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Base of limestone hill, Salinas de Boqueron, {Britton, Cowell 

 & Brown, 462"/). 



Eugenia Stewardsonii Britton, sp. nov. 



A tree, 5-10 m. high, glabrous throughout, the slender twigs 

 gray. Leaves ovate, suhchartaceous, very nearly sessile, 4-6 

 cm. long, bright green and shining on both sides, the venation 

 rather prominent, coarsely reticulated, the apex obtuse or 

 rounded, the base rounded or subcordate, the stout petioles about 

 1 mm. long; flowers sessile, in lateral clusters below the leaves; 

 larger calyx-lobes obtuse, about 2 mm. long; fruit subglobose or 

 depressed-globose, 5-7 mm. in diameter. 



Mountain forests and summits. Central Cordillera of Porto 

 Rico. Type from the summit of Monte Torrecillo (Britton, 

 Cowell & Stewardson Brown, 5603). Included by Urban in 

 Eugenia cor data (Sw.) DC. 



Eugenia (?) corozalensis Britton, sp. nov. 



A tree about 6 m. high, the rather slender subterete glabrous 

 forking twigs slightly enlarged below the internodes. Leaves 

 oval-orbicular, chartaceous, glabrous, sessile, 4-7 cm. long, green 

 on both sides, densely punctate, the apex rounded, the base 

 cordate, the venation slender, loosely reticulated; flowers and 

 fruit unknown. 



Limestone hill, Corozal (Britton 7832). 



Eugenia (?) xerophytica Britton, sp. nov. 



A shrub, or a small tree up to about 4 m. high, much branched, 

 the slender terete twigs and the leaves glabrous. Leaves sub- 

 orbicular or some of them a little broader than long, coriaceous, 

 glabrous, shining above, yellow-green and reticulate-veined on 

 both sides, 1.5-5 cm - l n g> the apex obtuse, rounded or short- 

 tipped, the base subcordate or rounded, the stout petioles 2-4 

 mm. long; flowers and fruit unknown. 



Limestone rocks, Cayo Muertos, Porto Rico, (Britton, Cowell 

 & Brown, 4982, type); limestone hill, LI Tuque, west of Ponce 

 (Britton 7915). 



Calyptranthes portoricensis Britton, sp. nov. 



A tree or shrub, the twigs and inflorescence densely brown- 

 pubescent. Leaves elliptic or ovate-elliptic, coriaceous, glabrous 

 above, pubescent beneath when young, 3 7 cm. long, very ob- 

 scurely punctate, the apex rounded or acutish, the base obtuse, 

 the midvein prominent beneath, the lateral venation obscure; 



