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Found by Mr. George N. Rohwer at station No. 14, Miocene 

 shales of Florissant, Colorado. This may not be a Phalaris, 

 but it is at least suggestive of that genus. The specific name 

 is a fanciful one, given in allusion to the parallel straight lines. 



SHORTER NOTES 



The Genus Malpighia in Jamaica. — Heretofore we have 

 known five species of Malpighia from Jamaica, West Indies, 

 together with the apparently trustworthy report of a sixth one, 

 namely Malpighia incana Mill. The species positively known 

 to occur on the island, and also recently collected there, are 

 Malpighia glabra L., M. punicifolia L., M. fucata Ker., M. urens 

 L., and M. biflora Poir. Jamaica is the type locality for both 

 Malpighia glabra L. and M. urens L. Recently specimens of an 

 additional species have come to hand. It may be described as 

 follows : 



Malpighia Harrisii Small, sp. nov. A slender shrub commonly 

 about 3.5 m. tall, with sparingly pubescent twigs: leaves glab- 

 rous, at least ultimately so, above the petiole; blades oval, 

 oblong, or ovate, 6-12 cm. long, obtuse to acute, or individually 

 notched at the apex, entire, bright-green above, paler-green 

 beneath, rounded at the base, short (5-8 mm.) -petioled: cymes 

 sessile, many-flowered, the branches sparingly pubescent, at 

 least when young: calyx with 6 glands; sepals oblong or ovate- 

 oblong, about 3 mm. long, obtuse, twice as long as the glands or 

 less: corolla rose-color, about 2.5 cm. wide, the larger petals 12-13 

 mm. long: androecium with 2 very large filaments: gynoecium 

 with unequal styles, the 2 posterior ones much stouter and longer 

 than the anterior one: drupes not seen. 



In Peckham Woods, Upper Clarendon, Jamaica, collected by 

 William Harris, September 27, 1912, iiiSg. 



This species appears to be most closely related to Malpighia 

 urens. It differs from the latter species in the glabrous, larger, 

 broader, and longer-petioled leaf-blades, and in the larger corollas. 



J. K. Small 



A Further Note on the Linnean Herbarium. Dr. B. 

 Daydon Jackson writes me (Jan. 2, 1913) that No. "57 Cocci- 



