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MALPIGHIACE&. III. BUNCHOSIA. 



Cult. All the species will thrive well in any light soil, or a 

 mixture of loam and peat, and ripened cuttings will root freely 

 in sand under a hand-glass, in heat. Most of the species are 

 rather shewy. 



III. BUNCHO'SIA (from Bunchos, the Arabic name for 

 coffee; in allusion to the similarity between the seeds of this 

 genus and those of coffee). Juss. ann. mus. 18. p. 481. H. B. 

 et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 183. D. C. prod. 1. p. 581. 



LIN. SYST. Monadelphia, Decdndria. Calyx 5-parted, fur- 

 nished on the outside with 8 or 10 glands. Petals unguiculate. 

 Stamens 10, monadelphous at the base. Style 1, simple, bifid 

 or trifid at the apex. Drupe enclosing 2, but very rarely 3, 

 nuts, which are flat on one side and convex on the other. Ra- 

 cemes axillary, loosely spiked or somewhat panicled. 



* Leaves, petioles, or pedicels glandular. 



1 B. GLANDULOSA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 581.) leaves ovate-ellip- 

 tical, acuminated, smooth ; petioles furnished with 2 glands at 

 the top ; racemes simple, shorter than the leaves. Tj . S. Na- 

 tive of the Antilles. Malpighia glandulosa, Cav. diss. 8. p. 41 1. 

 t. 239. f. 2. Flowers yellow. 



Glandular-petioled Bunchosia. Clt. 1804. Tree 20 feet. 



2 B. GLANDULI'FERA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 

 154.) leaves elliptical-ovate, on short petioles, wavy, pubescent 

 on both surfaces, furnished with 4 glands beneath at the base ; 

 racemes simple ; pedicels each furnished with 1 gland. Tj . S. 

 Native of Caraccas and of Guadaloupe in woods. Malpighia 

 glandulosa, Jacq. icon. rar. t. 469. M. glandulifera, Jacq. coll. 

 4. p. 207. and 5. p. 5. f. 3. Flowers yellow. Fruit red. 



Gland-bearing Bunchosia. Fl. Mar. May. Clt. 1806. Sh. 

 10 feet. 



3 B. CORNIFC>LIA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 154.) 

 leaves elliptical, acuminated, acute at the base, pubescent on both 

 surfaces as well as the branches, with close-pressed silvery 

 hairs, and furnished with 2 glands towards the base ; racemes 

 simple, each pedicel furnished with 1 gland. Tj . S. Native of 

 New Granada between Turbaco and Carthagena. Petals white. 

 Fruit yellow. 



Dogwood-leaved Bunchosia. Shrub 12 feet. 



4 B. POLYSTA'CHYA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 581.) leaves oblong, 

 acute, smooth, shining, furnished beneath at the base with 2 

 glands ; racemes rather panicled ; pedicels each furnished with 

 1 gland; stigma capitate, 2-lobed. fy . S. Native of the West 

 Indies and Cumana. Malpighia polystachya, Andr. bot. rep. t. 

 604. Flowers yellow. Fruit red, eatable. 



Many-spiked Bunchosia. Fl. Mar. May. Clt. 1806. Sh. 10 ft. 



5 B. ME'DIA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 581.) leaves oblong. lanceolate, 

 acute, smooth, shining, furnished beneath with 2 glands, 

 approximating to the midrib ; racemes simple ; pedicels each 

 bearing 1 gland on the middle ; stigma capitate, 2-lobed. J? . S. 

 Native of the West Indies. Malpighia media, Ait. hort. kew. 

 ed. 2. vol. 3. p. 103. Flowers yellow. 



Intermediate Bunchosia. Fl. Mar. May. Clt. 1790. Sh. 10 ft. 



6 B. FILOSA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 154.) 

 leaves almost sessile, oblong, acute, rounded at the base, hairy 

 above, and covered beneath with bristly hairs, and hoary as well 

 as the branchlets, and furnished with 7 or 9 glands towards the 

 margin ; racemes simple, each pedicel furnished with 1 gland 

 above the middle. T? . S. Native of New Granada near Tur- 

 baco. Flowers yellow. 



Pilose Bunchosia. Tree 12 feet. 



