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MijrUis bi/hra Linn. Syst. X. cd. 11 (I7:i!)j. p. lOfiG el Spec. 11. ed. J. 

 674; Elmgr. Pug. Jam. in Linn. Amocn. V (17 o9). p. 59S ; Liot. Jam. L 

 557; Sprcng. Syst. U. i82. 



Caryophyllus fruticosus Mill. Gavd. Diet. ed. Vf II (1768). n.3. 



MyHits pallens Vahl! Symb. II (1791). p. 57; Sprcny. Syst. II. 4 So 

 (excl. syn. Pair.). 



Eugenia hijhra DC. Prodr. HI (iH28). p. 276; Berg in Linnaea 

 XWIL 246. 



Eugenia pallens DC. Prodr. 111(1828). p. 284; Berg in Linnaea XXVIL 

 p. 280. 



:f. J a m . II ( 



non DC. 



Eugenia commutata Berg! in Linnaea XXVII (J8,')6). p. 174. 

 Eugenia virgultosa Kiacrsk.! in BoL Tiibskr. XVII (1890). p. 26H p.p. 



fruticosus foliis lanceolatis ojipositis , /loribus geminalis 



alaribus P. Br. Jam. 



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R^mi juniores brcvLssime patcnli-pilosi v. pilis suboroctis lon-ioribus adspcrsi v. 

 subscricci. Folia 3— 8 mm tongo poUoIata, acumine apicc plerumque rolundalo v, 

 obluso, ram (n, 5057j acuto, 4— 6,5 cm longn, punctis pcllucidis supia impressis v, noa 

 conspicuis \\ paruin prominulis, subtus plcrunique tenuilcr prominulis saope brurincs- 

 ccntibus, subcoriacea v. charlaceo-coriacea , marginc Integra v, undulaio-cremilola y. 

 subcronuUda. Inflorescenlia e 2-, 4- v. usque lO-lloraCj breviler pubcsccntcs v. 

 tomontosulac; l^racteac 1—2 mm tongac; pcdicclli 5— 15 mm longi. Scpala longiora 

 1,8--2,5, in fructu u'^que 3 mm longa. Potala 4—5 mm longa. Stylus l\—(y mm longiis. 

 Ovarium cxtrinsccus albido-sericeum; ovula in qnoquc loculo 8 — 12, plnconlae 

 laminuliformi e pariete supra medium prodeunti insidcntia. Baccae oblique obovafo- 

 globulosae, 1- v. 2-spertnae, 



Habilnt in Jamaica: Marsh n. 894 (herb. Kew.j^ Purdie (herb. Kew.)^ 

 Swarlz in herb, Willd. n. 9536, in Blue Mountains e. gr. prope Nowcaslle: 

 Bot. Dep. Herb. (W. Harris, Hart) n. 904, U19 p.p., 5012, 5018, 5019, 

 5057,5232, 5270; loco non mdicato: herb. Vahl in herb. Haun. (Banks ded.J. 



Obs. Forlassc a vaiiclalibus praccedentibus spccifice diversa, si characteres mihi 

 ignoli e modo crcscendi, colore frucluum sumti accedunt. 



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Var. 5. ludibuiida Kr. et Urb. foliis orbiculari-ovcilibus, ovalibus v. 

 obovatis, in acumen pleruiiuiue mediocre contractis, 2—3,5 cm latis, dimidio 

 usque duplo loDgioribus quam latioribuSj glabris v. praeserlim ad nervum 

 medium pilosulis, nervis lalcralibus 6—10 supra ten niter prominulis v. 

 obsoietis, raro tenuiter subimpressis , sublus prominentibus et sub- 

 anaslomosanlibus V. tenuiter prominulis; bractcis orbicularl-triangulariljus 

 V. ovatis, oblusis V. acutis ; ovario scclioue transversa otl)iculari; baccis 

 6 — 8 mm diamelro. 



Eugenia ludibunda Berteroi 



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(excl. descr. baccae) 



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p. 280; 



St. Croix and Viry. Isl. p. 57, ~ non DC. 



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