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beneath : racemes erect, elongated, compound at the top. Jj . S. 

 Native of Cayenne. Flowers yellow. 



Lanceolate-leaved Byrsonima. Tree 20 feet. 



14 B. PU'LCHRA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 580.) leaves oval-oblong, 

 acute at both ends, brownish-velvety beneath ; racemes erect, 

 simple ; drupe ovate, mucronated. T? . S. Native of Mexico 

 on the mountains. Malpighia pulchra, Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. 

 icon. ined. Drupe scarlet. Petals cordate, yellow when young, 

 but at last becoming reddish. 



Fair Byrsonima. Tree 16 feet? 



15 B. SERI'CEA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 580.) leaves elliptical-ob- 

 long, acuminated at both ends, smooth and shining above, but 

 covered with silky rufous down beneath ; racemes rather branched, 

 somewhat velvety. Tj . S. Native of Brazil. Flowers yellow. 



iSt/A^-leaved Byrsonima. Shrub. 



16 B. CINE'REA (D. C. prod. l. r p. 580.) leaves narrow-lan- 

 ceolate, shining above, younger ones covered with rufous-velvety 

 down on both surfaces, adult ones underneath as well as the 

 branches clothed with cinereous down ; racemes spicate, simple. 

 Tj . S. Native of French Guiana. Malpighia cinerea, Poir. 

 suppl. 4. p. 7. Flowers yellow. 



Cinereous Byrsonima. Shrub. 



17 B. RHOPALJEFOLIA (H. B. et Kuntli, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 

 148.) leaves elliptical, bluntish, rounded at the base, complicated, 

 smooth, younger ones underneath as well as the branches and 

 calyxes clothed with rusty down ; racemes simple. Tj . S. 

 Native of Cumana and Caraccas in hot places. Flowers yellow. 

 Fruit unknown. 



Rhopala-leaved Byrsonima. Tree 20 feet. 



18 B. NITIDI'SSIMA (H. B. etKunth, 1. c.) leaves nearly ses- 

 sile, elliptical, rounded at both ends, puberulous above and 

 shining, but clothed with rufous pubescence beneath as well as 

 the branches ; racemes simple ; calyx clothed with rufous down, 

 with 10 distinct glands. Tj . S. Native on the banks of the 

 Orinoco in the mission of Panumana. Flowers white. 



Most-shining-leaved Byrsonima. Tree 20 feet. 



* Leaves in the adult state smooth on both surfaces. 



19 B. SPICA'TA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 580.) leaves lanceolate, 

 smooth, rusty beneath ; racemes spiked, erect, crowded, rather 

 velvety ; petals halbert-shaped, very blunt. ^ S. Native of 

 St. Domingo, Guadaloupe, Porto-Rico, and Brazil. Malpighia 

 spicata, Cav. diss. 8. p. 409. t. 237. Flowers yellow. 



Spiked- flowered Byrsonima. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1810. 

 Shrub 6 feet. 



20 B. LU'CIDA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 580.) leaves obovate, cunei- 

 form, obtuse, or mucronate, smooth, veinless, shining ; racemes 

 spiked, erect, short, smooth ; pedicels hispid ; petals hastately 

 kidney-shaped. T? . S. Native of the Caribbee Islands, St. 

 Thomas, and Guadaloupe. Malpighia lucida, Swartz, fl. ind. occ. 

 2. p. 852. Sims, bot. mag. t. 2462. Flowers pink. A beau- 

 tiful shrub. 



Zaczrf-leaved Byrsonima. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1759. Sh. 8 ft. 



21 B. coccoLOBjEFo'LiA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. 

 p. 148.) leaves sessile, roundish, ovate, blunt, obsoletely cordate, 

 smooth as well as the branclilets ; racemes simple ; calyxes 

 smoothish. T; . S. Native of the Caraccas in arid places near 

 Villa de Cura. Flowers white. 



Coccoloba-leaved Byrsonima. Tree 16 feet. 



22 B. L-EVIGA'TA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 580.) leaves ovate, obtuse, 

 even, smooth ; racemes spiked, crowded with flowers, elon- 

 gated. Jj . S. Native of Cayenne and probably in Guada- 

 loupe. Malpighia laevigata, Poir. diet. 4. p. 332. Petals yel- 

 lowish-white. 



.Smooi/i-leaved Byrsonima. Shrub ? 



