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6. Malpighia punicifolia L. Sp. PI. ed. 2. 609. 1762. 

 Yucatrm. West Indies and northern South America. 



Leaves oblong to oval, 1.5 to 7 cm, long, glabrous in age, short-petiolate ; 

 flowers pink or violet, 1.5 to 2 cm. broad ; fruit red. "Cerezo," "cerezero" 

 (Cuba). 



The fruit is edible and has an agi-eeable flavor. In the West Indies it is 

 much eaten, and is used for jellies and tarts. The bark is reported to yield 

 a red dye. 



7. Malpighia heterophylla Griseb. Linnaea 22: 2. 1849. 



Described from Mexico, the locality not known but probably in Veracruz. 

 Leaves ovate-lanceolate, 4 to 10 cm. long, glabrate; corolla 1.5 cm. wide. 



8. Malpighia galeottiana Juss. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 3: 261. 1844. 

 Puebla and Oaxaca ; reported from San Luis Potosi ; type from mountains 



of Oaxaca. 



Shrub or tree, 1 to 6 meters high ; leaves oval, oblong, or ovate, 1 to 3 cm. 

 long, short-petiolate, bright green, glabrate ; flowers pink or white, 1.5 cm. 

 wide ; fruit red, 1 cm. in diameter. 



9. Malpighia diversifolia T. S. Brandeg. Zoe 5: 104. 1901. 

 Southern Baja California ; type from San Jose del Cabo. 



Shrub, 2 to 2.5 meters high ; leaves suborbicular to ovate or obovate, 2 to 4 

 cm. long, glabrate in age ; flowers pink, 2 cm. wide ; fruit red, 1 cm. in diameter, 

 edible. " Manzana," " manzanita." 



10. Malpighia ovata Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 1: 310. 1895. 



Bunchosia parvifolia S. Wats. Proc. Anier. Acad. 24: 42. 1889. Not Malpighia 



parvifolia Juss. 1844. 

 Malpighia watsoni Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 1: 310. 1895. 

 Sonora to Oaxaca ; type from Guaymas, Sonora. 



Shrub, 2 to 4 meters high ; leaves ovate or broadly ovate, 1 to 6 cm. long, 

 glabrate ; flowers pink, 1 to 1.3 cm. wide ; fruit red, 8 to 9 mm. long. 



11. Malpighia glabra L. Sp. PI. 425. 1753. 



Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas to Tabasco and Yucatan. Southern Texas, Cen- 

 tral America, West Indies, and northern South America ; type from Jamaica. 



Shrub, 1 to 3 meters high ; leaves mostly ovate, 2.5 to 9 cm. long, glabrous or 

 nearly so, bright green ; flowers pink, 1.5 cm. wide ; fruit red. " Escobillo " 

 (Tabasco) ; "manzanita" (Tamaulipas) ; " cereza " {Sesse c£- Mociilo) ; " chi " 

 (Yucatan, Dondd) ; " cerezo," " cerezo de Jamaica," " palo de galliua " (Cuba) ; 

 "Jupiter" (Costa Rica); "cerezo de Castilla " (Panama); " arrayancito " 

 (Colombia); " xocot," " xochtotl " (Nicaragua). 



The fruit is edible, and the plant is sometimes cultivated. The bark is said 

 to be astringent and to have been used as a remedy for fevers. 



3. BUNCHOSIA L. Rich.; Juss. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 18: 481 1811. 



Erect shrubs or trees; leaves opposite, entire, usually short-petiolate; 

 flowers mostly yellow, in narrow panicles; calyx with 8 or 10 glands; petals 

 undulate or dentate ; fruit a drupe. 



Ovary and young fruit glabrous or practically so. 



Leaves acute at base, glabrous ; fruit 9 to 13 mm. in diameter. 



1. B. glandulosa. 



Leaves rounded or obtuse at base, pubescent beneath, at least when young; 



fruit 15 to 20 mm. in diameter 2. B. palmeri. 



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