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p ersis ten t i a. Pctala orbicularia v. ovala 3 mui loiiiia, mai-gine supcro ciliala. 

 Stamina 1- v. subbiseriaia^ longiora ct stylus 5 — 7 mm longn , petala duplo v. plus 

 quam duplo snperantia. Ovarium apice glabrum^ extrinsecus breviter adpresse albido- 

 pilosumj S-locuIare, ovulis in quoque loculo binisexflpice pendulis. Dacca brc- 

 viler globulosa 8 — 10 mtn longa , 10 — H mm crassa, donsissime glanduloso-granulala 

 glabra. Semen solitariiim subovale v. globoso- ovale, testa pcriccirpio adbacrentc. 

 Embryo 7 — 9 mm longus, 6 — 7 mm latus, fere in 3/4 circuitus rodiculom adnatum 

 praebens; cotyledones plane conferrunnnatae intus cavitalcs resinosas non praebentcs; 

 radicula libera puncLiformis v. obsolcta, 



Ilabilat in Guadeloupe in montibus sylvalicis m. Marl., April. ^ Majo 

 flor.: Duchassning, Buss n. 3448; Dominica: Imniy^ Ramage; St. Lucia: 

 Anderson (herb. Kew.); St. Vincent: Anderson ex herb. Forsylh, in 

 montibus St. Andrews COO m alt. m. Maio flor.: Smith n. 1559, 173G; 

 praeterea in Guiana yallica: Patris, Poiteau, Richard, Sagot n. 261. 



Obs. 1. Nomon Aubletianum (Guian. I. 1775. p. noi) ob »fulia subsessilia, {lores 

 subsessilesw, et praesertim ob wsemina tria« anteponere non audeo, quan^iuam icon t. 198! 

 cum speciminibus Sago(ianis et Hamagcanis satis quadrat, 

 (Cayenne leg. Patris) foliis basi obtusis, fere rotundatis, ncrvo medio supra late prorainulo, 

 baccis pcdieellalis a nostra specie certe specifice diversa. 



Obs. II. In statu fructifero formis 7^:, Lambertianae nonnullis similis, (iuac caiyce 

 fructifero majore, fructibus pediccllatis, euibryone intus cavitates i)arvas resinosas 

 praebente, radicula brevi, sed bamato-proininente Tacile distinguenda est. 



Obs, HI. E, coffeifoUa var. parvijoUa Berg! (Jamaica leg, Berlero) floribus (bre- 

 vissime) racemoso-disposifis, ovario extrinsecus glabro loculis or. fi-ovulatis luio coelo 

 diversa ad E. monticolam DC. special* 



E. Sinemaricnsis DC! 



Obs. JV. 



Dignilatcm generis Myrciariae species anfecedenfes bene illustrant: 



E. ftorihimda calycis tubo supra ovarium cupuliformi-producto dcciduo, ovarii luculis 

 1-ovulatis ovulis e basi ascendcntibus, E. Asa-Grayi calycis tubo verisimililer analogo, 

 ovarii loculis 2-ovulatis, E, coffeifoUa calycis tubu cum ovario plane coalilo, sepalis in 

 ructu persistentibus, ovarii locidis 2-ovulatis, ovulis pendulis, E. VH^riticriana 'm\^Q.\^^ 

 notis, sed ovulis basi ascendentilnis. 



cc. CubensGs. Folia ovalia, obovata u.s(juc obloni^o-lanceolata, apice rolundafa^ IjS— 'icm 

 longa, ulrinquc v. [E,4)revipes) supra lanlum evenia v. parcc venosa , ulrinque v. 

 [E. Sauvallei) supia lanlum elevatim glanduloso-tubcrculala. Flores in ayillis solitarii 

 V. panel scssiles v. breviter pcdicellati. Calycis lobi obtusi v. rotundati (cf. etiam 



Myrlus elliptica, M. Sagraea, Psidium Wriohtn). 



a* Sepala dorso solcnmiter in cristam rolundatam producta. 



162. E. cristata Wr. et Sauv. ramulis hornolinis nnnutissime pilo- 

 sulis; foliis 1,5 — 2 mm longe petiolaliSj ovalibus v, breviter ovalibus v. 

 ovatis, apice oblusissimis v. rolundatis, basi rotundatis v. obtusis pcr- 

 paullum in pctiolum conlractis, 2,5 — 4 cm longis, 1,7 — 3 cm latis, vix 

 dimidio v. fere^usque duplo longioribus quam lalioribus^ nervo medio supra 

 subplano V. inferne parum iuipresso, lateralibus ufnnque parum, sublus 

 pauUo magis proniinulis, punctis subpellucidis creberrimis, ulrinque pro- 

 minulis, charlaccis v. crassiuscule chartaceis glabris; pcdlccllis 1 — 10 mm 

 longis 1-floris; sepalis 4 suborbicularibus v. scmiovatis cr. 2 mm longis^ 

 dorso in crislam cuculHformem solidam rolundatam soleniuilcr produclis ■ 



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