Malpighia MALPIGHIACEiE 227 



cit. 256; Griseh. op. cit. 117; Niedenzu torn. cit. 11 ; Urb. Symh. 

 Ant. iv. 332; Small torn. cit. 157. M. raacrophylla Desf. Cat. 

 Hon. Par. ed. 3, 232 (1829). 



New Green, Manchester, Purdie ! — Porto Rico, Crab Is., St. Cruz. 



Shrub 6-16 ft. ; young twigs compressed, glabrous. Sepals ovate, 

 3-4-5 mm. 1.; glands 10, 2-3 mm. 1. Petals keeled, pale pink; one 

 spathulate, larger than the rest, the others with limb somewhat semi- 

 circular. 



4. M. urens L. Sp. PI. 426 (1753) ; leaves with stinging hairs 

 (3-6 mm. 1.) beneath, parallel with midrib, otherwise glabrous, 

 usually whitish-grey beneath, elliptical or oblong-elliptical, apex 

 acute or obtuse, base rounded to subcordate, papery, subsessile, 

 2-11 cm. 1., 1-4 cm. br, ; flowers 4-5 (2, 3) in sessile or subsessile 

 corymbs or umbels : pedicels 1-2 cm. 1. ; petals keeled, 7-9 mm. L, 

 blade of one petal roundish, 5-6 mm. in diam., of the rest sub- 

 cordate, 4-5 mm. 1., keel of petal not so broad as in M. incana, 

 not fi'ee at apex ; apex of styles foot-like or hammer-like ; drupe 

 8-10 mm. in diam., subglobular ; pyrenes, outline oblong-elliptical, 

 3-crested, crests thin, apex of middle crest distinct from lateral 

 crests, spaces between with transverse ridges ; commissural ridge 

 as long as crests, slightly projecting at base. — Mill. Gard. Diet, 

 ed. 8 & Ic. t. 181,/. 1 ; Cav. Diss. 407, t. 235,/. 1 ; Descourt. Fl. 

 Ant. via. 234, t. 569; A. Juss. torn. cit. "2^1 ; Griseh. op. cit. 116; 

 Small torn. cit. 158. M. viminea &c. Browne Hist. Jam. 229. 

 M. martinicensis Jacq. Enum. PI. Carih. 21 (1760) & Sel. Stirp. 

 Amer. 136 ; Niedenzu torn. cit. 13. Arbor baccifera folio oblongo 

 subtilissimis &c. Sloane Cat. 172 & Hist. ii. 106, t. 207, /. 3. 

 Type in Herb. Linn., cultivated in Hort. Upsal., named by 

 Linnaeus. 



Cowhage or Co witch Cherry. 



Near St. Jago de la Vega, Sloane Herb. vii. 38 ! Houstoun ! Browne ; 

 Wright ! Broughton ! March ! Portland Gap ; above Abbey Green, 5000 ft. ; 

 Harris 1 Fl. Jam. 5016, 5783, 5890, 5954.— West Indies. 



Shrub 5-15 ft. high. Sepals ovate or ovate-lanceolate, about 2 mm. 1. ; 

 glands 6, 8, or 10, 1-5 mm. 1. PctoZs purple. 



5. M. ineana Mill. Gard. Diet. ed. 8 (1768), leaves with 

 stinging hairs (1-3 mm. 1.) beneath, parallel with midrib, more 

 or less persistent, otherwise glabrous, whitish-grey beneath, 

 narrowly elliptical-oblong to lanceolate, apex very acute or 

 acuminate (some blunt), more or less mucronulate, base wedge- 

 shaped to obtuse, papery, subsessile, 3-6 cm. 1., 1-2 cm. br. ; 

 flowers 3-7 in subsessile corymbs ; peduncle 3-4(-6) mm. 1. ; 

 pedicels 8-14 mm. 1. ; petals helmet-shaped, subequal, limb 

 3-4 mm. 1., broadly keeled on the back ; keel wing-like to 

 1 mm. br., with curved free apex; drupe 8-10 mm. in diam., 

 subglobular, 9-ribbed ; pyrenes, outline roundish, 3-crested ; 



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