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anguste canaliculati, in sicco atrati. Pedicelli 03 em. long., crassiusculi, pubescentes 
vel puberuli, basi bracteá parvá ovata vix 0:2 em. long. muniti, et sub flore bracte- 
olas duas ovatas acutas sub alabastris 0-1 em. long., mox usque ad 0'2 em. auctas 
ferentes. Flores albi, in sicco lutei. Ovarium cylindrieum, obsolete puberulum, 
minute verrucosum, 0:25 em. long. Sepala 4, 0°15 em. long., post anthesin patula 
vel recurva. Petala 4, late ovata, 0:5 em. long., ciliolata. Stamina 0:6 cm. et stylus 
0:5 em. long. 
Mihi videtur ad Hugeniam flavescentem, DO., spectare, ob foliorum vero formam et 
magnitudinem, pedicellos abbreviatos, flores majores, certe non cum ed conspecifica. 
[Bras. Or., Guiana.] 
EUGENIA ($ RACEMOS E) TINGE-LINGUA (sp. nov.); ramulis racemisque seepissime minute 
puberulis; foliis oppositis, coriaceo-membranaceis, petiolatis, lanceolatis vel ovato- 
lanceolatis, raro ovatis, breviter vel longiuscule obtuse cuspidatis, basi leviter 
angustatis et obtusis, sparse pellucido-punctatis ; costis secundariis utrinque cirea 8, 
rectis, costa submarginali eximie arcuatá ad 0:4-0:6 cm. a margine folium percur- 
sante; racemis quam folia brevioribus oppositis, lateralibus axillaribusve, 3-5-carpicis; 
baccá subglobosá, 1-2-spermá, sepalis brevibus plus minus conniventibus coronata. 
Hab. Frequens ad Santa Cruz et in vicinia, mens. Oct. fructificans. Tinge lingua 
incolarum, Oumahung Paraguariensium. (N. 463.) 
Ramuli compressi, juniores in sicco brunei, demum cinerei. Folia S'0-120 cm. long., 
3°0-4°5 cm. lat., margine revoluto, supra haud nitida, subtus pallidiora; costa media 
supra alte impressa, subtus admodum eminens; costs secundariz et costa submar- 
ginalis supra obscurze, subtus aliquanto prominulz ; venulze arcte reticulate ; petioli 
vix usque ad l'0 cm. long., supra canaliculati, rugulosi, in sicco fusci. Racemi 
fructiferi 2:0—4'0 cm. long., ascendentes; pedicelli 0:3-0:5 em. long., patentes, basi 
bracteá parvá ovatá puberulà circa 0:08 cm. long. aucti. Sepala 4, rotundata, 
ciliolata, supra fructum 0-1 cm. long. Flores nonsuppetebant. Bacca edulis, usque 
ad 0:8 cm. long. et diam. (szepe vero circa 0°65 cm.), viva nigro-purpurea, in sicco 
verruculosa. Semen 0°5 em. long. 
Accedit ad E. Gardnerianam, Berg, cujus ramuli et racemi appresse hirti, folia latiora, 
pedicelli elongati pluriflori, etc. 
From the faet of this plant being well-known to our Paraguayan peons, I infer for it 
a southward range, unless indeed, as is probable, the Owmahung be a nearly allied species 
of Eugenia. Bras. Or. | 
EUGENIA ($ RACEMOS£) PSEUDOVERTICILLATA (sp. nov.) Suffruticosa, erecta, ramulis 
subteretibus, strictis, molliter pubescentibus, primo tomentellis; foliis petiolatis, 
membranaceis, plerisque ternatim, rarius binatim, rarissime quaternatim verticillatis 
vel subverticillatis, nonnunquam plane solitariis, oblanceolatis, raro obovato-oblanceo- 
latis, plerumque breviter ac late euspidatis, obtusis, basi sensim cuneatis, utrinque 
molliter pubescentibus; costis secundariis parum conspieuis utrinque circa 12, 
rectis vel fere rectis, costá marginali ad 0'1-0:15 em. a margine folium percursante ; 
