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promiuentcj venis tenuibws, erecto-patnliSj supra vix visibi- 

 libus, subtns promiuulis. Pedicelli riifo-seiiceo-strigosi, V-J^ 

 2''' Ig. 5 basi bractea raiuiita fiilti. Alabastra turbinata, 

 rufo-serieeo-strigosa, 1 '/./'' Ig. Bracteolae hypanthae 2 sub- 



rotuiidae, latiores quam loiigae, fere Ya'" Ig. Germiuis 

 locnli angnsti, pauci-OTulati. Sepala in alabastro globum pe- 

 petalorum includeutia, majora 1''^ Ig. Petala obovata. Sta- 

 mina IV2--2'" Ig. Stylus 2Va'" k- (v- "» herb. Rich.) 



DifFert ab Eugenia sericeai indumcnto rnfo; foliis rigi- 

 dioribus, majoribus, multo brevius, latins et obtusius acumi- 

 iiatis, supra impresso-, impellucido-puuctatis; pedicetlis saepe 

 racemuiosis; sepalis subrotundis. 



Habitat in Cayeuua (L. CI. Richard.). 



Linn. XXIX, p. 233. description! no. 292. Eugeniae ci~ 

 trifoliae Poir» addatur : 



Caulis subarborescens, ramis longis, expausis. Folia 

 palula, recentia intense viridia, 4 — %*' Ig. , IY4 — l^/V It. 

 Flores in ramis defoliatis nmbeilati, pedicellis brevibus inserti, 

 odorati, candidi. Alabastra obovata, sub calyce constricta, 

 glabra, glandnlosa, 4f" Ig. , bracteolis 2 ovatis, coucavis, 

 acutis, gcrmiiie brevioribiis stipala. Germen 2-loculare. Se- 

 pala 4, atroviolacea, subrotunda, concava, obtusa, in ala- 

 bastris globo petalorum breviora. Petala subcoriacea^ patula 

 V. reflexa, sepalis majora, subelliptica, basi truucata, ad un- 

 guem convexa. Stamina numerosissima, Candida, erccta, pe- 

 tala aeqnantia. Stylus subulatus^ stigma simplex* Bacca 

 caerulea, succosa, aromatico-subacris, 1-sperma, semine 

 ex albo lulescente, amaro (v. in hb. Richard.), 



Eugenia coeruJea Rich, herb. 



Habitat in umbrosis locis, floret Octobri — Novembri, frn- 

 ctus tert matiiros Julio (L. CI. Rich,). 



