634. 



MALPIGHIACE^E. I. MALPIGHIA. 



the base, 1 -seeded. Samarae 2, drawn out into a spur-like mem- 

 brane at the base, winged on the back. 



11 CAMA'REA. Calyx girded by 10 glands at the base, each 

 lobe having 2. Stamens 6, 3 fertile, with the filaments con- 

 nected to the apex, the other 3 hardly connected, middle one 

 of these fertile, the lateral ones sterile. Style 1. Carpels 3 or 

 only 2 from abortion, rather connate, 1 -seeded, indehiscent, 

 crested on the back, and wrinkled on the sides. 



TRIBE III. 



BANISTERIE'JE. Styles 3 (f. 109. rf.), distinct. Carpels of 

 fruit dry, indehiscent, l-seeded (f. 108./.), variously expanded 

 into wings (f. 108. d.). Leaves opposite, rarely verticillate or 

 alternate. 



12 HIRS'A. Calyx of 5 sepals, glandless, or furnished with 

 glands. Petals roundish, unguiculate. Stamens 1 0, awl-shaped, 

 connected at the very base, alternate ones longest. Styles 3. 

 Carpels 3, samara- formed, rarely 2, l-seeded, crested on the 

 back, and surrounded by a membranous wing. 



13 TRIO'PTERIS. Calyx furnished with 10 glands on the out- 

 side. Petals roundish, unguiculate. Stamens 10, awl-shaped, 

 cohering at the very base, alternate ones largest. Styles 3. Car- 

 pels 3, l-seeded, connected at the base, expanded into 3 wings, 2 

 superior and 1 inferior. 



14 VARGA'SIA. Calyx glandless. Petals nearly sessile. Sta- 

 mens 10, connected at the base. Styles joined at the base, but 

 re volute at the top. Samarse 3, winged at the apex. Leaves 

 verticillate. 



15 TETRA'PTERIS. All as in Triopteris, except that the car- 

 pels are expanded into 4 wings, 2 superior and 2 inferior smaller. 



1C BANISTE' RIA.- -Calyx girded by 8 or 10 glands. Petals 

 roundish, unguiculate (f. 109. J.). Stamens 10, awl-shaped, co- 

 hering at the base (f. 109. c.). Styles 3, usually expanded into 

 leaves at the apex (f. 109. d.). Carpels 3 (f. 109./.), indehiscent, 

 l-seeded, nearly distinct, ending in a simple, membranous wing, 

 which is thickened on the upper side (f. 109. d.). 



17 HETERO'PTERIS. All as in Banisteria, but the styles are 

 less dilated at the apex, and the wing of the carpels is thick- 

 ened on the lower side, as in Acer, not on the upper, as in Ba- 

 nisteria. 



18 ANOMALO'PTERIS. Calyx 5-parted. Petals roundish, 

 fringed, unguiculate. Samarse 2, l-seeded, ending in a wing. 

 This genus differs from all the rest in the leaves being alternate. 



19 NIO'TA. Calyx 4-5-parted, 2 external lobes glandular. 

 Petals 4-5, obtuse. Stamens 8-10, free, furnished with scales at 

 the base. Ovary turbinate, 4-5-lobed above. Style 1, filiform, 

 between the lobes of the ovary. Capsules 4-5, or from abortion 

 only 1-3, compressed, 1 -celled, l-seeded. 



Tribe I. 



MALPIGHIE'^ (plants agreeing with Malpighia in having 

 fleshy fruit). DC. prod. 1. p. 577,-Malpighia, Lin. gen. no. 

 572. Styles 3, distinct (f. 107. d.) or joined in one. Fruit fleshy, 

 mdeluscent (f. 107. e.). Leaves opposite. 



I. MALPI'GHIA (in honour of Marcello Malpighi.an Italian 

 naturalist, once professor of medicine at Pisa. We have from 



him many curious observations on natural history, but he is 

 most distinguished by a treatise on the anatomy of plants, pub- 

 lished in 1675 ; he died in 1094.) Rich, in Juss. ann. mus. 18. 

 p. 480. D.C. prod. 1. p. 577. 



