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10. Malpighia punicifolia L. Sp. PI. ed. 2. 609. 1762. 



Malpighia uniflora Tussae, Fl. Ant. 3 : pi. 27. 1824. 

 Malpighia Berleriana Spreng. Syst. 2 : 383. 1825. 

 Malpighia punicifolia lancifolia Niedzu. Gen. Malp. 8. 1899. 

 Malpighia punicifolia vulgaris Niedzu. Gen. Malp. 8. 1899. 

 Malpighia punicifolia obovata Niedzu. Gen. Malp. 8. 1899. 



Leaf-blades elliptic, oblong, obovate, or linear-oblanceolate, 1.5-7 cm. long, obtuse or 

 retuse, ultimately glabrous, slightly paler beneath than above, cuneately or abruptly nar- 

 rowed at the base, short-petioled ; cymes sessile or nearly so, the branches sparingly 

 pubescent ; sepals ovate, 2.5-3 mm. long, more or less pubescent, fully one half the length 

 of the sepal-body ; corolla pink or violet, 16-21 mm. wide, the larger petals 7-9 mm. long ; 

 drupes globose-ovoid or subglobose, 10-16 mm, long, scarlet. 



Type locality : Tropical America. 



Distribution: West Indies and northern South America. 



Illustrations: Tussae, Fl. Ant. pi. 27 (as M. uniflora); Desc. Fl. Ant. 1: pi. 30; A. Juss. 

 Arch. Mus. Paris 3 : pi. 4. 



11. Malpighia umbellata Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. 

 Herb. 1 : 310. 1895. 

 Leaf-blades oblong to oblong-obovate or oblong-spatulate, 1.5-3.5 cm. long, obtuse or 

 retuse, glabrous at maturity, slightly paler beneath than above, nearly sessile ; cymes ses- 

 sile or nearly so, the branches sparingly pubescent ; sepals oblong-ovate, 2.5-3 mm. long, 

 bearded on the back, the glands about one half the length of the sepal-body ; corolla not 

 seen ; drupes ovoid, sometimes slightly depressed, 5-7 mm. long, red. 



Type locality : Agiabampo, Sinaloa. 



Distribution : Sinaloa. 



Illustration : Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 1 : pi. 29. 



12. Malpighia domingensis Small, sp. nov. 



Malpighia wrens L. Sp. PI. 426, in part. 1753. 



? Malpighia urens megacantha A. Juss. Arch. Mus. Paris 3 : 260. 1844. 



Malpighia urens typica Niedzu. Gen. Malp. 9. 1899. 



Leaf-blades ovate or oblong to ovate-lanceolate, oblong-lanceolate, or lanceolate, 5-16 

 cm. long, acute, sometimes abruptly pointed or obtuse, undulate, ultimately glabrous above, 

 permanently more or less pubescent beneath, paler green beneath than above, rounded or 

 subcordate at the base, short-petioled ; cymes sessile, the branches sparingly pubescent, or 

 glabrous in age; sepals ovate, 3-3.5 mm. long, glabrous or sparingly pubescent, the glands 

 fully one half the length of the sepal-body ; corolla purple or purplish, 10-20 mm. wide, 

 the larger petals mostly 8-9 mm. long ; drupes broadly ovoid-pyramidal, 8-13 mm. long, red. 



Type collected in Santo Domingo, West Indies, 1871, C. Wright, C. C. Parry, & H. Brummei 

 121 (herb. U. S. Nat. Mus. 309S3J) . 

 Distribution : Santo Domingo. 



13. Malpighia linearis Jacq. Enum. PI. Carib. 21. 1760. 



Malpighia angustifolia L. Sp. PI. ed. 2. 610. 1762. 

 Malpighia angustifolia oblongata Niedzu. Gen. Malp. 9. 1899. 

 Malpighia angustifolia linearis Niedzu. Gen. Malp. 9. 1899. 



Leaf-blades linear to narrowly linear-oblong or narrowly linear-lanceolate, 4-16 cm. 

 long, abruptly pointed or somewhat acuminate, undulate, paler green beneath than above, 

 glabrous above, more or less persistently pubescent beneath, short-petioled ; cymes 

 peduncled, the branches pubescent ; sepals lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, 2.5-3 mm. long, 

 sparingly pubescent, the glands fully one half the length of the sepal-body ; corolla white 

 or purple, 13-17 mm. wide, the larger petals 6-8 mm. long ; drupes globose-ovoid, 8-10 mm. 

 long, red. 



Type locality: St. Martin, West Indies. 



Distribution : Lesser Antilles. 



Illustrations : Cav. Diss. pi. 236, f. 1; Lodd. Bot. Cab. pi. 321. 



