Malpighia infestissima (A. Juss.) C. Rich. ex Nied.

Malpighia pallens Small, sp. nov
Leaf-blades oblong or elliptic, varying to broadest above the middle or below it, 5-9 cm. long, obtuse or acutish, undulate, light-green, scarcely paler beneath than above, glabrous above, usually with few persistent hairs beneath, very short-petioled ; cymes peduncled, the branches ultimately glabrous ; sepals ovate, 2-2.5 mm. long, the glands fully one half the length of the sepal-body; corolla not seen ; drupes ovoid-pyramidal, 14-16 mm. long, apparently red.
Type collected at Judith's Fancy, St. Croix, West Indies, April 26, 1896, Alfred E. Ricksccker 378 (herb. N. Y. Bot. Gard.).
Distribution : Known only from the type locality.

Malpighia infestissima (A. Juss.) Rich.; Niedzu Gen. Malp. 15. 1899.
Malpighia urens infestissima A. Juss. in Walp. Repert. 5 : 151. 1845.
Leaf-blades ovate to oval-ovate, 3-12 cm. long, rounded at the apex and varying from retuse to mucronate, undulate, pale-green, scarcely paler beneath than above, more or less coarsely reticulate, sparingly hispid and with few appressed hairs, rounded or cordate at the base, nearly sessile ; cymes peduncled, the branches sparingly pubescent at least during anthesis; sepals oblong to oval-oblong, 3-3.5 mm. long, the glands fully one-half the length of the sepal-body ; corolla white or pink, 20-25 mm. wide, the larger petals 9-13 mm. long ; drupes pyramidal-ovoid, 10-16 mm. long, red.
Type locality : St. Thomas, West Indies. Distribution : Porto Rico and Danish West Indies.

Malpighia infestissima là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Malpighiaceae. Loài này được Rich. ex Nied. mô tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1899.