g26 Franz Niedenzu. — Malpighiaceae. 



336 et in Arck. Mus. III. (1843) 259; Grisebach Fl. Brit. W. Ind. Isl. (1864) 117; Niedenzu 

 in Ind. lect. Lyc. Brunsberg. p. aest. 1899 (189 9) 11 et in Arb. Bot. Inst. Ak. Braunsberg 

 V. (1914) 35; Small in N. Amer. Fl. XXV. 2. (1910) 157; Urb. Symb. Antill. IV. (1905) 

 332; Fawcett et Rendle FI. Jamaica IV. (1920) 226. — ?Malpighia Shaferi Britton et 

 Wilson*) in Bull. Torr. Bot. Club XLIII. Nr. 9 (l 91 6) 456. — Frutex 2— 5-metralis, ramulis 

 compressis mox glabratis, ramis cylindraceis laevibus s. lenticellis sparsis tuberculatis 

 canescentibus, internodiis usque 6 cm longis. Folia elliptica s. oblonga, quaedam etiam 

 ovata s. obovata s. lanceolata, utrinque acuta s. obtusa, usque 20 cm longa usque 

 1 1 cm lata, supra glabrata, subtus setis 3 — 7 mm longis =b diu persistentibus flave- 

 scentia s. fulva; petiolo crasso 5 — 10 mm longo; stipulis 1 — 2 mm longis. Corymbi 

 breviter (1 — 4 mm) stipitati corymboso-ramosi multiflori (simplices usque 9-, compositi 

 usque 20-flori), pedunculis floriferis 2 — 5 mm, pedicellis flavido-canescentibus 10 — 25 mm, 

 bracteis bracteolisque y 2 — 1 V2 mm longis. Florum gemmae globosae 4 — 6 mm diametro. 

 Flores 12 — 25 mm diametro, Sepala ovalia s. ovata glandulas 10 ovales s. obovatas 

 2 — 3 mm longas 1 — 1 Y2 mm superantia. Petala flavido-alba s. pallide rosea manifeste 

 carinata, limbo quinti spathulati zb 1 2 mm longi fimbriato et ungue erecto crassoque, 

 ceterorum limbo subsemiorbiculari ± 4 mm longo 7 mm lato, ungue tenui arcuato- 

 reflexo. Stamina stylique flavi, antheris saepe reniformibus, loculis introrsis basique 

 productis. Drupa depresso-globosa pro genere maxima usque 1 2 mm alta usque 1 5 mm 

 diametro, 1 5-sulcata, putamine 1 3 mm alto 5-alato, alis inter se apice basique liberis 

 2Y2 — 3 mm latis, media 13 mm, lateralibus 11 mm, intermediis 5 — 6 mm longis. 



I. Folia pro genere maxima (usque 2 dm longa). Flores 18 — 25 mm diametro. 

 Var. a. maerophylla (Willd.) Niedenzu in Ind. lect. Lyc. Brunsberg. p. aest. 1890 



(18 99) 11 et in Arb. Bot. Inst. Ak. Braunsberg V. (1 9 1 4) 35. — M. maerophylla Willdenow 

 Enum. Suppl. (1813) 37; Colla Hort. Ripul. (1824) 84; Desf. in Gat. h. Paris. (1 829); 

 G. Don Gen. bist. I. (l 831) 635. — Folia pleraque elliptica (s. quaedam ovata obovatave), 

 usque 20 cm longa usque 12 cm lata, saepe supra glaucescentia, subtus flavida. 



Puertorico (Stahl n. 1059: Gesträuch am Meeresstrand bei S. Juan). — Crabb- 

 Island (Purdie). — Trinidad (Sieber n. 273 resp. 373). 



Var. ß. longifolia Niedenzu in Ind. lect. Lyc. Brunsberg. p. aest. 1899 (1899) 11 

 et in Arb. Bot. Inst. Ak. Braunsberg V. (1 91 4) 35. — Folia pleraque lanceolata s. quaedam 

 oblonga, usque 19 cm longa usque 7 72 cm lata (in plerisque long.: lat. = 3 : 1), supra 

 s. utrinque laete viridia s. subtus fulva. — »Palo branco« s. >01aga« ine. 



Puertorico (Schwanecke; Stahl s. n. und n. 159: Sandiger Meeresstrand von 

 Toa baja bei Punta Salinas; Sintenis n. 928: Strandgebüsch von Gangrejos bei S. Juan, 

 und n. 1414: Wald in mittlerer Höhe des Berges Jimenes, Sierra de Luquillo). 



II. Folia minora. Flores 12 — 16 mm diametro. 



Var. y. elliptica Niedenzu in Ind. lect. Lyc. Brunsberg. p. aest. 1899 (1899) 11 

 et in Arb. Bot. Inst. Ak. Braunsberg V. (1914) 35. — Folia elliptica 2 — 11 cm longa 

 1 — 6 cm lata. Corymbi ramosi saepe longe (usque 2 cm) stipitati. 



Puertorico (West; Herb. Vahl). — S. Groix (Benzon; Pflug; Herb. Schu- 

 macher; Herb. Liebmann; Herb. Hornemann; Herb. Rottböll; Börgesen; 

 A. E. Ricksecker n. 378 [M. urens]: Judith's fancy; J. J. Ricksecker n. 339 [M. urens 

 A. E. Ricksecker]: Salt River). — Martinique (Duss n. 1478: In Gärten kultiviert). 



*) Malpighia Shaferi Britton et Wilson in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club XLIII. Nr. 9. (1 91 6) 456. — 

 "A shrub 2 — 2,5 m tall, with grayish brown twigs. Leaves oblong-elliptic, to elliptic or somewhat 

 oblong-lanceolate, 13 — 17 cm long, 4,5 — 8,5 cm broad, acute or rounded and mucronate, or 

 occasionally retuse a.t the apex, dr inequilateral and acute or rounded at the base, reticulate- 

 veined above, armed beneath with closely-appressed stinging hairs, the margin somewhat revolute; 

 petioles stout, 8 — 12 mm long; cymes nearly sessile; pedicels 8 — 18 mm long; sepals elliptic to 

 broadly ovate, 2 — 3 mm long, 1,2 — 1,5 mm broad; glands fully one half the length of the sepals; 

 larger petals 10 — 11 mm long, the blades 6 mm broad, pink, prominently keeled on the back; 

 st. unequal, anth. cordate; styles unequal, the anterior one slightly shorter than the posterior ones; 

 fruit red. 



Type coli, in the vicinity of Isabel Segunda, Vieques Island (Shafer 2448). Porto Rico." 



