194 
Habitat in insulis Caribaeis, ad St. Cruz (de Rohr), St. 
Thomas (C. Ehrenberg, Dr. Oersted), St. Jean (hb. Sond.). 
175. E. sessiliflora DC. (Char. emend.); ramulis novellis 
minute puberulis; foliis suhsessilibas, junioribus membrana- 
eeis, demum rigide coriaceis, ovalibus v. oblongo-ovalibus, 
obtusatis v. rotundalis, basi breviter acutis v. obtusis, planis, 
discoloribus, glaberrimis, novellis pellueido -punctatis, mox 
oparis, subtus fusco-glandulosis, obsolete venesis, longiori 
a margine distantia areuatim limbinerviis; Norihus 3— 10-nis, 
sessilibus, ad nodos defoliatos ramorum glomeradis; germine 
biloenlari, glabros; sepalis glabris, suhinaequalibus, rotunda- 
tis, eiliolatis. 5. 
Eugenia sessilöflora DC. I. e. p. 273, nee Vahl. Symb. 
IL p 64. 
Muyrtus sessiliflora Spreng. Syst. II. p. 479. 
Rami albidi, obiuse 4-xoni, glaberrimi. Folia opposita, 
novella supra avenia, siecata hepatica, vix elevato-punctafe, 
subtus ochracea , ereberrime fuseo-glandulesa , tennissime 
venos2, adulta supra atrovirentia, subtus rufa, utrinque ele- 
vato-obsolete venosa; petiolo usyne ad %/y’ longo; Iamina 
14 — 26” long, 7-— 17 lat,; nervo medio utrinque promi- 
nulo ; venis ntrogne latere cireiter 8, distantibus, suhpatulis, 
ufrinque parum prominulis, venulis interjeetis vix visibilibus 
Flores ad nodos defoliatos ramorum glomerati. Alabastra Ya 
— 3/4 long. Germen loculis multiovulatis., Fructus edulis 
(Wullschlaegel) (v. in herb. Monae.), 
Differt ab E. laterifolia Willd.: foliis junioribus mem- 
hranaceis, adultis planis, ohsolete venosis, nee convexis, 
ntrinque eievato-retieulatis ; floribus multo minoribus; germine 
glahro, 
Habitat in ius, Antigua (Wullschlaegel, coll, n0.222, 223). 
