Plantae eubenses Ekman. ]. 703 
sensim acuminata, apice acuta, 2—4 cm. longa, 0,5—1 cm.lata, nervo 
medio supra per totam longitudinem anguste impresso, lateralibus .utro- 
que latere 8— 14 supra tenuiter impressis, subtus vix prominulis, non 
anastomosantibus, juniora pellucida, utrinque breviter et adpresse pilosa, 
adultiora supra parum prominulo-punctata v. sublaevia, subtus obsolete 
impresso-punctata, non pellucida, glabrata, margine obsolete crenulato 
recurva, rigide coriacea. Inflorescentiae axillares pauciflorae racemosae, 
rhachi valde abbreviata v. elongata; bracteae nunc lineares usque 3 mm. 
longae, nunc euphylloideae flores solitarios in axillis gerentes; pedicelli 
inferiores usque 1 cm. longi, superiores multo breviores; prophylla 
lanceolata longe acuminata 2—4 mm. longa. Sepala 4 in floribus ejus- 
dem rami variabilia, e basi triangulari lanceolata, nunc breviter nunc 
longe caudato-acuminata 3—4,5 mm. longa, utrinque breviter pubes- 
centia. Petala non rite visa. Stylus 7 mm. longus glaber; stigma 
punctiforme. Ovarium globulosum breviter I ORRDOE, 2-loculare; ovula 
in quoque loculo er. 11. 
Prov. Oriente in Sierra Maestra in Finca la Reuniön prope Nongo- 
longo austrum versus in fruticetis, m. Mart. flor.: n. 7014. 
Obs. Ex affinitate E. scaphophyllae Ch. Wright. 
Eugenia papayoensis Urb. (spec. nov.). Frutex. Rami hornotini 
pilis minutis adpressis obsiti, plus minus compressi, vetustiores teretes 
cortice fisso induti. Folia 1— 1,5 mm. longe petiolata, lanceolato-linearia 
v. sublinearia, basi obtusiuscula v. obtusa, superne sensim angustata, 
apice acuta v. mucronata, 3— 5 cm. longa, 2,5 —7 mm. lata, nervo medio 
supra solemniter impresso v. superne in sulco prominulo, lateralibus 
supra nullis, subtus non conspicuis v. obsoletis non anastomosantibus, 
supra obsure viridia, glandulis bene prominentibus granulata, subtus 
multo pallidiora, glabra, sparsim et parum manifeste punctata, punctis 
non pellueidis, rigide coriacea, margine plus minus recurva. Inflorescentiae 
(fructiferae tantum visae) ex axillis foliorum solitariae 1-florae v. in 
ramulo valde abbreviato 1— 7 mm. longo ex axillis bracteae triangularis 
usque 4-florae; pedunculi 3— 10 mm. longi, adpresse pilosuli; prophylla 
sub calyce ipso prodeuntia, ovato-lanceolata acuminata, 1,5—2 mm. 
longa. Calyeis lobi 4 inaequales et in eodem ramo variabiles, majores 
suborbiculares abrupte et breviter v. brevissime acuminati, 2,5 mm. longi, 
minores triangulares anguste acuminati v. acuti, vix 2 mm.longi, omnes 
dorso brevissime adpresseque pilosuli. Fructus breviter obovati v. 
globulosi densissime glandulosi et minute adpresseque pilosuli, usque 
7 mm. longi, usque 6 mm. crassi. Semina 2— 4, a dorso convexo ovata 
v. breviter ovata, ventre plus minus curvata, 4—5 mm. longa, 3,5 — 
4 mm. lata; testa laevis nitida membranacea. Cotyledones conferrumi- 
natae; radicula non conspicua. 
