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slender, the bracts persistent. Calyx bearing S stalked peltate glands at the base ; sepals 

 5, broad, persistent. Corolla yellow; petals 5, much longer than the calyx, the blades 

 broad, that of the inner petal mostly spatulate, those of the outer ones suborbicular, toothed. 

 Stamens 10, all anther-bearing ; filaments slender, glabrous. Ovary 3-lobed. Styles 3, 

 distinct, nearly equal. Stigmas entire. Fruit 3-lobed, long-bristly. 

 Type species, Henlea echinata Griseb. 



1. Henleophytum echinatum (Griseb.) Small. 



Henlea echinata Griseb. Abh. Ges. Wiss. Gott. 9 : 37. 1860. 



Henleophytum plumiferum Wright; Sauv. Anal. Acad. Ci. Habana 5 : 243. 1868. 



Stem and branches glabrous, the inflorescence-rachis and pedicels pubescent ; leaf- 

 blades ovate to oval, 2-5 cm. long, acute or rounded and mucronate at the apex, glabrous, 

 paler green beneath than above, short-petioled ; racemes rather many-flowered, mostly 5-9 

 cm. long ; sepals ovate, 2-2.5 mm. long, the glands reflexed, as long as the sepal-body or 

 longer, cuneate ; corolla yellow, 10-12 mm. wide, the shorter petals with orbicular or 

 ovate-orbicular blades, the larger petals mostly spatulate ; mature carpels 2-2.5 mm. wide, 

 the plumose bristles numerous, mostly 8-11 mm. long. 



Type locality : Matanzas, Cuba. 

 Distribution : Cuba. 



18. SPACHEA A. Juss. Ann. Sci. Nat. II. 13 : 325. 1840. 



Shrubs or small trees, with widely branched stems. Leaves opposite ; blades relatively 

 narrow, thin, often pellucid-punctate, entire, petioled. Flowers borne in terminal narrow 

 raceme-like panicles. Calyx with 8-10 glands ; sepals 5, broad, persistent. Corolla often 

 rose-colored ; petals 5, the blades broad, clawed, entire or denticulate, somewhat exceed- 

 ing the calyx. Stamens 10, sometimes as many as 6 of them not pollen-bearing ; filaments 

 slender, glabrous, except the united portion. Ovary 2-lobed or 3-lobed; styles 2 or 3, 

 distinct ; stigmas truncate or rather inconspicuously lobed. Capsule nut-like, didymous or 

 rarely 3-lobed. 



Type species, Malpighia elegans G. Meyer. 



Stigmas truncate. \. S. parviflora. 

 Stigmas slightlv 2-lobed or reniform-capitate. 



Calyx with 10 glands. 2. 5. liltoralis. 

 Calyx with 8 glands or rarely 9 glands. 



Corolla slightly exceeding the calyx. 3. S. perforata. 



Corolla much exceeding the calyx. 4. S. Ossana. 



1. Spachea parviflora A. Juss. Ann. Sci. Nat. II. 13 : 326. 1840. 

 Leaf-blades lanceolate or slightly broadened upward, 7-15 cm. long, acuminate, gla- 

 brous except on the midrib beneath, short-petioled ; panicles about 10 cm. long, tomentose ; 

 calyx with 8 or 9 glands ; corolla rose-colored, the petals slightly longer than the sepals, 

 the blades obovate, sharply denticulate, decidedly exceeding the calyx ; fruits not seen. 



Type locality : Near Havana, Cuba. 

 Distribution : Cuba and St. Vincent. 

 Illustration : Arch. Mus. Paris 3 : pi. S,f. 9. 



2. Spachea littoralis A. Juss. Arch. Mus. Paris 3 : 328. 1844. 

 Leaf-blades broadened upward, 5-8 cm. long, more or less acuminate, glabrous except 

 on the midrib beneath, short-petioled; panicles 5-7 cm. long, tomentose; calyx with 10 

 glands ; corolla rose-colored, similar to that of S. parviflora, the petals decidedly exceeding 

 the calyx ; fruits not seen. 



Type locality : St. Thomas, West Indies. 

 Distribution : Known only from the type locality. 



3. Spachea perforata A. Juss. Ann. Sci. Nat. II. 13 : 326. 1840. 

 Leaf-blades lanceolate, 5-8 cm. long, acuminate, pellucid-punctate, glabrous except 

 the midrib beneath, short-petioled ; panicles 8-13 cm. long, tomentose ; calyx with 8 



