Malpighia 



MALPIGHIACEiG 



225 



acute or acuminate (rarely obtuse), subsessile, 3-8 cm, 1. ; flowei'S 

 in 8-3-flowered corymbs or umbels ; common peduncle and 

 pedicels somewhat equal in length, 5-15 mm. 1. ; petals one 

 larger than the rest, 2 smaller than the intermediate ; drupe to 

 1 cm. in diam., pyrenes,"' outline oblong- or ovate-ellipticalj 

 3-c rested ; spaces between the crests with transverse anastomosing 

 ridges ; commissural ridge longer than the crests, projecting 

 beyond them at base. — Mill. Gard. Did. ed. 8 & Ic. t. 181, f. 2 ; 

 Cav. Diss. 406, t. 234,/. 1; Dot. Mag. f. 813; Mac/. Jam. i. 146; 



Fig. 7o.—Malpighia glabra L. 



A, Branch with leaves ami flowers X i. E, Fruit cut lengthwise, showing seed and 



B, Flower x 3. embryo x 2. 



C, Flower with calyx and corolla removed, F, Fruit cut across X 2. 



cut lenpthwise X 5. G, Pyrene X 2. 



D, Diagram of flower. 



(D, E, F after Jussieu.) 



A. Juss. in Arch. Mu8. Par. Hi. 262 ; Griseb. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 116; 

 Nicdenzu in Ind. Led. Lye. Brunsh., Malpighia, 5 ; Small in 

 N. Amer. Fl. xxv. 155. M. fruticosa erecta foliis nitidis &c. 

 Browne Hist. Jam. 230. M. nitida Mill. Gard. Did. ed. 8 (1768) 

 (non L.). Arbor baccifera folio subrotundo &c. Shane Cat. 172 

 & Hist. a. 106, /. 207, /. 2. (Fig. 75.) A specimen from Hort. 

 Cliff, in Herb. Mus. Brit., one also in. Herb. Linn, named by 

 Linnaeus. 



* The description of the pyrenes is taken from them when thoroughly 

 cleaned from the adhering flesh. 



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