(538 Franz Niedenzu. — Malpighiaceae. 



with few persistent hairs beneath, very short-petioled; cymes peduncled, the branches 

 ultimately glabrous; sepals ovate, 2 — 2.5 mm long, the glands fully one half the length 

 of the sepal-body; corolla not seen; drupes ovoid-pyramidal, 1 4 — 1 6 mm long, apparently 

 re( j. — Type collected at Judith's Fancy, St. Croix, West-Indies, April 26, 1 896, 

 Alfred E. Ricksecker 378 (Herb. N. Y. Bot. Gard.). — Distribution: Known only from 

 the type locality." 



Nota. Mihi subjectum est specimen quoddam »A. E. Ricksecker n. 378 (in insula S. 

 Croix, Judith's Fancy collectum)«, quod inveneris sub M. (11) fucata Ker var. y. elliptica Niedenzu. 

 10. M. suberosa Small in N. Amer. Fl. XXV. 2. (i 910) 156. — "Leaf-blades oblong 

 to oblong-ovate, 7 — 10 cm long, rounded et minutely mucronate or retuse at the apex, 

 crenulate, bright-green, but paler beneath than above, rather coarsely reticulate, sparingly 

 hirsute above, with scattered hairs beneath borne on pustule-like bases, rounded or 

 subcordate at the base, short-petioled ; cymes sessile, the branches glabrous, at least 

 at maturity; sepals ovate, 2.5 — 3 mm long, glabrous, the glands nearly as long, as 

 the sepal-body; corolla pink or white, 12 — 14 mm wide, the larger petals 5 — 6 mm 

 long; drupes ovoid, 8 — 1 mm long, yellowish-red. — The type collected north of 

 Raimon, Nipe-Bay, Guba, May 6, 1909, J. A. Shafer 1781 (Herb. N. Y. Bot. Gard.). — 

 Distribution: Guba." 



Nota. Certe affinis M.[\%)cnidae Spreng., forsan eadem quae M. Guide var. a. ovalis 

 Ekman et Niedenzu. 



Nomina delenda. 



Malpighia aureifolia Müller in Walpers Ann. VII. (1868) 467 sphalmate pro 

 M. variifolia Turcz. = M. (26) coccigera L. 



M. Berteriana Sprengel Syst. II. (1825) 383, n. 4 = M. (7) punicifolia L. 



M. biflora Poiret in Encyl. meth. Bot. IV. (1797) 326 = M. (15) oxycocca Griseb. 

 var. ß. biflora (Poir.) Niedenzu. 



M. campechiensis Poiret in Encycl. meth. Bot. IV. (1797) 333 = M . (I3)m- 

 cana Miller. 



M. coccifera L. Spec. pl. ed. Reichard II. 371 = M. (26) coccigera L. 



M. Coccigrya L. Sp. pl. 2. ed. I. (1762) 611, Miller Gard. Dict.,8. ed. (1768) 

 Fol. 8 L = M. (26) coccigera L. var. ß. coccigrya (L.) Niedenzu. 



M. domingensis Small in N. Amer. Fl. XXV. 2. (19 10) 156 = p. p. M. (9)urens 

 L., p.p. M. (l 0) megacantha (Juss.) Urb. 



M. edulis J. D. Smith in Bot. Gaz. XXIV. (1897) 391 et in Pittier Prim. fl. costar. 

 IL (1898) 62 = M. (1) mexicana Juss. 



M. emarginata Moc. et Sesse Fl. mex. ic. ined. (DG. Prod. I. 578) = M. (l)puni- 

 cifolia L. 



M. fallax Salisb. Prodr. (1796) 318 = M. (Z) glabra L. (ex Ind. Kew. 1895). 



M. guadalajarensis Rose in Contrib. U. S. Nat. Herb. I. (1891) 310 = M. (l) 

 mexicana Juss. 



M. horrida Small in N. Amer. Fl. XXV. 2. (1910) 4 60 = M. (25) ilicifolia (Wright) 

 Niedenzu. 



M. ilicifolia Miller Gard. Dict. 8. ed. (1768) Fol. 8 L = M . (20) aquifolia L. 



M. linearis Jacquin Select. stirp. amer. hist. (1763) 135 = M. (8) angustifolia L. 

 var. ß. linearis (Jacq.) Niedenzu. 



M. Loddigesii Regel in Ind. sem. horti Petrop. (1 857) 54 = M. (20) aquifolia L. 



M. lucida Pavon msc. ex Jussieu in Arch. Mus. III. (1843) 2 65 = M. (3) gldbra L. 



M. macrophylla Willd. Enum. Suppl. (1813) 37 resp. Golla Hort. Ripul. (1824) 

 84 resp. Desfontaines Gat. horti Paris (1829) 160 = M '. (11) fucata Ker var. a. macro- 

 phylla (Willd.) Niedenzu. 



M. mexicana Rose (Pringle n. 6762 et Purpus n. 3304) = M. (5) Galeottiana 

 Juss. 



M. myrtoides Moritz n. 1707 = M. (3) glahra L. var. y. lancifolia Niedenzu. 



