MALPIOHIACEM. 



457 



glabrous.^ Germen glabrous, 3-locular ; branches of style 3, free, 

 tnmcate at stigmatose apex. Fruit drupaceous; pyrenee 1-3, scarcely 

 cobering, unequally 3-5-aIate or cristate at back. Embryo of oblong 

 or ovoid seed exalbuminous straight ; cotyledons fleshy plano-convex ; 

 radicle superior short. — Small trees or shrubs, glabrous or tomentose; 

 the hau's^ sometimes stinging when pressed ; leaves opposite ; petiole 

 short ; stipules small vanisliing ; limb entire or spinosely dentate ; 

 flowers^ solitary or oftener in axillary and terminal, corymbiform or 

 umbelliform cymes. ( ^Yarm America,^) 



14. Byrsonima L. C. Eich/ — Flowers nearly of Malpighia ; calyx 

 10-glandulous. Petals unguiculate glabrous. Stamens 1 ; filaments 

 barbate, 1-adelphous or free. GynsBceum of Malpiijliia ; branches 

 of style acute at stigmatose apex. A drupe ; putamen 1-3-locidar. 

 Other characters of Ilaljnghia. — Trees or shrubs, sometimes climbing ; 

 leaves opposite entire ; stipules free or connate in pairs ; flowers in 

 terminal racemes. {Trojncal America.^) 



15? Bunchosia L. C. Eich.''' — Flowers nearly of Malpighia (or 

 Byrsonima). Germen 2-3-locular ; branches of style more or less 

 deeply coalite, truncate at stigmatose apex. Drupe 1-3-pyrenous ; 

 pyrenoe ecristate nude. Eemaining characters of Byrsonima. — Trees 

 and shrubs, often scabrous ; ^ leaves opposite entire petiolate ; " 

 stipules short, sometimes connivent in pairs ; flowers " in axillary 

 racemes opposite oftener glanduliferous bracteate. ( Warm America}^) 



' Concerning the pollen of the genus and of 

 all the Mnliiii/liiacecc, exceedingly variable in 

 form, see II. Moul, Ann. Sc. Nut. &&r. 2, iii. 

 236. 



- So called MiUpiijhincca. 



' White, rosy or red. 



•• Spec, about 20. H. B. K. JVob. Qcn. ct Spec. 

 V. Ub.—G,\us^B. Ft. Brit. W.-L.d. 110; Mart. 

 Fl. Urai. Malpigh. 31.— Tu. et Pl. Aim. Sc. 

 Nat. ser. 5, xviii. 307.— -Bo<. Reff. t. 96, 189, 

 6&^.—Bot. Mag. t. 813.— Walp. A^. v. 130; 

 Attn, i; 130 ; ii. 19.5 ; iv. 373 ; vii. 467. 



s J. Ann. Mus. xviii. 481.— DC Frodr. i. 579. 

 — A. Juss. Malpiijh. 17, t. 6. — Spicii, Suit, a 

 Suffon, iii. 128.— Endl. Gen. n. 5592.— B. H. 

 Gm. 251, n. 1. 



^ Spec, about 80. Cav. Diss. t. 237, 210, 211 

 {Malpighia) AuiiL. Onian. t. 181-181 {Mal- 

 pighia). — II. B. K. Nov. Qen. et Spec v. 147, t. 

 446-449. — GiuSEii. Liniiaa, xiii. 250 ; Fl. Brit. 



VOL. V. 



W.-lnd. 114 ; Mart. Fl. Bras. Malpigh. 4, t. 

 1-4. — Walp. Itep. V. 156 ; Ann. ii. 195 ; yii. 

 466. 



' J. Ann. Mus. xviii. 481. — A. Jvss. Malpigh. 

 76, t. 8.— DC. Prodr. i. 581.— Spach, Suit, a 

 Buffun, iii. 131.— Endl. Gen. n. 5586.— B. II. 

 Gen. 252, n. 3.— H. Bn. Payer Fam. Nat. 311. 

 — Malaemaa Griseb. Linncea, xiii. 248. 



^ From somewhat prominent Icntirular glands. 



' With very many axillary leaf buds. 



'" White or yellow. 



" Spec, about 20. Jaco. Amcr. t. 177 ; JSort. 

 Schoenbr. t. 104 ; Fragm. t. 83; Ic. liar. t. 469 

 {Malpighia).— Ca-v. Piss. t. 238, Ti^ {Malpighia). 

 — H. B. K. Nov. Qcn. et Spec. v. 153. — Tuiicz. 

 Bull. MoiC. (1859), i. 266.— Guised. Fl. Brit. 

 IV.-Iud. 115 ; Mart. Fl. Bras. Malpigh. 30.— 

 Wali". Itep. V. ISO ; Ann. i. 130 ; ii. 199 ; vii, 

 467. 



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