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Eiigema pallens Grisb, ! Flor, (ISGO). p. 257 p. p., — non DC. 

 Psidiaslrum duhmm Bella Ap, F flSSt). p. 372; Kriig Ic. L 227 I 

 Eugenia huxifoUa Spreng. ! in herb, ap. DC.j — non Willd. 

 Eugenia divaricala Willd. I herb, n, 9olo ap. Berg^ — non Benlh. 

 Eugenia fJavo'Virens Slahl! Est. JV (ISSdJ, p, S6 p. p., — non Berg. 



Stopper V. Whi te slop per Florid, ex Sargent^ Stopper, Broad- 

 leavod v. Red Hod-wood Buham. ex Gard. et Brace; Guairage 

 1?. Guairajc Cub. ex ]Vr. et Moral., Guairajillo Cub, ex Bich.\ 

 Merisior Gnad. ex Duss , Morisier saiivnae, Merisior a cochoii 

 Giif((L ex Dud),. 



Fru tcx 2— 4 m v. arbor C— 12 m olta. Rami novclli glaljcrriini. Folia 5—8 mm 

 longc petiolata, late ovata' usque obloiiga, basi acuta, in petiolum prolracta, raro rolun- 

 dala, apicc oblusa V. pluiuuiqui^ l)ievitcr V. longius obtuse acuminata, 4 — 8 cm longa, 

 1,5—8,5 cm lata, glaTuluiis utrinquo plus minus v. vix prominentibus. Inflorcs- 

 centiac ex axillis i— 3, racemulosae, petiolum aequantes v. brevioros; propbylla 

 minuta rotundata, inferno v. fere ad apicem connafa. Sepala longiora 0,6—0,8 (0,5 

 1) njin longa, semiorbicularia v, semiovalia. Petala alha orbicularia \\ rarius ohovata 

 1,8—2, raio ~J* mm longa. Stylus 3—4 mm longus. Ovarium ^labruni v. rarissime 

 minutissime scabriuscule pilosum, semiglobosum v. seniiovale , laeve v. glanduloso- 

 punctalum, ovulis in quocjuc loculo 5 — 8, laminulae e parielis parte suprema v. superi- 

 orc prodeunli insidentin cr. 3-seriala. Baccae, sinormaliter evolutae, quod rarum est, 

 spbaoroideae nigrescentes transvcrsim tcreles v. longitrorsum oblusissimc 4- v. 8-co- 

 statae, glanduioso-punclatae, 7— 10 mm dianietro, sacpius lamen ictu inseclorum defor- 

 malae: aut valde rugosae v. irrogulariter gibbosao, ligncscentes [Evgeniaverrucosa \V\ch., 

 Psidiaslrum dubium Beljo, qui cavitates vermium pro scminibus cassis habuit) et saepius 

 usque 16 mm dinmetro ampliatao, multicellosae , aut rugosac et coitice brunnco v. 

 cincrco dcsilientc obtectae, pericarpio valde incrassato, cavitate valde angusta, plerum- 

 que solitaria, sacpius tantum 3— 5mm crassae, aut piriformes v. obovatac (veris, fructus 

 Myrti axillaris Sw.) v, subglobosae, superficic non mub'da, sed muUicellosac. Semen 

 solitarium sub apicc aftixum, testa endocarpio arete accumbenle, ab cmbryone solula, 

 brannoscente cbartacea elasticft. Embryo breviter sphaeroideus, apice plus minus ex- 

 cavatus,sed aream impressam circumcinctam non praebens, a latcribus ad cavilatem 



plus nnnus irregulariler plicalo-coslulalus, a dorso medio usque ad lalus altcrum in 



Vs — ^li circuitus I'adiculam impressam cum cotyledonibus connalam non semper mani- 



festam ofTcrens; cotyledones plane conferruniinalae, hitus cavitalibus minutis resiniferis 



instruclac; radicula apice vix prominens. — Flor. plcrumcjue m. Jul., ex Egg. m. Aug. 



Oct.; fruct. m. Febr. , Marl., sed etiani Sept.— Dec, in Florida a Nov. scnsim usque 

 ad April. 



Habitat In ins. Bermudas: Lofroy (borb. Kew., forma baccis globoso- 

 plriforinibus); Florida: Cabauis, Rugel n. 229 (herb. Kew.), ad Indian 

 river solo conchoso : Curliss n. 984; ins. Key dictis e\ Sargent; ins. Ba- 

 ham. Long Island: Kggcrs n. 4019, Fortune Island : Kggcrs n. 3805; 

 C ul)a: Sagra n. 30G, Valenzuela n, 21, Wright n. 173, 2425, 2428, prope 

 Ilabana: Morales n. 31 , propc Matanzas: Poeppig, Torralbas n. 307, in 

 rupibus ripae fluminis Yumury ad Matanzas: Pooppig, prope Guanabacoa: 

 Torralbas n. 32 ^ propo Jagua: herb, Sagra, prope Santiago in Sierra 

 Maestra: Linden n, 2029; Grand Cavman: Hitchcock; Jamaiea: 



