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4. Bunchosia glauca H.B.K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 5 : 155. 1822. 



Leaf-blades oblong to elliptic, 8-16 cm. long, sparingly pubescent when young, per- 

 manently so beneath, deep-green above, paler beneath, short-acuminate at the apex, acute 

 or acuminate at the base, short-petioled ; pedicels appressed-pubescent ; sepals ovate, 4-5 

 mm. long, the glands large, much over one half the length of the sepal-body ; larger petals 

 5.5-6.5 mm. long, the inner petal spatulate ; ovary and style pubescent ; drupes 1.5-2.5 cm. 

 in diameter. 



Type locality: Near Hondam, Colombia. 



Distribution : Panama and Colombia. 



5. Bunchosia lancifolia Niedzu. Gen. Bunch. 6. 1898. 

 Leaf-blades lanceolate, linear-lanceolate, or oblong, 7-11 cm. long, pale-tomentose, 

 acute at both ends, short-petioled ; pedicels finely pubescent ; sepals oblong, 4-6 mm. long, 

 the glands over one half the length of the sepal-body ; larger petals 7-8 mm. long, the 

 inner petal spatulate; ovary and style pubescent; drupes not seen. 



Type locality : San Lucas, Guatemala. 

 Distribution : Guatemala. 



6. Bunchosia biocellata Schlecht. Linnaea 10 : 241. 1836. 



Bunchosia discolor Turcz. Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 32> : 266. 1859. 

 Bunchosia bilocellata Hemsl. Biol. Cent. Am. Bot. 1: 147. 1879. 

 Bunchosia biocellata typica Niedzu. Gen. Bunch. 6. 1898. 

 Bunchosia biocellata la/i/olia Niedzu. Gen. Bunch. 6. 1898. 

 Bunchosia biocellata bilbcularis Niedzu. Gen. Bunch. 6. 1898. 



Leaf-blades elliptic or oval, varying to ovate or obovate, 6-13 cm. long, obtuse or 



sometimes acute, bright-green and ultimately nearly glabrous above, permanently densely 



pubescent beneath, obtuse or rounded at the base, short-petioled ; pedicels permanently 



pubescent ; sepals ovate, 3.5-4 mm. long, the glands usually fully one half the length of 



the sepal-body ; larger petals 6.5-7.5 mm. long, with suborbicular denticulate blades, the 



inner petal spatulate; ovary and style pubescent; drupes 2-3-lobed. 



Type locality : Jalapa, Veracruz. 

 Distribution : Mexico and Guatemala. 



7. Bunchosia montana A. Juss. Arch. Mus. Paris 3 : 340. 1844. 

 Leaf-blades oblong, lanceolate, or ovate-lanceolate, 3-7 cm. long, obtuse or acutish, or 

 sometimes notched at the apex, permanently densely pubescent on both sides, paler beneath 

 than above, acute or rounded at the base, short-petioled ; pedicels closely pubescent ; sepals 

 broadly ovate, 3.5-4.5 mm. long, the glands about one half the length of the sepal-body or 

 more ; larger petals 6-7 mm. long, the blades suborbicular, undulate, the inner petal spatu- 

 late ; ovary and style pubescent; drupes 2-lobed, 10-14 mm. in diameter, golden-yellow, 

 veiny. 



Type locality : Near Oaxaca, Mexico. 

 Distribution : Oaxaca. 



8. Bunchosia glandulifera (Jacq.) H.B.K. Nov. 

 Gen. & Sp. 5 : 154. 1822. 



Malpighia glandulifera Jacq. Coll. 4 : 207. 1790. 



Malpighia srlandulbsa glandulifera Willd. Sp. PI. 2 : 733. 1799. 



Malpighia platyphylla Sw. Adnot. Bot. 31. 1829. 



Leaf-blades ovate, oval, or elliptic, 4-17 cm. long, usually acute or short-acuminate, 

 glabrous above, at least at maturity, usually sparsely and permanently pubescent beneath, 

 obtuse or rounded at the base, short-petioled ; pedicels permanently fine-pubescent ; sepals 

 ovate, sometimes broadly so, 3.5-4.5 mm. long, the glands slightly shorter than the sepal- 

 body ; larger petals 7-8 mm . long, the blades suborbicular ; ovary and style pubescent ; drupes 

 2-lobed, about 2 cm. long, red. 



Type locality: Venezuela. 



Distribution : Porto Rico and the Lesser Antilles.; also in Venezuela. 



Illustrations : Jacq. Ic. Rar. pi. 469 ; Cav. Diss. pi. 239, f. 2. 



