90 Britton : Cuban Plants New to Science 



Eugenia Rocana Britton & Wilson, sp. nov. 



A shrub, about 2 m. high, the slender young twigs puberulent, 

 the older ones gray, terete, glabrous. Leaves oblong or oblong- 

 lanceolate, subcoriaceous, 2.5 cm. long or less, acute at the apex, 

 obtuse at the base, the midvein impressed above, prominent be- 

 neath, the lateral venation delicate, not prominent, the upper sur- 

 face tuberculate, the puberulent petioles about 1 mm. long; 

 flowers solitary or few together and nearly sessile; calyx 1.5 mm. 

 long, densely whitish-pubescent with appressed hairs, its lobes 

 triangular to triangular-ovate, 2-2.5 mm - l n g> acuminate. 



Rocky summit of Sierra de Anafe, Havana {Leon & Roca 

 7142) . 



Eugenia clarensis Britton & Wilson, sp. nov. 



A tree about 6 m. high, the slender young twigs puberulent. 

 Leaves oblong or oblong-oblanceolate, subcoriaceous, 2.8 cm. long 

 or less, 6-10 mm. wide, acute at the apex, mostly obtuse at the 

 base, the midvein impressed above, prominent beneath, the lateral 

 venation wholly obscure, the upper surface tuberculate, the stout 

 petioles about 1.5 mm. long; flowers axillary, solitary or in 2-4- 

 flowered clusters; pedicels 2-4 mm. long, pubescent; bractlets 

 lanceolate; calyx-tube whitish-pubescent with long hairs, 2 mm. 

 long, its lobes ovate, acuminate at the apex, ciliate ; petals oval, 5 

 mm. long, 3 mm. broad, rounded at the apex. 



Woods, Pitajones, Santa Clara {Shafcr 12275). 



Eugenia anafensis Britton & Wilson, sp. nov. 



A shrub about 2 m. high, the young twigs slender, densely 

 puberulent. Leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate, chartaceous, 

 glabrous, 3-5 cm. long, 9-18 mm. wide, acute or short-acuminate 

 at the apex, obtuse or narrowed at the base, the midvein im- 

 pressed above, prominent beneath, the lateral venation delicate, 

 not prominent, the upper surface tuberculate ; flowers solitary 

 and very nearly sessile in the axils ; fruit subglobose, about 8 mm. 

 in diameter, the persistent calyx-lobes triangular to triangular- 

 ovate, 2.5 mm. long, acute. 



Rocky hillside, Sierra de Anafe, Pinar del Rio {Wilson 



1 1 587)' 



Eugenia ignota Britton & Wilson, sp. nov. 



A shrub about 3 m. high, the young twigs, inflorescence and 

 veins of the young leaves appressed-pubescent. Leaves oblong 

 to elliptic, thin-chartaceous, 3 cm. long or less, 8-16 mm. wide, 



