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166. E. Poiretii DO, (Char. em.); ramulis petiolisque pe- 
duneulis et alahastris minute puberalis ; feliis hreviter petio- 
latis-, chartaceis, oblongis, oblongo-lanceolatis v. lanceolatis, 
utrinque angustatis, basi aculis, apice elongato- leviter ob- 
iusegue acuminatis, glabris, eoncoloribus, utringue elevato-, 
pallide pellneido -punetatis, tenuissime subretienlato- venosis, 
limbinerviis; racemulis axillaribus et snbterminalibus, solita- 
vis, 3— 9-floris, petiolo longierihus; germine biloenlari; se- 
palis inaequalibus, rotundatis, puberulis, cilielatis. b. j 
Eugenia Poiretii DC. 1. c. 'p. 274, excepto synonymo 
ultimo. 
Myrtus axillaris Poivet Diet, IV. p, 41%, nec Swartz. 
Myrtus Poereti Spreng, Syst. 11. p. 483. 
Eugenia busifolia W., var. parvifolia Cham. et Schldi. 
Ramosissima; rami ieretiuseuli, glabri, superne com- 
pressi. Folia 7 — 14” long, 2— 5” Tat; petiolo &/, — 1 
long.; nervo medio supra planiuseulo, subtus prominente; Ye- 
nis tenuibus, nirinque venulisgue reticulatis prominulis, RBa- 
cemuli 2 — 3” long., rhachi interdam valde contracta; pedi- 
eelli filiformes, puberuli, 1” long., braelea oblonga, pube- 
rula, eiliolata, minute fulti. Alabastra obovata, %,’ long. 
bracteolis 2, ovalibus, obtusis, puberulis, eiliolatis, minntis 
stipata. Germen loculis pluriovalatis. Sepala 4, 2 majora 
exterioribus duplo longiora, 1/7” long. Petala 4, subrotunda, 
3/4 Yong. Stamina 1 %/, Jong, Stylus 1 long. (v. 5. in 
hb, Berol., Spreng., Vind., Sond., Schldl,). 
Habitat in insula St. Thomas (C. Ehren), coll, no, 240; 
Friedriehsthal, coll. no. 329, Dr, Crudy), 
167. E. casearioides DC. (Char. emend.); ramulis, foliis 
subtus praesertim ad nervum, pedunenlis hrunneo-pubescenti- 
bus; foliis breviter petiolatis, membranaceis, seeundis, deflexis, 
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