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Rawi teretiusenli, xngosi, glahri; ramuli compressi, no- 
velli ad fruetescentiae tempus desunt. Tolia opposita, siecata 
supra obscura, suhtus fusco-punetata; petiolo 3,” Tong.; 
lamina 5 — 10’ long., 21), — 4 lat; nervo medio supra 
planiuseulo, subtns prominente; venis utrogue latere circiter 
6, supra vix visibilibus, subtus tenuissimis, Rhacheola 1 — 
11," long., bracteata, Drupa sessilis, bracteolis 2, mini- 
‚mis stipata, 2 diametro., REimbryo homogeneus (v, frnetif. 
in hb. Oersted.,, 
ß. obseura; foliis apiee acntato- v. acnminato- ohtusis, 
adultis impellueido - punctatis, subtns (siecatis) fuseis, 
Arborescens; rami teretes, nodosi, ramesi, Corlice griseo, 
rimoso tecti; ramuli antrorsum subtetragoni; novelli compressi. 
Folia opposita, siccata supra fusco-atra, subtus hepatica; 
petiolo 2/4 long. ; lamina 6 — 10’ long, 2— 4 lat.; nervo 
. medio supra vix manifesto, subtus prominulo; venis suberecto- 
‚patulis, utroque latere 4 — 5, supra inconspieuis, subtus vix 
manifestis. Flores axillares et ad ramorum nodos defoliatos, 
e rhachi communi abhreviata, hraoteata, petiolo longiore, 
brunneo-hirtella 3— 4-ni, breviter pedicellati vel in superio- 
ribus axillis absque rhachi glomerati, rarius solitarü, pedi- 
cellis %/, — 3/4" long. Alahastra ®/," long., bracteolis 2, 
ovalis, basi connalis,, germine parum brevioribns stipata. 
Germen pluriovulatum. Sepala 4, inaegnalia, extus tomen- 
tella, eiliolata. Petala 4, subovalia, glabra, glaudulosa, 1" 
long. Stamina stylusqne 14/5“ Jong. Drupa 11/5 dinme- 
"tro (ve florif, et fruetif. in hb. Berol, Willd. et Sonder.). 
Habitat: «. in insula St. Thomas (Dr. Oersied, call. 
no, 18); A. in insula St. Domingo (Rob. Schomburgk, eoll, 
20.27), nee non in ins, S& Cruz (Isert). 
165. E. rigida DC. 1. e. p. 273. — Berg 1. ec. vo. 117. 
Hab, in Brasil, prov, Pernambuco ei Bahia (de Martins). 5. 
