equal, the appendage hook-like. 

 Cocci somewhat spherical, 10-13 mm. in diam., outer surface with 

 irregular prominent markings ; apical crest triangular, 3-5 rnm. 1. or more. 



6. STIGMAPHYLLON A. Juss. 



Trailing twining shrubs, climbing over shrubs and trees. 

 Leaves often silky beneath with hairs attached by their middle, 

 with 2 glands at apex of stalk or base of midrib ; stipules 

 minute. Flowers in peduncled umbel-like corymbs. Calyx with 

 - .lands. PetaU yellow, 5-12 mm. in diam. Stamens tine<[iial, 

 ' perfect, 4 not properly developed. Style- 3, truncate at ai 

 or more or less angled, or produced beyond the stigma into a 

 Tni it -like or expanded appendage. Samara- 1-3, witli the \vin^ 

 thickened on tin- upper margin. Cotyledons often unequal, with 

 the larger enfolding the smaller. 



Species about 50, natives of tropical Amei'iea. including the 

 West Indies. 



