Triopteris MALPIGHIACE.-E L'39 



Browne is in Herb. Linn, named Jjunivtcn'c: benghalensis by 

 Linnaeus. 



Sloane Herb. v. 92! Houstounl Browne ! Wright I Brougliton\ Shak- 

 spcarl Swart*; Macfadyenl Wilson ! March I Watson's Hill, Manchester, 

 800 ft. ; near Letitz, 500 ft. ; Pedro Bluff ; Harris ! Fl. Jam. 6380, 72G3, 

 9939. 



Leaves reticulate-veined, 3-10 crn. l./l'T-S'T cm. br. Sepals 3-3 -5 

 mm. 1. Petals pink or light purplish, to 5 or 6 mm. 1. ; blades broadly 

 roundish or kidney-shaped, with undulate margin. Samaras 14-24 mm. 1. ; 

 upper wings oblong, the lower one oblong, or oblong-lanceolate, or narrowly 

 elliptical ; crest subrhornboid with sinuate-eroded margin. 



T. ovata Cav. from Hispaniola, with which the Jamaican species has 

 been confused, differs in having smaller flowers, and the crest of the samara 

 being ovate-triangular. T.jamaiccnsis L. is the species from Cuba and tin- 

 Bahamas, with oblong-elliptical leaves, 2-3 cm. 1. ; it has not been found 

 in Jamaica. 



2. T. Brittonii Small in N. Amer. Fl. x.iv. 124 (1910) ; leaves 

 ovate, usually broadly so, markedly acuminate, base cordate ; 

 panicle pyramidal. 



Spur Tree Hill, Britton, 1069. Type in Herb. N. York Bot. Gard. of 

 which a small portion has been presented to Herb. Mus. Brit, by Dr. 

 N. L. Britton ! 



Leaves reticulate-veined, 4-10 cm. 1. StepaZs ovate, about 2 mm. 1. ; 

 glands about 1'5 mm. 1. Petals purplish, to 4'5 or 5 mm. 1. ; blades 

 roundish, undulate and sometimes irregularly toothed. Samarw not 

 known. 



8. TETRAPTERIS Cav. 



"Woody climbers, trailing over rocks and trees. Leaves 

 without glands ; stipules inconspicuous. Umbels or racemes 

 generally paniculate, terminal. Calyx usually 8-glandular. 

 Petals yellow. Filaments united below. Ovary 3-lobed, lobes 

 crested on the back and with 2 appendages on each side. Api-x 

 of styles slightly enlarged. Samara 1-3, crested on the back, 

 with 4 lateral wings placed X-like, 2 above and 2 below. 

 Embryo folded on itself. 



Species over 60, natives of tropical continental America 

 (chiefly Brazil), and the West Indies. 



Griseb. FL Jlr. W. Ind. 121 under T. inseqnfiH* t'.-iv. JJanistfria 

 foliis ovatis nbpositis Arc. Plum. PL Amer. (Bnrm.) 9, /. 10. 

 Triapteris citrifolia Sw. Prodr. 7.~> (17*8) ,vr FL Ind. Occ. 857. 

 T. bifurca (Isertu. Fruct. //. 16S, /. 11G (1791). (Fig. 81.) Tlu-iv 

 is a specimen from Swartz in Herb. Mus. Brit. 



Mountain woods, Swartz\ between Halberstadt and Galloway Hou-e. 

 Macfadyai ; St. Mary, McXab ! Pnrdiel \\~ilsun ! Hispaniola. 