LIN. srsT. Monade/phia, Dectindria. Calyx 5-parted, fur- 

 nished with 8 or 1 glands at the base on the outside. Petals un- 

 guiculate (f. 107. 6.). Stamens 10, with the filaments monadel- 

 phous to a short way at the base (f. 107. c.). Styles 3, distinct 

 (f. 107. d.). Drupe (f. 107. e.), containing 3 l-seeded nuts. 

 Peduncles axillary 1 -flowered, or bearing umbellate pedicels. 

 Trees or shrubs, never climbing. Fruit of all eatable, but M. 

 glabra and wens only are in common use. 



SECT. I. URE'NTES (from urens, stinging, burning ; the leaves 

 are beset with stinging bristles, which adhere to the hand when 

 touched). D. C. prod. 1. p. 577. Bristles, especially those on 

 the leaves, fixed by their centre, horizontal, stiff, pungent at both 

 ends, when touched adhering to the hands. 



1 M. FCCA'TA (Ker, bot. reg. t. 189.) branches smooth ; leaves 

 elliptical, shining, clothed with decumbent bristles beneath, but 

 nakedish above ; pedicels axillary, umbellately corymbose, 4 

 times shorter than the leaves, upper petal rather larger than the 

 rest, all with jagged margins. T? . S. Native of the West In- 

 dies? M. macrophylla, Desf. cat. 166. but not of Juss. Flowers 

 pale-pink. Leaves 4 inches in length. 



Painted Barbadoes Cherry. Fl. Mar. Aug. Clt. 1814. Sh. 8 ft. 



2 M. U'RENS (Lin. spec. 6019.) branches smooth ; leaves ob- 

 long-ovate, clothed with decumbent bristles beneath, smooth 

 above; peduncles 1-flowered, aggregate, one-half shorter than 

 the leaves; petals equal. Jj . S. Native of South Ame- 

 rica. Mill. ill. t. 181. f. 1. Cav. diss. t. 235. f. 1. Lam. ill. t. 

 381. f. 1. Flowers pink or pale-purple. It is called by the 

 French Bois de Capitain, and by the English in the West Indies 

 Cowhage Cherry. The fruit is insipid, and is only eaten by 

 children and negroes. Ker. bot. reg. 94. 



Stinging Barbadoes Cherry. Fl. June, Oct. Clt. 1737. Shrub 

 3 to 6 feet. 



3 M. GNI'D^E (Spreng. neu. entd. 3. p. 51.) branches hairy ; 

 leaves elliptical-oblong, acute, hairy above, beset with stinging 

 decumbent bristles beneath, and on the margin ; peduncles 1- 

 flowered, aggregate, one-half shorter than the leaves, fj . S. 

 Native of St. Domingo. Flowers pink. 



Gnida's Barbadoes Cherry. Shrub 6 feet. 



4 M. SETOSA (Bert. ined. in Spreng. neu. entd. 3. p. 50.) 

 branches smooth ; leaves elliptical-oblong, obtuse, beset with 

 decumbent, stinging bristles beneath, smooth above ; pedicels 

 axillary, 1-flowered, almost the length of the leaves, furnished 

 with 2 scales just above their middle. Tj . S. Native of St. 

 Domingo and Martinique. M. Martinicnsis, Jacq. amer. 1 36. 

 Flowers pink. Jacquin and two of his companions ate a great 

 quantity of the fruit of this tree, being very thirsty with travel- 

 ling in the heat in Martinico, without suffering from them in any 

 degree. It is the most prurient of all the species. 



Bristly Barbadoes Cherry. Tree 14 feet. 



5 M. CUBE'NSIS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 145.) 

 branches rather hairy ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, rather mucro- 

 nate, rounded at the base, quite entire, smooth and shining 

 above, but beset with stinging, pressed bristles beneath. Tj . S. 

 Native of Cuba near Havannah. Flowers sulphur-coloured. 

 Very like M. angustifblia. 



Cuba Barbadoes Cherry. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1824. Shrub 

 7 feet. 



6 M. ANGUSTIFOLIA (Lin. spec. 610.) branches smooth; leaves 

 linear-lanceolate, acute, beset on both surfaces with decumbent, 

 stinging bristles ; peduncles axillary, umbellate. Tj . S. Native 

 of South America, particularly in the West Indies. Cav. diss. 



