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Eugenia. 



I have arranged the 



species iu this collection under the 



followino- four sections : 



I. Eueugenia. Flowers solitary or in fascicles* Petals distinct. 

 II. Jambosa. Inflorescence cymose. Calyx usually with a thickened 



stamlnal disc. Flowers showy, usually 4-inerous. Petals free 



and spreading. 

 III. Syzygium. Flowers small^ in compact cymes. Petals usually calyp- 



trate. Berries small. 

 IV. Cupheanthus. Flowers very large, showy, in 



few-flowered cymes* 



Calyx-tubes very long. Petals calyptrate. Small or larg 



with large leaves. 



Eugenia (§Eueugenia) gyrose 



ramulis cortice cinereo obtectis ; 



:.a Bak. fib, sp, no v. Frutex 3-pedalls 

 )Uis parviusculis oblongo-ellipticis vel 

 oblongo-obovatis 2-3 cm. longis 12-20 mm. latis, glabris, apice sa^pius 

 emarginatisj costa subtus conspicua, nervis lateralibus baud conspicuis, 



ifFultis ; florihus albis solltariis vel sub- 

 solituriis axillaribus pedicellatis ; caltjcis hiho brevi ad basin bracteolato lobis 

 4 obtusis ; petalis albis ; staminikts numerosis stylo erecto tenui ; ovario 



biloculari. 



River Ngoye ; among stones in river-bed. 958. White flow^ers, reddish 



budsj hard pent leaves. 



A shrub with small leaves and solitary or subsolitary flowers and 4-lobed 



Muell., from Q 



301 from 



calyx, allied to U. carissoides F, v, 

 Plaine des Lacs is closely allied. 



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E. ANGUSTIBRAOTEOLATA Bak. fil., sp. nov. Ffutex 5-pedalis ad E. 

 heri Brongii. & Gris accedens, ramulis glabris cortice atro-purpureo 



P 



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basi late cuneatis in petiolum 3-4 mm. longiim attonuatis, nervis lateralibus 



crebris supra prominulis, costa 



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cymis ramosis axillaribus et t^rminalibus folia hand foquantibns ; cali/cis tuho 

 2-5-3-0 mm. longo, campanulato pubescente lobis 2 mm. longis ; hracteolis 

 ad basin calycis linearibus tubo brevioribus calycis lobis 5 persistentibus 

 obtusis; petalis albis 4-5-5 mm. longis concavis. 



Presqu'ile Bogota; occasional in dry serpentine scrub; 1500 ft. 1339. 

 Shrul) 5 ft. Corolla white, the buds patched with red. Faint sweet scent. 



Compared at the Paris Herba/ium. Allied to E 



Differs in 



the ovate acute leaves, the nerves not being so prominent below, and the two 

 bi'acteoles below the calyx are linear. The five calyx-lobes are persistent. 



E. (§Eueugenia) mouen«is Bak. fil., sp. nov. Arhor ramis teretibus 

 cortice cinereo obtectis ; foliis oblongis vel oblongo-lanceolatis vel elliptico- 



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