1]6 MALPIGHIACEvE. 



hitherto with other apecies, but easily recognized by its small drujies. A shrub, 'S'-S' high ; 

 leaves 2"-l" long, 8"'-6'" broad, somewhat leathery and revolnte on the margin : glandnlar 

 spots roundish, 4"'-6"' distant from the base (sometimes wanting in smaller leaves) : petiole 

 short, glabrous ; racemes puberulous : pedicels articulated, usually 1'" above the base ; petals 

 ySllow ; drupes 3'" diam., red. — Hab. Jamaica !, Macf., March, in the southern limestone 

 districts. 



12. B. poljrstachya, DC. "Leaves large, elliptical-oblong, pointedat both ends, gla- 

 brous, biglandular beneath near the base ; pedicels articulated near the middle." — Andr. Bot. 

 Repos. 9. t. 204 (Malpighia). — The character is taken. from the figure : it answers nearly to 

 Malfighia nitida, Cav. (Diss. 8. t. 239), or Bunch, nitida grandifolia, Juss., which, however, 

 has a trifid style; another synonym seems to be Malp. platypltyll-a, Sw., of Guadeloupe, 

 though referred by Jussieu to B. glandnlifera, Kth. — Hab. ^Mnidad {dndr^. 



3. SPACHEA, Jmw. 



Calyx 8-10-gIandular. Stamens distinct (some of them sometimes abortive). Styles 2 : 

 stigmas emarginate-truncate. Nttt 2-celled, at length dicoccous. — Leaves glatrous : stipules 

 axillary ; racemes terminal, long, rusty']iilose. 



13. Sp. elegans, Jms. Leaves elliptical-oblong or oblong, pointleted or mucronate, 

 2-4-glandular beneath, smooth on the ujrper surface ; one of the bracteoles transformed into 

 a large gland ; petals denticulate, rosy ; stamens all fertile ; nuts . . . — Deless. Ic. 3. t. 31. — ■ 

 Malpighia, Mey. JEsseq. I — A tree ; leaves 4"-5" long, lV'-2i" broad j calyx usually 8-glan? 

 dular; petals 3'J' long. — Hab. Trinidad !, Pi^. ; [Guiana!]. 



14. Sp. perforata, Juss. ! Leaees lanceolate, acuminate at both ends, 4-glanduIar 

 beneath, minutely scrobiculate on the upper surface ; one of the bracteoles bearing a gland ; 

 petals subentire ; staniens aU fertile ; nuts subglobose, deeply furrowed along the commissural 

 line. — Sp. Ossana Vinceutiana, /mjs. .' — Leaves 3^"-2" long, 16"'-6"' broad: the minute, 

 pellucid dots more manifest than in the preceding; calyx 8-gIandular; petals 2'" long; nnts 

 2"'-li"' diam.— Hab. S. Vincent 1, Guild. 



4. MALPIGHIA, L. 



Calyx 10-6-glandnlar. Styles 3, uncinate-truncate at the top. Drupes 8(-l)-pyrenous: 

 pyrenaj with dorsal crests. — Shrubs ; flowers in axillary umbels or corymbs, rarely single, 

 reddish. 



t Leaves quite entire, glabrous : a few bicurpidate hairs early disappearing. 



^ 15. BI. glabra, L. Leaves ovate, usually pointed, glabrous, quite entire ; umbels 3-5- 

 , (-V-)^!)^*)-!?^, peduncled ; calyx 6(-8)-glandular; drupes subglobose, obsoletely furrowed: 

 r'pyrense obtusely 4-angular, bearing ribs on the back, the sides, and the inner face : inter- 

 stices transversely rugose or irregularly tubercled. — Cav. Diss. 8. t. 234. y. 1. — M. nitida. 

 Mill. M. undulata, Juss. I — Leaves (as in all species) variable, hluntish at the pointed top, 

 or abruptly acuminate, rarely blunt ; stamens inserted upon a perigynOus disc ; petals purple, 

 more or less unequal ; drupe scarlet, 2"'-4"' diam. — Hab. Jamaica I : all coll., common in 

 the lower hiUs ; Antigua !, Nichols. ; [Cuba ! and Mexico !, to Guiana and New Granada Q. 



16. M. punicifolia, L. Leaves elliptical, usually blunt, glairous, quite entire ; umbels 

 j, 2-1 -flowered, sessile or pednncled ; calyx 6-glandular ; drupes subglobose, obsoletely fur- 

 rowed : pyrense 4-angular : sides transversely rugose or tubercled. —Plum. ed. Burm. t. 166. 

 /. 2. Cav. Diss. 8. t. 234./. 2. Tuss. Fl. 3. t. 27. Juss. Monogr. t. 4.— M. biflora. Pair. 



M. uniflora, Tuss. — Very nearly related to the preceding, and I see no constant difference in 

 the pyrense, the surface of which is to a certain degree subject to variation : the insertion of 

 the stamens h.mever is less perigynous. — Hab. Jamaica!, Macf, M'Nab, in woods of the 

 eastern districts ; S. Kitts !, S. Vincent !, Guild. ; [Mexico to Brazil]. 



1 1' Leaves quite entire, with persistent, bicuspidate hairs beneath. 



17. M. urens, L. Leaves elliptical or oblong, quite entire, glabrous above, with sting- 

 ing hairs beneath; umbels 3-5 -flowered, pednncled or subscssile; calyx 10-8-glaudular j 



