204 MALPIGHIACEAE. 



^< 1. Triopteris jamaicensis L. Sp. PI. 428. 1753. 



Banisteria microphylla Jacq. Obs. Bot. 3: 7. pi. 56. 1768. 

 Triopteris rigida Sw. Prodr. 75. 1788. 



Triopteris hicida H.B.K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 5: 167. pi. 451. 1822. 

 Triopteris havanensis H.B.K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 5: 168. 1822.. 

 Triopteris parvifolia A. Juss. Ann. Sci. Nat, Bot. II. 13: 266. 1840. 



A slender vine, sometimss 10 m. long. Leaves various, linear to cuneate or 

 obovate, 1-2.5 em. long, striate-veined, emarginate or mucronate at the apex, 

 mostly obtuse at the base; flowers racemose or paniculate; sepals ovate, 2-2.5 

 mm. long; petals violet, the larger ones 4-5 mm. long, the suborbicular or 

 ovate-orbicular blades undulate; samaras 12-26 mm. long, the upper wings 

 oblong, the lower one ovate. 



Scrub-lands and pine-lands, Great Bahama, Andros, New Providence, Eleuthera, 

 Cat Island, Cave Cay, Watling's Island, Rum Cay, Acklin's Island, Fortune Island, 

 Crooked Island : Cuba ; Hispaniola ; ( ?) Jamaica. Apparently recorded by Schoepf 

 as Banisteria angulosa L. Tkioptekis. 



2. STIGMAPHYLLON A. Juss. irf A. St. Hil. Fl. Bras. Merid. 3: 48. 1833. 



Woody vines, with opposite, coriaceous or membranous, petioled leaves, and 

 bright yellow flowers, in axillary peduncled umbel-like corymbs. Keceptacle 

 pyramidal. Calyx 8-glandular; sepals persistent. Petals 5, their blades erose 

 or fimbriate. Stamens 10, only 6 of them antheriferous; filaments unequal, 

 united at the base or up to the middle; anthers short. Ovary 3-lobed; styles 3, 

 distinct, unequal, sometimes foliaceous above. Samaras 2 or 3 together or 

 solitary, with a flat dorsal wing. [Greek, leafy stigma.] About 50 species, 

 natives of tropical America. Type species: Banisteria auriculata Cav. 



1 Stigmaphyllon Sagraeanum A. Juss. Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. II. 13: 290. 1840. 



Stigmaphyllon reticulatum A. Juss. Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. II. 13 : 290. 1840. 

 Stigmaphyllon Faustinum C. "Wright; Sauv. Anales Acad. Habana 5: 244. 



1868. 



A rather stout vine up to 12 m. long, usually shorter. Leaves various, 

 oblong to linear, ovate, or obovate, coriaceous, 2-10 cm. long, usually mucro- 

 nate, glabrous or nearly so when old, strongly reticulate-veined beneath, rounded 

 or cordate at the base, short-petioled ; peduncjes and pedicels sparingly pubes- 

 cent or glabrous; pedicels jointed at the base; sepals ovate, about 4 mm. long; 

 larger petals 10-12.5 mm. long; samaras 1.5-2.2 cm. long, the ventral edge of 

 the wing auricled at the base, the body one-third to one-half as long as the wing. 



Pine-lands and scrub-lands, Andros, Long Island : Cuba. Sagra's Stigma- 

 phyllon'. 



3. MALPIGHIA L. Sp. PI. 425. 1753. 



Shrubs or small trees, with opposite leaves usually bearing stinging hairs 

 beneath, the white pink or red flowers in axillary peduncled corymbs. Calyx 

 6-10-glandular, persistent. Petals 5 a the blades undulate or fimbriate. Stamens 

 10, all antheriferous; filaments united to the middle or below; anthers short, 

 often didymous. Ovary glabrous, 3-lobed; styles distinct; stigmas small. 

 Fruit a fleshy drupe, usually depressed-globose. [In honor of Marcello 

 Malpighi, 1628-1693, Italian botanist.] Over 30 species, of tropical and sub- 

 tropical America. Type species: Malpighia glaora L. 



