Bunchosia. 673 



7. B. macrophylla Rose in Pittier Prim. fl. costar. II. 1. (1898) 64; Small in N. 

 Amer. Fl. XXV. 2. (1910) 165. — »Caules pedunculi pedicelli bracteae dense rufo- 

 pubescentes. Folia maxima 30 — 38 cm longa 13 — 15 cm lata oblonga obtusa aut 

 breviter acuminata utrinque subtus vero mollius stellato-pubescentia supra fusco-viridia 

 subtus pallida et valide venosa. Racemi axillares oppositi 7,5 — 10 cm longi. Stamina 

 10 glabra. Stylus 1, stigmatibus 3. — B. grandifoliae A. Juss. affinis ob inflorescentiam 

 diversa est. — Entre Sipurio et Tsuritkub, Talamanca, 100 m, Mars 1894 (Pittier et 

 Tonduz n. 8686); petit arbre de 4 m, tronc et rameaux elances, Jimenez, alt. 200 m, 

 Sept. 1896 (Cooper n. 10199).« 



Nota. E characteribus nimis uiancis nil certi de affinitate apparet. 



8. B. odorata (Jacquin) Kunth Nov. gen. V. (1821) 118; DG. Prodi». I. (1824) 

 582; Sprengel Syst. II. (1825) 329; G. Don Gen. hist. I. (1831) 638; Jussieu Malp. 

 Syn. (1840) 324 et in Arch. Mus. III. (1843) 341; Triana et Plancbon in Ann. sc 

 nat. 4. ser. Bot. XVIII. (1862) 311. — Malpighia odorata Jacquin Sei. stirp. amer. 

 hist. (1763) 136, tab. 177, Fig. 41; Gavanilles Diss. VIII. (1789) 408. — »Foliis ovatis 

 emarginatis utrinque tomentosis, racemis axillaribus. — Cal. : Perianthium pentaphyllum 

 minimum persistens foliolis ovatis concavis obtusis conniventibus. Glandulae nectareae 

 oblongae utrinque obtusae callosae, binae calycis foliolo subjectae, quarum quatuor in 

 binas coalitae. Gor.: Petala 5 reniformi-subrotunda, planiuscula crenata, unguibus longis 

 linearibus imposita, quorum 4 inter calycis foliola deorsum reflexa, quintum patens. 

 Stam. : Filamenta 1 subulata aequalia, basibus latiusculis conniventi-erecta, calyce duplo 

 longiora. Antherae magnae subquadratae. Pist. : Germen subrotundum. Stylus unicus 

 subulatus erectus, longitudine staminum. Stigma bifidum patens. Per.: Bacca sub- 

 rotunda, sulco longitudinali circumdata, unilocularis. Sem. duo, hinc convexa, inde plana, 

 glabra. — Frutex 8-pedalis erectus. Folia obtusa integerrima opposita 3-pollicaria. 

 Racemi oppositi. Flores suaveolentes Lupinum luteum referentes ; petalis flavis ; stigmate 

 interdum trifido, cum fructu trisulcato seminibusque ternis hinc convexis illinc angulatis. 

 Baccae aurantiae. Praeter has, omnes examinavi etiam Malpighias Linnaeanas, crassi- 

 folia excepta, atque inveni d= modo dato characteri convenire. Discrimen observavi 

 glandulis calycinis, quae aut liberae omnes sunt vel numero vario coalescunt aliquae. 

 Stylus etiam in aliis unicus, in aliis 3 adsunt; in his Stigmata perpetuo sunt simplicia, 

 in illo bifidum est vel trifidum, quem numerum sequuntur semina. Bacca in paucis 

 subtriloba, in pluribus sulcata, continet semina vel rugosa vel glabra. — Habitat Car- 

 thagenae in fructicosis. « (Jacquin.) 



Nota. Species verosiniiliter ad sectionem Ei'iothricem pertinet. 



9.B.?sessilifolia DG. Prodr. I. (1824) 582, n. 15; G. Don Gen. hist. I. (1831) 638. 

 — »Foliis oblongo-lanceolatis basi attenuatis subsessilibus apice acuminatis; racemis 

 oppositis simplicibus, stylo crassiusculo, stigmate orbiculato. b in Mexico. Petala flava 

 margine fimbriata. Fruct. ign.« 



10. B. Sonorensis Rose in Gontrib. U. S. Nat. Herb. I. (1891) 94; Small in N. 

 Amer. Fl. XXV. 2. (1910) 165. — "5 to 10' high, with many woody branches; older 

 branches glabrate and with reddish-brown bark; younger branches, leaves and inflore- 

 scence with short soft pubescence: leaves glandless at base but with a few scattered 

 glands on the lower surface, oval and obtuse, to lanceolate and acute, 1 1 / 2 to 2 inches 

 long: racemes 1 to 4 inches long; peduncles 3 to 8 lines long; pedicels thick, 2 lines 

 long, in fruits 4 lines long, glandulär at base: calyx small with 5 ovate lobes, bearing 

 10 large glands: corolla yellow; petals 3 lines long, with long claws: stamens 10, 

 glabrous, connate at base: styles united: ovary sericeous-pubescent: drupe 4 / 2 mcn m 

 diameter, somewhat 2-lobed, 2-pyrenous, "light amber", becoming dark red. — On 

 level places and ridges where there is plenty of soil. Alamos No. 322. Dr. Palmer 

 says this plant is a large bush with numerous yellow flowers. It is considered poisonous 

 and is not eaten by man, bird or beast 7 but at night a large moth feeds upon its 

 delicate juices." 



