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6. B. apicata, Bich, Arboreous ; leaves elliptical-lanceolate or lanceolate, tapering into 

 the short petiole, glabrous above, rusty-opaque and glabrate beneath: hairs scattered, ap- 

 pressed ; bracts lanceolate, bluntish, equal ; petals yellow ; anther-cells glabrous, equalling 

 the connective, the top of which is separated and somewhat recurved ; ovary glabrous. — Cav. 

 Diss, 8. t. 237; Desc. Fl. 2. t. 91,^Ma,lpighiaj Oav. M. altissima, Jaeq. (non Aubl.). 

 M. guadelupensis, ^r. Banisteria laurifolia, Sieb. Mart. 133 1 (non. L.). — A tree, 3O'-40' 

 high ; leaves 5"-2" long, 20"'-8"' broad, acuminate with a bluntish -point, usually shining 

 above and nigrescent when dried; drupes yellow, — Hab. Domiuicai, Imr.; S. Lucia, Tri- 

 nidad 1, Sieb., Cr.; [Cuba! to Brazil!]. 



6. B. lucida, Sxch. Shrubby or arborescent; leaioes spathulate, tapering into the 

 short petiole, revolute on the margin, glabrous : veins inconspicuous ; racemes short ; bracts 

 lanceolate, acnminate : the inferior twi<^ as long as the lateral ones ; petals changing during 

 their development from rosy to purple ; anther-cells glabrous, exceeded a little by the con- 

 nective ; ovaiy glabrous. — Bich. Cub. !!. 28 A. — Malpighia, Mill., Sw. — A shrub or middle- 

 sized tree; leaves 14"-1" long, 8"'-5"' broad, rounded or bluntish at the top, shining above, 

 opaque beneath; racemes puberulous or glabrous; drupes greenish. — HiB. Bahamas!, 

 Swains.; ku^gasiX, Nichols.; Dominical, /»!/•.,■ [Cuba!]. 



7. B. trinitensis, Jttss. Leaves obovate, shortly petioled, revolute on the margin ; 

 glabrous, rusty beneath : veins inconspicuous ; bracts minute, equal ; petals . . . ; anther-cells 

 hairy above, half the length of the recurved connective; ovary glabrous. — Banisteria um- 

 beUata, Sieb. Trim. 51 !^ — Nearly related to the preceding, but the leaves broader, 2"-J" long, 

 li"-i'' broad.— H4.B. Trinidad!, Sieb. 



2. BTHSrCHOSIA, Rich. 



Calyx 10-glandular (or 8-9-glandular from one or two segments being 1-glandular) . Styles 

 2-3, often cohering partially, or to the top i stigma truncate. Drupe 2-3-pyTenous ; py- 

 renae without crests. — Racemes axillary ; flowers usually yellow, 



8. B. IgitxAeaiana, JuSs.l Arboreous; /eazw* oval or obovate, rounded towards the 

 base, glahrous : two glandular spots beneath near the base ; racemes twice exceeded hy the (i 

 leaf : pedicels articulated and tribracteate at the base ; anther-cells exceeding a little the ' 

 connective ; styles cohering : stigma peltate ; drupes 2-celled, ovate-globose.-r-Leaves 5"-6" 

 long, 3" broad, somewhat leathery : petiole glahrous ; drupes 5"'-6"' long, 4'" broad. — Hab. 

 Jamaica!, AL, March; Dominical, Imr.; [Mexico, Costa Kica!, Guiana!]. 



9. B. media, HC. Shrubby; leaves elliptical or elUptical-oblong, blunt or with a 

 bluntish point, cuneate at the base, glabrous: two glandular spots beneath, distant from 

 the base; racemes usually somewhat exceeded by the leaf: pedicels articulated near the 

 base ; anther-cells exceeding a little the connective ; styles cohering : stigma peltate ; drupes 

 2-celled, ovate-globose.- — Malpighia, Ait. — Leaves 3i"-2" long, 2"-f " broad, somewhat lea- 

 thery : glandular spots roundish, 4"'-6"' distant from the base : petiole glabrous ; drupes 4'" 

 long, 3'" broad, red. — Hab. Jamaica !, Wils., Al., March. 



10. B. glandulosa, Rich. Shrubby ; leaves elliptical or elliptical-lanceolate, bluntly 

 acnminate or blunt, taperiiig at the lose, glabrous : two glandular spots beneath near the 

 base; racemes as long as the lest -.pedicels articulated WiA. bibracteolate below the middle; 

 anther-cells somewhat exceeded by the rounded connective ; styles cohering : stigma peltate ; 

 drupes 2-cened, ovate, Uilnt.— Cajf. Diss. 8. t. 239 dextr. Jms. Monogr. t. 8. — Malpi- 

 ghia, Cav: Bunch, nitida var. parvifolia, J»s*. /—Leaves 3"-2" long, lj"-f" broad, rigid, 

 membranaceous : glandulstf spots oval, often alternating upon the tapering leaf-base, or some- 

 what distant from it : petiole puberulous; pedicels articulated, 3"'-2"' above the hase; 

 drapes 6"'-8"' long, 4'f broad. — Hae. Dominica !, S. Vincent !, Guild. ; [New Granada !, 

 Peru !]. 



11. B. Swartziana, &r. Shrubby; feOTca small, lanceolate-elliptical or elliptical-lan- 

 ceolate, bluntish or poiited, tapering at the base, glabrous : two glandular spots beneath, 

 ielow the middle ; racemes- as long as the leaf ; pedicels articulated and bibracteolate above 

 or near the base ; anther-oeUs near^ as long as the obovate connective ; styles cohering : 

 stigma peltate ; drupes ^-celled, exactly globose, furrowed along the dissepimental lines. — 

 Malpighia nitida, Sio. (honJacq., nee Cav.). B. media, Macf! (non DC). — Confounded 



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