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4. Byrsonima spicata (Cav.) DC. Prodr. 1 : 580. 1824. 



Malpighia allissima Jacq. Obs. Bot. 1 : 40. 1764. Not Byrsonima altissima DC. 1824. 



Malpighia spicata Cav. Diss. 409. 1789. 



Byrsonima pulchra DC. Prodr. 1 : 580. 1824. 



Malpighia guadalupcnsis Spreng. Svst. 2 : 383. 1825. 



Malpighia reticulata Spreng. Svst. 2: 383. 1825. Not M. reticulata Poir. 1816. 



Malpighia niiida Moc. & Sesse, PI. Nov. Hisp. 73. 1887. Not M. nilida L. 1762. 



Malpighia pulchra Moc. & Sesse, Fl. Mex. 126. 1891. 



Leaf-blades elliptic, oblong, or oblong-lanceolate, 3-18 cm. long, obtuse, acutish, or 

 slightly acuminate, more or less pubescent when young, usually glabrous at maturity, acute 

 at the base, short-petioled ; pauicle-rachis and pedicels copiously pubescent during anthe- 

 sis, sparingly pubescent at maturity; sepals ovate, 2.5-3 mm. long, the glands one half 

 the length of the sepal-body or more; larger petals 6-8 mm. long; drupes globose, 8-11 

 mm. in diameter. 



Type locality : Santo Domingo. 



Distribution: West Indies; Mexico to Panama; also in northern South America. 



Illustration : Cav. Diss. pi. 237. 



5. Byrsonima lucida DC. Prodr. 1 : 580. 1824. 



Malpighia lucida Mill. Gard. Diet. ed. 8. Malpighia no. 9. 1868. 

 Malpighia cuncata Turcz. Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 31' : 390. 1858. 

 Malpighia lanceolata C. Muell. in Walp. Ann. 7: 467, in part. 1868. 

 Brysonima porloricensis Stahl, Estud. Fl. Puerto Rico 2 : 143. 1884. 



Leaf-blades spatulate to obovate-spatulate or cuneate, 1.5-5.5 cm. long, rounded or 

 abruptly pointed at the apex, glabrous, shining above, dull beneath, short-petioled ; pan- 

 icle-rachis and pedicels often sparingly pubescent during anthesis, glabrous at maturity ; 

 sepals ovate or oblong-ovate, 2.5-3 mm. long, the glands one half the length of the sepal- 

 body or less; larger petals 5-6 mm. long; drupes globular or spheroidal, 9-12 mm. in 

 diameter. 



Type locality : Cuba. 



Distribution : Southern Florida and the West Indies. 



Illustrations : Bot. Mag. pi. 2462 ; Sagra, Hist. Cuba 10 : pi. 2S bis. 



6. Byrsonima biflora Griseb. Mem. Am. Acad. II. 8 : 167. 1860. 



Leaf-blades spatulate to cuneate, 1-4 cm. long, rounded at the apex, glabrous, shining 

 on both sides, short-petioled ; raceme-rachis and pedicels glabrous ; sepals ovate or oval, 

 about 3 mm. long, the glands about one half the length of the sepal-body ; larger petals 

 6-7 mm. long ; drupes globular, 8-9 mm in diameter. 



Type locality : Cuba. 

 Distribution : Eastern Cuba. 



7. Byrsonima crassifolia (L.) DC. Prodr. 1 : 579. 1824. 



Malpighia crassifolia L. Sp. PI. 126. 1753. 



Malpighia cinerea Poir. in Lam. Encyc. Suppl. 4: 7. 1816. 



Byrsonima cinerea DC. Prodr. 1 : 580. 1824. 



Byrsonima cotinifolia H.B.K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 5 : 152. 1822. 



Malpighia cotinifolia Spreng. Syst. 2 : 385. 1825. 



Malpighia cubensis A. Juss. Ann. Sci. Nat. II. 13: 333. 1840. 



1 Malpighia cubensis brachypoda Turcz. Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 31 1 : 392. 1858. 



Byrsonima crassifolia jamaicensis Urban & Niedzu.; Niedzu. Gen. Byrs. 2 : 18. 1901. 



Leaf-blades very variable in size and shape, oblong or elliptic, varying to obovate, 

 ovate, lanceolate, or linear-oblong, 3-17 cm. long, acute or short-acuminate or obtuse, 

 usually glabrous or nearly so above at maturity, permanently and usually densely pubescent 

 beneath or glabrous in age, except on or about the midrib, gradually or abruptly narrowed 

 at the base, short-petioled ; panicle-rachis and pedicels copiously red-tomentose ; sepals 

 ovate, 3.5^.5 mm. long, the glands about one half the length of the sepal-body ; larger 

 petals 7-10 mm. long; drupes globular, 9-12 mm. in diameter. 



Type locality : Tropical America. 



Distribution : West Indies, Mexico, Central America, and northern South America. 



Illustrations : Aubl. Hist. PI. Guian. pi. 1S2 ; H.B.K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. pi. 447. 



