Bunchosia MALPIGHIACEiE 231 



Hitchcock ; Red Hills, Grabham I Annotto Bay, Thompson ! between 

 Fontabelle and Galloway, Mrs. E. G. Britton, 2867 I Red Hills ; Hope 

 Grounds ; Great Pedro Bay ; Stanmore Hill, 2200 ft. ; Peckham, 2300 ft. ; 

 Harris\ near Salt Ponds, Harris & Brittonl PI. Jam. 6902, 8602, 9709, 

 9951, 10,552, 11,080.— Cuba. 



Shrub 5-10 ft. high. Leaves with 2 glands 1-2 cm. above the base 

 beneath. Pedicels pubescent in flower and fruit. Calyx : glands 10-8, 

 oblong, 2-2*5 mm. 1.; sepals oblong, ciliate, longer than the glands by 

 1-5-2 mm. Petals 7-9 mm. 1., blades about 4 mm. 1. Filaments united 

 to about J of their length. Ovary glabrous ; styles a.nd stigmas united, 

 glabrous. Drupe somewhat globular, 2-3-lobed, orange-yellow, 8 mm. 1., 

 6-7 mm. in diam. 



3. B. jamaioensis Urh. <& Niedenzu ex Niedenzu in Ind. Led. 

 Lye. Brunsh., BuncJiosia, 10 (1898) ; leaves broadly elliptical, 

 apex rounded or obtuse, base obtuse or wedge-shaped, 10-16 

 cm. 1,, 5 •5-10 cm. br. ; racemes 2 together or solitary, shorter 

 than the leaves ; petals subequal, blade more or less cordate- 

 ovate ; connective purplish or brownish, slightly shorter than 

 the anther-cells; ovary 2-celIed. — Small torn. cit. 164. B. Linde- 

 niana Griseb. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 115 (1859) (as regards the Jamaican 

 plant) (non Juss.). 



Manchester, Purdie 1 March ! Prior 1 near Cascade River, 3000 ft. ; 

 Holly Mount, 2500 ft., Harris \ Fl. Jam. 6463, 6608, 8897. 



Tree 15-30 ft. high. Leaves glabrous, with or without 2 glands near 

 the base. Sepals oblong, about 3 mm. 1. Petals to 5-5 mm. 1. Ovary 

 glabrous ; styles and stigmas glabrous. Drupe 2-3-lobed, somewhat 

 globular, 11-13 mna, in diam. 



[THRYALLIS L. 



Shrubs. Leaves glaucescent, with a gland on each margin 

 near the base ; stipules (in the Jamaican species) free. Flowers 

 in terminal racemes ; pedicels jointed below the middle, with a 

 bract at the base, and 2 bracteoles below the joint. Calyx 

 5-cleft, without glands. Petals yellow, subequal. Stamens 10, 

 all perfect ; filaments distinct or united at the base. Styles 3, 

 distinct, awl-shaped, acute. Capsule 3-coccous ; cocci dehiscent ; 

 epicarp slightly fleshy, endocarp hard and brittle ; embryo bent 

 round a fold of the seed-coat ; cotyledons subequal, incumbent ; 

 radicle rather long. 



Species about 15, natives of tropical continental America. 



T. gracilis Kuntze Bev. Gen. i. 89 (1891) ; Bose in Contrib. 

 U.S. Herb. xii. 280. T. glauca Small in N. Amer. Fl. xxv. 150 

 (1910). Galphimia gracilis Bartl. in Linneea xiii. 552 (1839); 

 A. Juss. in Arch. Mus. Par. Hi. 324; Urb. Symb. Ant. iv. 331. 

 G. glauca Griseb. Cat. 43 (1866) (non Cav.). 



Naturalized; Watson Hill, Faivcettl Hope estate, 1000 ft., Harris I 

 Fl. Jam. 8394, 11,884. — Central America, naturalized in West Indies. 