23 B. E'LEGANS (D. C. prod. 1 . p. 580.) leaves oblong, or 



oblong-lanceolate, membranaceous, very smooth ; racemes elon- 

 gated, nodding ; pedicels glandular. T? . S. Native of the 

 sea-shore in the island of Arowabisch in Guiana. Malpighia Re- 

 gans, Meyer, prim, esseq. 178. Flowers flesh-coloured. 

 Elegant Byrsonima. Tree 40 feet. 



24 B. ANGUSTIFOLIA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 

 153. t. 449.) leaves linear-oblong, retuse at the apex, acutish 

 at the base, smooth, cretaceously-pruinose beneath ; stipulas 

 connate at the base ; racemes branched ; calyxes clothed with 

 silky pubescence, furnished with 10 glands. ^ S. Native 

 of South America near where the rivers Atabapo and Ori- 

 noco join. Malpighia pruinosa, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 384. Flowers 

 red. 



Narrow-leaved Byrsonima. Tree 16 feet. 



25 B. DE'NSA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 580.) leaves ovate-lanceolate, 

 coriaceous, shining on both surfaces ; racemes densely spiked ; 

 pedicels hairy. T? . S. Native of Guiana. Malpighia densa, 

 Poir. diet, suppl. 4. p. 7. Flowers red. 



Z)eue-racemed Byrsonima. Shrub. 



26 B. CORIA'CEA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 580.) leaves ovate, acute, 

 quite entire, smooth on both surfaces ; racemes densely spiked, 

 pubescent, erect. Jj . S. Native of the south of Jamaica 

 among bushes on the lower mountains of Liguanea. Malpighia 

 coriacea, Swartz, fl. ind. occ. 2. p. 854. Sloan, hist. 2. p. 20. 

 t. 163. f. 1. Flowers yellow, sweet-scented. Brown calls this 

 tree Locust-tree. 



Leathery-leaved Byrsonima. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1814. 

 Tree 30 feet. 



27 B. BRACHYSTA'CHIA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 581.) leaves oval, 

 acute at both ends, quite entire, smooth ; racemes spiked, erect, 

 brownish-velvety, one-half shorter than the leaves. Jj . S. 

 Native of Brazil. Flowers yellow. 



Short-spiked Byrsonima. Shrub. 



28 B. PA'LLIDA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 581.) leaves ovate, smooth 

 on both surfaces, shining above, very coriaceous, pale ; racemes 

 spiked, with short, smooth pedicels ; drupe small, globosely-pear- 

 shaped. Tj . S. Native of Cayenne, Malpighia palhda, Poir. 

 suppl. 4. p. 7. Flowers yellowish. 



Pale-leaved Byrsonima. Clt. 1820. Shrub 6 feet? 



29 B. RETICULA'TA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 581.) leaves ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, netted, smooth, shining above ; racemes large, compound, 

 reflexed at the apex ; bracteas ovate. I? . S. Native of Ca- 

 yenne. B. spicata, Poppig. Malpighia reticulata, Poir. suppl. 

 4. p. 8. Flowers pale-yellow. 



Netted-leaved Byrsonima. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1823. Sh. 10ft. 



30 B. MO'LLIS (D. C. prod. 1. p. 581.) leaves ovate-oblong, 

 smooth, even, coriaceous ; racemes panicled, short, smooth. 



fy . S. Native of Cayenne. Malpighia mollis, Poir. suppl. 4. 

 p. 6. Flowers yellowish. 



Soft-leaved Byrsonima. Shrub 6 feet. 



31 B. DIPHY'LLA (Jacq. amer. 136.) leaves oval, smooth, 

 quite entire ; racemes simple, on small 2-leaved branches. Tj . S. 

 Native of Carthagena in woods by the sea-side. Flowers yellow. 

 Fruit yellow. 



Two-leaved-racemed Byrsonima. Shrub 8 feet. 



32 B. GUADALUPE'NSIS ; leaves elliptical-oblong, quite entire, 

 shining above, rusty beneath, smooth ; racemes terminal, loosely 

 corymbose. Tj . S. Native of Guadaloupe. Flowers yellowish. 



Guadaloupe Byrsonima. Shrub ? 



33 B. ? VOLU'BILIS (D. C. prod. 1. p. 581.) leaves oval, acu- 

 minated, smooth, shining ; branches twining, usually tubercled ; 

 racemes corymbosely-umbellate, terminal. Tj . w . S. Native of 

 the West Indies. Malpighia volubilis, Sims, bot. mag. t. 809. 

 Flowers yellow. Fruit unknown. This plant is most probably 

 a species of Banisteria. 



Twining Byrsonima. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1793. Sh. tw. 



