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Eugenia Portoricensis DC. 1. e. p. 266. 
Rami teretes; ramuli compressi. Folia opposita; novella 
trnuissima, adulta rigidiora, sed omnino membranacea, sub- 
tus pallidiora, opaca; petiolo 2” long.; lamina 2 — 3 long., 
12 — 20° lat; nervo medie supra impresso, subtus elevato; 
venis tennibus, ererto-patulis vennlisgue interjectis reticala- 
tis utringue prominulis. Pedicelli 8 — 12” long., filiformes, 
bractea minima fulti, axillares gemini, terminales 4, aut ex 
infimis 1— 2% nodis ramuli apice hifeliati laterales, basi bra- 
eteati v. nudi. Germen multiovulatım, Sepala 4, majora 1” 
long. , braeteolis &. Petala 4 (ex DC.), subeiliata, Stylus 
1“ long. Bacea Ya’ long, (v. florib. defl, in hb. Sonder., 
fruetif. in hb. Berol.). 
Habitat in ins. Porto Rico (Bertero) et St. Cruz (ex 
Vahlio in kb. Berol.). 
159. E. platyolada Berg I. c. no. 116, 
Habitat in Brasiliae prov, Rio de Janeiro (Gaudichaud, 
Beyrich). b. 
160. E. Poiteaui Berg; glabra; foliis petiolatis, coriaceis, 
ovali-oblongis, angustato -obtusis, basi acutis, discoloribus, 
impellucido - punetatis, supra nitidis, snbins opacis, costatis, 
tenwiter reticulatis, longiori a margine distantia arcuatim du- 
plicato-limbinerrüs; pedicellis 2 — 4-nis, lateralibus validis, 
minatissime puberulis; bacca ollonga, sepalis inaequalibus, bre- 
vibus, rotundatis, erectis coronata. b. 
Rami teretiuscali; ramuli compressi, novelli ad fractescen- 
tiae iempus desunt. Folia opposits, siscata supra fusco-alra, 
-subtus virenti-fuscescentia, nigrescenti-glandulosa; peliolo 
valido, 3 long.; lamina 4%, — 5", long., 25 — 31 Tatız 
nervo medio supra subimpresso, snbtus inerassato; 'venis 
utrogue latere circiter I2-nis, erecto-patulis, supra planis v. 
