Galphimia glauca Cav.

Thryallis glauca (Cav.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 1 : 89. 1891
Galphimia glauca Cav. Ic. 5: 61. 1799.
Malpighia glauca Pers. Syn. PI. 1 : 506. 1806.
Galphimia glaudulosa H.B.K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 5: 172. 1821. Not G. glandulosa Cav. 1799.
Galphimia glandulosa oblongifolia DC. Prodr. 1 : 582. 1824.
Galphimia glandulosa ovalifolia DC. Prodr. 1 : 582. 1824.
Galphimia gracilis Bartl. Linnaea 13: 552. 1839.
Galphimia lalifolia Bartl. Linnaea 13 : 553. 1839.
Galphimia grandiflora Bartl. Linnaea 13: 554. 1839.
Galphimia Humboldliana Bartl. Linnaea 13 : 555. 1839.
Galphimia paniculata Bartl. Linnaea 13: 556. 1839.
Thryallis gracilis Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 1 : 89. 1891.
Thryallis ^randiflora Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 1 : 89. 1891.
Thryallis Humboldliana Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 1 : 89. 1891.
Thryallis latifolia Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 1 : 89. 1891.
Thryallis paniculata Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 1 : 89. 1891.
Plants with tall much-branched stem ; leaf-blades ovate, oblong, or oval, 1-5 cm. long, obtuse or abruptly pointed, more or less glaucous, usually conspicuously so beneath, glabrous, usually abruptly narrowed or truncate at the base, slender-petioled, the glands borne at the base of the blade or on the upper part of the petiole ; panicles often widely branched, usually many-flowered, the rachis pubescent mostly with dark-red hairs or glabrous at least at maturity ; sepals oblong to lanceolate, 3-5 mm. long ; corolla yellow, the larger petals 7-12 mm. long, the blades mostly ovate ; capsules 3.5-4.5 mm. long, the faces scarcely wrinkled.
Type locality : Acambaro, Guanajuato.
Distribution : Mexico to Panama ; naturalized throughout the West Indies.