Byrsonima MALPIGHIACEiE 223 



pronainent, somewhat obscure ; petiole 3-5 mm. 1., canaliculate and glab- 

 rescent on the upper side ; stipule lanceolate, 5 mm. 1. Racemes 3-7(-ll) 

 cm. 1. ; peduncle about 3 cm. 1. Sepals 4-5-5 mm. 1. ; glands about half 

 as long ; segments above glands ovate-oblong, puberulous. Petals : blade 

 4 mm. 1., 6 mm. br. ; claw 4 mm. 1. Filaments 3 mm. 1., with few hairs ; 

 anthers oblong, glabrous, 1-5 mm. 1. Drupe (? mature) globular, 6-7 mm. 

 in diam. 



This species is named after Mr. Robert Craig, late of Savoy, Clarendon, 

 who has helped by sending specimens for examination and in other ways 

 in connection with the " Flora of Jamaica." 



3. B. Sraallii Fawc. & Bendle in Journ. Bot. Iv. 270 (1917); 

 leaves broadly elliptical, somewhat obovate, apex rounded, base 

 obtuse or rounded, papery, upper surface more or less puberulous, 

 midrib puberulous on both sides, lower surface otherwise glabrous, 

 3-6 cm. 1., 2 "2-3 '5 cm. br. ; inflorescence brown-tomentose ; 

 bracts ovate-oblong, glabrous on the inner side, brown-tomentose 

 on the outside, 4 mm. 1. ; pedicels about 6 mm. 1. ; petals deep 

 rose-pink when dry ; ovary glabrous. — B. Berteroana Small in 

 N. Amer. Fi xxv. 167 (1910) (non A. Jms.). Types in Herb. 

 Mus. Brit, and in Herb. Jam. 



Wild Cashew. 



In fi. Aug. ; near Troy, 2000 ft., Harris ! Fl. Jam. 8763. 



Tree 16 ft. high. Leaves : nerves and veins very obscure on upper 

 surface, conspicuously veined beneath, not prominent ; petiole 8-11 mm. 1., 

 brown-tomentose; stipules ovate, blunt, brown-tomentose, 1*5-2 mm. 1. 

 Racemes 4 cm. 1. ; peduncles 3-4 cm. 1. Sepals 4 mm. 1. ; glands 2 mm. 1. ; 

 portion above the glands triangular-ovate, obtuse, brown-tomentose. 

 Petals : blade 3-4 mm. 1., 5-7 mm. br. ; claw 3-4 mm. 1. Anthers glabrous, 

 about 1*3 mm. 1. Drupes not seen. 



4. B. bpaeteata Fawc. <t Bendle in Journ. Bot. h. 269 (1917) ; 

 leaves elliptical, apex blunt or somewhat rounded, base obtuse or 

 wedge-shaped, papery, glabrous, 7-9 '5 cm. 1., 3 •5-4 '5 cm. br. ; 

 inflorescence brown-tomentose ; bracts foliaceous, narrowly ellip- 

 tical-oblong, base narrowing and sometimes somewhat stalked, 

 glabrous inside, more or less puberulous or glabrescent on the 

 outside, to 1 cm. 1. ; pedicels very short ; ovary glabrous. 



Flowers in bud in Sept.; Peckham, Clarendon, 2500 ft., Harris\ 

 Fl. Jam. 11,202. 



Shrub 9 ft. high. Leaves : nerves and veins obscure on upper surface, 

 conspicuously net-veined beneath, not prominent; petiole 6-8 mm. 1., 

 glabrous ; stipules ovate, with brownish hairs on the outside, especially on 

 the margin, 3'5 mm. 1. Racemes 4-6 cm. 1.; peduncles about 2*5 cm. 1. 

 Anthers glabrous. 



5. B. glaberrima Niedenzu in Arb. Inst. Braunsh., Byrso- 

 nima 43 (1901) ; leaves elliptical, or some ovate or obovate, 

 obtusely acuminate, base obtuse or acute or shortly narrowed, 

 generally unequal-sided, papei-y and greenish when dry, glabrous, 

 3 • 5-6 cm. 1., 2-3 • 5 cm. br. ; inflorescence glabrous or with a few 



