114 MALPIGHIACE^. 



Jaeq. (Amer. Pict. t. 130), is probably the saine : but I do not know whether our plant has 

 the orange-coloured drupes of that figure.— Leases "variable, 2V'-1" lonS; H -'* ""^"^ 

 veins conspicuous, reticulated, prominulous on both sides: petiole l"'-2 long; stipUles 

 subulate; flowers precocious; drupes 4"'-3"' long.— Hab. Dominic* 1, Ivur., on limestone;, 

 Trinidad !, Lock., Or. ; [Guiana !, Bahia !] , 



6. B. squamatum, V. ! Leaves elliptical, pointed or apiculate, leqihery, green be- . 

 neaih; pedicels 2-3, axiUary, exceeding the petiole: drupes oblong, bluntish at the top,, 

 obtuse-angled, as long as the pedicel.— ^aW, Symb. 3. t. 63.— E. havanense. Rich, (non at.) 

 —A tree ; leaves 34"-2i" long, 2"-li" broa^d, dark-green, p^er beneath : veins reticulatpl, . 

 prominulous chiefly aboreV petiole 3'" long; stipules ovate; flowers larger than m the 

 other species: petals 3"'-2"' long; drupes 6"'-5"' long.— Hab. Jamaica 1, Al, m the dis- 

 trict of S. Anns ; S. Lucia!, Anders. ; [Cuba to Guiana]. 



XLI. MALPIGHIACEJ!. 



- Pfl/jiic 5-partite: 4 segments usually biglandular. P«<«/« 5, mostly nnguiculate. Stamens 

 10, or fewer by abortion : anthers adnate. Pistil syncarpous : ovaiy 3 (3-5)-eeHed : cells 

 uniovulate, with the ovule ascending from a pendulous funiculus ; styles usually distinct (or ' 

 2 abortive). Embryo exalbuminous.— Stem imstly woody ; leaves umaUy ofpo^te, and 

 quite entire, stipulate, vMh the stipules often caducms ; pedicels articulated and iibrac- 

 teolate. 



The drupes of some MalppghieiB are eatable, 



Teibe I. MALPIGHIEM.-^Stamens 10. Pericarp, without wings, inserted upon 



aflat torus. 



1. BYRSONIMA, Rich. - 



Calya^ usually 10-glandular. Styles 3, pointed. Drupe with a S-ceUed endocarp. — Sti- 

 pules axillary, persistent ; flowers in terminal racemes. 



1. B, yerbascifolia, Mch. Shrubby; leaves obovate, cuiaeat_e at the base, and usually 

 petioled, iomentose on both sides, or glabrate above ; bracts lanceolgte-filiform : the inferior 

 exceeding the lateral ones; petals yellow; anther-cells hairy, nearly as long as the connec- 

 tive, which is recurved at the summit. — Aubl. t. 184. — Leaves 10"-6" long. — Hab. Trini- , 

 dad !, C»-., Savanna de Piarlo ; [Guiana 1, the whole of Brazil f] . 



3. B. cinerea, EC. Arboreous ; leaves elliptical-oblong or elfiptical, otmeate at the 

 base) \oTi%--{^vHiiA, shining above, tomentose beneath; bracts small, triangnlai-, equal; 

 petals yellow ; anther-cells hairy, equalling the connective ; ovary vUloixs, — B. crassifolia, 

 Lun. (hon Kth). — Leaves 4"-3" long, 2"-l" broad : down pale-rufescent or hoary, per- 

 sistent ; racemes long, rusty-tomentos,e : pedScel^ long, approximate, articulated at the base, 

 — Hab. Jamaica!, Al., March; [Finos,, near Cuba ; Gjjiana, eqjiatorial Brazil]. 



3. B. crassifolia, Kth,, Shrubby or arborescent ; leaves oval or ellipticalToblong, 

 Ipng-petioled, glahirovs above, tomentgse or glabrate beneitth; bracts small, bluntish, equal ; 

 petals yellow ; anther-cells villous, a little exceeded by the connective ; ovary glabrous. — : 

 Aubl. t. 182,183; Desc. PI. 2. t. 110.— A sh^ub, or . low. tree, 10.'-12' high; leaves va- 

 riable, 3"-5" long,' li"-24" broad, veiny above : down short, rufous ; pedicels shorter than . 

 in the preceding, about twice as long as the flower.; — Hab. Dominica !, Imr.; Trinidad!, 

 Loclch., Or., common in all savannahs ; [Cuba ! to northern Brazil I, Venezuela I]. 



4. B. coriacea, EC, Arhorequs ; leames elliptical or elliptical-oblong, petioled, glt^ 

 brous on both sides, or with the nerves glabrate and pale-green beneath; bracts lanceolate, 

 acum.inate or subulate, suhequal j- petals golden-yellqw;, anther-cells glabrousi, equalling the. 

 connective; ovary . silky-.lanugi/ftfi^s.-^^Amigim, Sm.l (earclus. syn. Si.). B. Berteroana 

 Juss. ! — ^A tree, 20'-30' high ; leaves 4"-3" long, H" broad, usually pointed ; petioles and^ 

 raceipBS rusty-tomentose ; drupes. yellow.^The old Swartzian name, referred .err,oneously by 

 X., Jiss. to E; spicaia (a species, not observed in Jamaica), inu§tt).e restotei — Hab. Ja- , 

 miitca !, all coll., hommon in the southern districts ; S. Vincent !, Guild. 



