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coJatis; g-ermine fciloculari; caljce demum irregulariter 3 — 4- 



partito, deciduo; petalis 4; bacca globosa, margine libero 

 hypanthii coronata. 



Eugenia abortiva s. polygama L, CI. Rich. herb, cum 

 descript. 



Radix intra corticem arborum defixa nascitur, Caulis 

 snfiruticosus, 2 — 3-pedalis, opposite ramosus, basin versus 

 cinereus, sursum siccatus badius, glandulosus, uitidus, com- 

 pressus, ramis laxis, recentibns rubigiuosis. Folia opposita, 

 pafentissima, plana , recentia cnervia, punctnlis pertusa, nitida, 

 pallide virentia, siccata opaca, impellncido- punctata, supra 

 fusco-atra, obliterate -venosa, subtus hepatica, tenuiter ve- 

 nosa; petiolo vix ullo; lamina 1 — 3" Ig. , 8 — 16'^^ lat. ; 

 nniTo medio supra planiusculo , subtus basin versus promi- 

 ncute; venis tenuissimis, erecto-patulis, supra vix visibilibus, 



subtus. venulisque tenuioribus reticulatis promiuulis. Panicti- 

 1^^ e raraulo perbrevi, aphyllo, axillari egredientes, opposi- 

 tae, squama brevij ovata, sericea fultae, rhachi compressa, 

 ^badia, 3 — ^4-nodi5 2 — 4'' Ig., nodis remotis ; rami infimi, 

 interdum ^t secundi nodi plus minus elongati , reliquorum ab- 

 breviati, Flores ultimi terni, sessiles. Alabastra ^^/^^^ Ig. 5 

 bracteolis stipantihus caducis. Calyx viridulo-lividus. Pe- 

 lala subrotunda, albaj 1'" Ig, Stamina numerosissima. Sty- 

 lus gcniculatus, apice deflexus, Bacca atropurpurea, 5"' It. 

 (v. in herb. Rich.). 



111. Richard ins, quum parvum quidem, sed semper 

 praestans germen non vidisset, flores per errorem polygamos 



V. dioicos habuerat, quam ob rem noraen Richardianum tri- 



viale rejeci. Species supra deseripta diff, a Marl, obtusa et 



sttffiniticosa praesertim foliis exacte acuminatis. 



Habitat in pratis Guianae Gallicae, floret Scptembri (L. 



CI. Rich.). 



