Part 2, 1910] MALPIGHIACEAE 157 



14. Malpighia fucata Ker, Bot. Reg. sub pi. 1S9. 1817. 



Malpighia fucata macrophylla Niedzu. Gen. Malp. 11, 1899. 

 Malpighia fucata Umgifoha Niedzu. Gen. Malp. 11. 1899. 

 Malpighia fucata elliptica Niedzu. Gen. Malp. 11. 1899. 



Leaf-blades elliptic or oblong, varying to ovate, obovate, or lanceolate, 6-20 cm. long, 

 acute or obtuse, undulate, deep-green and glabrous above, paler and permanently pubescent 

 beneath, but sometimes sparingly so, acute or obtuse at the base, short-petioled ; cymes 

 peduncled, the branches sparingly pubescent; sepals ovate or oval, 2.5-3 mm. long, 

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

 whitish, pinkish, or yellowish, 12-25 mm. wide, the larger petals 6-11 mm. long ; drupes 

 spheroidal, 11-13 mm. long, tawny. 



Type locality : Probably West Indies. 



Distribution : West Indies. 



Illustrations : Bot. Reg. 3 : pi. 1S9 ; Lodd. Bot. Cab. pi. 1937. 



15. Malpighia cubensis H.B.K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 5 : 145. 1822. 



Malpigliia anguslifolia cubensis Kunth ; Griseb. Cat. PI. Cuba 43. 1866. 



Leaf-blades oblong, varying to oblong-lanceolate or oblong-oblanceolate, or oblong- 

 linear, 3-10 cm. long, obtuse or acute, undulate, ultimately glabrous and reticulate above., 

 paler and permanently pubescent beneath, acute or obtuse at the base, very short-petioled ; 

 cymes sessile, the branches sparingly pubescent or becoming glabrous ; sepals lanceolate to 

 ovate, 2.5-3 mm. long, glabrous or nearly so, the glands about one half the length of the 

 sepal-body or less ; corolla purple or white, 12-16 mm. wide, the larger petals 6-8 mm. 

 long; drupes subglobose, 8-9 mm. in diameter, red. 



Type locality : Near Havana, Cuba. 

 Distribution : Cuba. 



16. Malpighia ovatifolia Small, sp. nov. 



Leaf-blades ovate, 5-9 cm. long, acute or slightly acuminate, prominently reticulate on 

 both sides, pale-green, glabrous above at least in age, permanently pubescent beneath with 

 scattered coarse yellow hairs, rounded at the base, very short-petioled ; cymes sessile, the 

 branches glabrous, at least at maturity ; sepals ovate to oblong-ovate, 2.5-3 mm. long, 

 glabrous, the glands about one half the length of the sepal-body ; corolla not seen ; drupes 

 pyramidal, 12-14 mm. long, red. 



Type collected at Bayeau, near Port Margot, Haiti, August 3, 1903, George V. Nash 74 (herb. 

 N. Y. Bot. Gard.). 



Distribution : Known only from the type locality. 



17. Malpighia pallens Small, sp. nov. 



Leaf-blades oblong or elliptic, varying to broadest above the middle or below it, 5-9 

 cm. long, obtuse or acutish, undulate, light-green, scarcely paler beneath than above, gla- 

 brous above, usually with few persistent hairs beneath, very short-petioled ; cymes pedun- 

 cled, 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, 14-16 mm. 

 long, apparently red. 



Type collected at Judith's Fancy, St. Croix, West Indies, April 26, 1896, Alfred E. Ricksccker 

 378 (herb. N. Y. Bot. Gard.). 



Distribution : Known only from the type locality. 



18. Malpighia incana Mill. Gard. Diet. ed. 8. Malpighia no. 3. 1768. 

 Malpighia campechiensis Lam. Encyc. 4: 333. 1797. 



Leaf-blades oblong or lanceolate, 3-6 cm. long, acute or acuminate at the apex, canes- 

 cent on both sides, permanently so beneath, veiny above, acute at the base, short-petioled ; 

 cymes short-peduncled ; sepals ovate, 2-2.5 mm. long, the glands over one half the length 

 of the sepal-body ; corolla purple, 14-15 mm. wide, the larger petals 6-7 mm. long; drupes 

 subglobose, about S mm. in diameter. 



Type locality : Campeachy. 

 Distribution: Mexico; Cuba; Jamaica (?). 