7 B. TUBERCULA'TA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 581.) branches tuber- 

 el ed ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, rather pubescent; racmees 3- 

 times shorter than the leaves, each pedicel furnished with 1 eland 

 above the base, f? . S. Native of Caraccas. Malpighia tu- 



berculata, Jacq. schcenbr. 1. p. 54. t. 104. Flowers yellow. 

 Fruit red. 



Tubercled-branclied Bunchosia. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1806. 

 Shrub 8 feet. 



8 B. ARGE'NTEA (D. C. prod. 1. p.582.) branches puberulous ; 

 leaves lanceolate, silvery beneath ; racemes opposite, simple, 

 pubescent, each pedicel bearing 1 gland. Tj . S. Native of 

 Caraccas. Malpighia argentea, Jacq. fragm. 106. t. 83. Flowers 

 yellow. Glands of calyx elongated. 



Silvery-leaved Bunchosia. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1810. Sh. 10ft? 



9 B. GLAU'CA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 155.) 

 leaves elliptical-oblong, acuminated, acute at the base, smoothish 

 above, covered beneath with close-pressed hairs, glauceseent, 

 and furnished with 4-11 glands towards the margin; branches 

 warted; racemes opposite, pubescent, each pedicel furnished 

 with 1 gland. T? . S. Native of New Granada near Honda. 

 Very like B. nitida. Flowers yellow. 



Glaucous-leaved Bunchosia. Shrub 12 feet. 



* Leaves, petioles, and pedicels without glands. 



10 B. NI'TIDA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 582.) leaves oblong, acu- 

 minated, smooth, glandless ; racemes elongated, almost the length 

 of the leaves. 17.8. Native of Jamaica, Guadaloupe, and St. 

 Domingo, in sunny places. Malpighia nitida, Lin. spec. 609. 

 Cav. diss. 8. p. 411. t. 239. f. 1. Flowers yellow. Fruit large, 

 red, and are much eaten by turkeys and other large fowls. 

 Leaves 4 inches long. 



iS7imi'ng-leaved Bunchosia. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1800. Sh. 4ft. 



11 B. ARMENIACA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 582.) leaves ovate- 

 oblong, acute, coriaceous, smooth ; racemes elongated, almost 

 the length of the leaves ; styles rather distinct. Jj . S. Native 

 of Peru in the province of Chanca. Malpighia Armeniaca, Cav. 

 diss. 8. p. 410. t. 238. The fruit in shape is compared to that 

 of Prunus Armeniaca, and the nucleus is said to be poisonous. 

 Leaves 4 or 5 inches long. Flowers yellow. 



^przcoi-fruited Bunchosia. Shrub. 



12 B. ODORA TA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 582.) leaves ovate, emargi- 

 nate, downy on both surfaces ; racemes opposite ; stigma bifid or 

 trifid. ly . S. Native of Carthagena among bushes. Mal- 

 pighia odorata, Jacq. amer. p. 136. t. 177. f. 41. Flowers 

 yellow, sweet-scented. 



Sweet-scented-flowered Bunchosia. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1806. 

 Shrub 7 feet. 



f" Species not sufficiently known. 



13 B. ? PANICULA'TA (D. C. prod. 1. p 582.) leaves oblong, 

 cordate, acuminated, smooth ; racemes panicled, lateral, and 

 terminal. Tj . S. Native of Jamaica. Malpighia paniculata, 

 Mill. diet. no. 6. Flowers purple. 



.Panie/eii-flowered Bunchosia. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1790. 

 Shrub 10 feet? 



14 B. CANE'SCENS (D. C prod. 1. p. 582.) leaves oblong, ob- 

 tuse, pubescent ; racemes axillary, compound. Ij . S. Native 

 of the West Indies. Malpighia canescens, Ait. hort. kew. 2. p. 

 105. Flowers probably yellow. 



//oary-leaved Bunchosia. Clt. 1742. Tree 20 feet? 



15 B. ? SESSILIFOLIA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 582.) leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate, tapering to the base, almost sessile, acuminated at the 

 apex ; racemes opposite, simple ; style thickish, with an orbicu- 

 lar stigma. Tj . S. Native of Mexico. Petals yellow, with 

 fringed margins. Fruit unknown. 



Sessile-leaved Bimchosia. Shrub ? 



Cult. All the species of this genus are rather ornamental. 

 They will thrive well in a mixture of loam and peat, and 

 ripened cuttings will root in sand under a hand-glass, in heat. 



