88 Britton : Cuban Plants New to Science 



glabrous or nearly so in age; hypanthium appressed brown- 

 pilose; fruit unknown. 



Sierra del Caballete, Sancti Spiritus mountains, Santa Clara, 

 at 800-850 m. altitude {Leon & Clement 6540) . 



Eugenia Cowellii Britton & Wilson, sp. nov. 



A shrub, 1-2 m. high, the slender gray twigs puberulent when 

 young, soon glabrous. Leaves oblong to orbicular-elliptic, coria- 

 ceous, very small, only 4-7 mm. long, rounded at both ends, tuber- 

 culate and veinless above, black-punctate and with the midvein 

 rather prominent beneath, the petioles about 1 mm. long; fruit 

 subglobose or ellipsoid, red, about 9 mm. long. 



Coastal rocks, southern Oriente. Type collected at Cabanas 

 Bay {Britton & Cowell 12716) . 



Eugenia ( ?) cabanasensis Britton & Wilson, sp. nov. 



A tree 6 m. high, the numerous slender twigs gray, glabrous. 

 Leaves oblong-obovate, coriaceous, light green, 8-15 mm. long, 

 4-6 mm. wide, rounded at the apex, narrowed or cuneate at the 

 base, smooth, shining and with the midvein impressed above, dull, 

 copiously tuberculate-punctate and with the midvein rather prom- 

 inent beneath, the internal venation wholly obscure, the petioles 

 about 1 mm. long; flowers and fruit unknown. 



Rocky hillside, Cabanas Bay, southern Oriente {Britton & 

 Cowell 12820) . 



Eugeina moensis Britton & Wilson, sp. nov. 



A shrub or a slender tree up to 5 m. high, glabrous through- 

 out, the slender twigs densely leafy. Leaves narrowly oblong or 

 linear-oblong, 2.5-4 cm. long, 6-10 mm. wide, rounded or obtuse 

 at the apex, narrowed at the base, tuberculate-punctate on both 

 sides, the midvein lightly impressed above, faint beneath, the lat- 

 eral venation almost wholly obscure, the rather stout petioles 4-7 

 mm. long; flowers axillary, solitary, on filiform peduncles about 

 2 cm. long ; calyx about 2.5 mm. long, its lobes ovate ; young 

 fruit narrowly oblong, 6 mm. long. 



Rocky banks of mountain stream, Camp La Gloria, south of 

 Sierra Moa {Shafer 8100). 



A shrub with similar foliage, but with the leaves nearly smooth 

 on both sides and the midvein prominent beneath, growing along 

 a rocky river near Camp San Benito, Oriente, at 900 meters ele- 

 vation, may be a related species. 



