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19. Malpighia urens L,. Sp. PI. 426. 1753. 



Malpighia mariinicensis Jacq. Enum. PI. Carib. 21. 1760. 



Malpighia mariinicensis jamaicensis Niedzu. Gen. Malp. 13. 1899. 



Malpighia mariinicensis Jussieuana Urban & Niedzu.; Niedzu. Gen. Malp. 13. 1899. 



Leaf-blades oblong or elliptic to oblong-ovate orobovate, 2.5-9 cm. long, obtuse, acute, 

 or sometimes slightly acuminate, undulate, bright-green and ultimately glabrous above, 

 paler and permanently pubescent beneath with scattered hairs, short-petioled ; cymes ses- 

 sile or nearly so, the branches sparingly pubescent or glabrous; sepals oblong to lanceolate, 

 2.5-5 mm. long, glabrous or nearly so, the glands fully one half the length of the sepal- 

 body ; corolla pink or purplish, 16-20 mm. wide, the larger petals 7-9 mm. long ; drupes 

 subglobose, S-10 mm. in diameter, red. 



Type locality : Jamaica. 



Distribution : Jamaica and the Lesser Antilles. 



Illustrations ; Sloane, Hist. Jam. pi. 207,/. 3 ; Cav. Diss. pi. 235, f. I. 



20. Malpighia biflora Poir. in Lam. Encyc. 4 : 326. 1797. 



Malpighia punicifolia Cav. Diss. 406. 1789. Not M. punicifolia L. 1762. 

 Malpighia oxycocca Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 117. 1859. 

 Malpighia oxycocca biflora Niedzu. Gen. Malp. 14. 1899. 



Leaf-blades oblong or elliptic, varying to lanceolate or ovate, 3-12 cm. long, acute or 

 somewhat acuminate, bright-green on both sides, slightly paler beneath than above, with 

 scattered hairs on both sides or glabrous in age, very short-petioled ; cymes peduncled, the 

 branches usually sparingly pubescent at least during anthesis ; sepals ovate to oblong-ovate, 

 3.5-4 mm. long, glabrous or nearly so, the glands fully one half the length of the sepal- 

 body ; corolla purple or pink, 1S-23 mm. wide, the larger petals 8-10.5 mm. long; drupes 

 ovoid or pyramidal, 13-17 mm. long, scarlet. 



Type locality : America. 

 Distribution : Cuba and Jamaica. 



21. Malpighia infestissima (A. Juss.) Rich.; Niedzu. 

 Gen. Malp. 15. 1899. 



Malpighia urens infestissima A. Juss. in Walp. Repert. 5 : 151. 1845. 



Leaf-blades ovate to oval-ovate, 3-12 cm. long, rounded at the apex and varying from 

 retuse to mucronate, undulate, pale-green, scarcely paler beneath than above, more or less 

 coarsely reticulate, sparingly hispid and with few appressed hairs, rounded or cordate at 

 the base, nearly sessile ; cymes peduncled, the branches sparingly pubescent at least during 

 anthesis; sepals oblong to oval-oblong, 3-3.5 mm. long, the glands fully one-half the 

 length of the sepal-body ; corolla white or pink, 20-25 mm. wide, the larger petals 9-13 

 mm. long ; drupes pyramidal-ovoid, 10-16 mm. long, red. 



Type locality : St. Thomas, West Indies. 

 Distribution : Porto Rico and Danish West Indies. 



22. Malpighia Cnide Spreng. Neue Entdeck. 3 : 51. 1822. 



Malpighia Gnidae G. Don, Gen. Hist. 1 : 634. 1831. 



Malpighia Gnida D. Dietr. Syn. PI. 1586. 1840. 



Malpighia Cnide domingensis Urban & Niedzu.; Niedzu. Gen. Malp. 15. 1899. 



Malpighia Cnide cubensis Urban & Niedzu.; Niedzu. Gen. Malp. 15. 1899. 



Leaf-blades oblong, linear-oblong, or lanceolate, 2-11 cm. long, acute, mucronate, or 

 notched at the apex, crenulate or undulate-toothed, rather prominently fine-reticulate, 

 bright-green, sometimes paler beneath than above, ultimately glabrous above, with the 

 hairs beneath borne on pustule-like bases, obtuse or subcordate at the base, short-petioled ; 

 cymes sessile, the branches glabrous; sepals ovate to oblong, 3.5-4 mm. long, glabrous, 

 the glands fully one half the length of the sepal-body ; corolla purple, 12-16 mm. wide, the 

 larger petals 5-7 mm. long ; drupes subglobose, 9-11 mm. in diameter, purple. 



Type locality : Hispaniola. 

 Distribution : Hispaniola and Cuba. 



