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FLORA OF JAMAICA 



Bunchosia 



or longer than, the leaves ; inner petal spathulate, claw margined, 

 the rest with ovate toothed blades ; connective yellow, much 

 shorter than the anther-cells ; ovary 3-celled. — Niedenzu in Ind. 

 Led. Lye. Brunsh., Bunchosia, 4 ; Small in N. Amer. Fl. ocxv. 161. 

 B. media Macf. Jam. i. 149 (1837) (non DC). Malpighia 

 humilis <tc. Browne Hist. Jam. 230 t Malpighia nitida Sw. Ohs. 

 Bot. 180 (1791) (non L.). .(Fig. 76.) 



Wright} Bancroft 1 between Green Valley and Tweedside, Macfadyen ! 

 Wullschlaegel I March ! Port Henderson ; Rock Fort ; Campbell 1 New 



Fig. 76. — Bunchosia Stoartziana Griseb. 



Flower, calyx and corolla removed, cut 

 lengthwise x 7 ; with a separate 

 enlarged view of the stigma seen from 

 above. 



B, Drupe, nat. size. 



C, Pyrene X IJ. 



I), Ditto cut across. 



Forest, 50 ft. ; Long Mountain, south and west, 280-700 ft. ; Cane river 

 valley, 300 ft.; Chelsea Hill, Santa Cruz Mts., 2200 ft. ; between Malvern 

 and Mountain Side, 400 ft. ; Green Island, Fish river ; Harris 1 Fl. Jam. 

 6051, 6625, 8173, 8861, 9604, 9638, 9689, 9916, 10,256. 



Shrub 3-10 ft. or small tree, to 15 ft. high. Leaves usually with two 

 glands beneath, 1-2 cm. from the base. Pedicels pubescent in flower, then 

 glabrate. Calyx : glands 8 obovoid, 1-2 mm. 1. ; sepals oblong, ciliate, 

 longer than the glands by 1 • 5-2 mm. Petals 5-7 mm. 1. Filaments united 

 at .base to J their length. Ovary glabrous ; styles and stigmas united, 

 glabrous. Drupe somewhat globular, furrowed, 3-lobed, 6-10 mm. in 

 diam., scarlet. 



2. B. media DC. Prodr. i. 581 (1824); leaves narrowly 

 elliptical to elliptical, generally shortly acuminate, bas6 wedge- 

 shaped, 4-10 cm. 1. ; racemes usually somewhat shorter than the 

 leaves ; inner petal about equal to the rest which are roundish ; 

 connective yellow, much shorter than the anther-cells ; ovary 

 S-celled.—Griseh. loc. cit. ; Niedenzu torn. cit. 9 ; Small torn. cit. 

 163. Malpighia media Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, Hi. 103 (1811). 

 Malpighia nitida Sic. Ohs. Bot. 180 (1791) (non Jacq.) probably 

 belongs to this species, but Swartz mentions " 3 styles." 



Wright ! Masson I Swartz (fide Niedenzu) ; Macfadyen ! Distin ! 

 Cuming 1 Robins Bay, St. Mary, McNab ! Great Valley, Manchester, 

 Purdie ! Wilson ; Wullschlaegel ; INIammee Bay, Prior ! March ! Lucea, 



