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reticulate-veined, glabrous and bright green above, pale green, 

 dull and strigose-pubescent on the veins beneath, the strigose and 

 cilia te petioles 5-1 o mm. long; fruit compressed, 2-winged, broader 

 than long, 2-3.5 cm - broad, 1.5-2.5 cm. long, notched at the apex, 

 at base abruptly contracted into a stalk about 2 mm. long, the 

 thin striate wings about one half as wide as the seed-bearing part. 

 Coastal woods, Manzanilla, Trinidad (Britton 2177). In fruit 

 (fruit fallen) March 9, 192 1. 



Combretum trinitense sp. nov. 



Vine-like, woody, the stems up to 6 m. long, the branches long 

 and slender, the twigs glandular. Leaves elliptic or elliptic- 

 lanceolate, chartaceous, 8-12 cm. long, 5 cm. wide or less, the 

 midvein prominent beneath, impressed above, the lateral veins 

 about 7 on each side of the midvein, slender, curved upwardly, 

 the upper surface glabrous, reticulate-veined, the under surface 

 impressed-glandular, the glandular petioles 6-7 mm. long; fruiting 

 racemes 6-10 cm. long; fruit oblong, 10-15 mm. long, the four thin 

 wings glandular, the pedicels about 2 mm. long. 



Hillside thicket, Chacachacare Island, Trinidad {Britton, 

 Freeman and Watts 26gg). In fruit April 3, 1921. 



Myrcia arimensis sp. nov. 



A small tree, the slender young twigs rather densely strigose. 

 Leaves elliptic to elliptic-ovate, chartaceous, 4-6 cm. long, reticu- 

 late-veined, punctate, dark green and shining above, pale green 

 beneath, the apex acute, the base narrowed, the strigose or glabrate 

 petioles 3-5 mm. long; panicles several- to many- flowered, 5-7 cm. 

 long, their slender branches spreading; flowers nearly or quite 

 sessile; calyx-lobes rounded; immature fruit globose, about 5 mm. 

 in diameter. 



Arima, Trinidad (/. Dannouse, Feb. 10, 1905). 



Eugenia Baileyi sp. nov. 



A tree up to 12 m. high or higher, the twigs terete, rather 

 slender. Leaves coriaceous, glabrous, broadly elliptic, 12-16 cm. 

 long, 9-12 cm. wide, rounded at the apex, obtuse at the base, 

 strongly pinnately veined, abundantly punctate, the stout petioles 

 1-1.5 cm. long; fruit lateral, oblong or ovoid-oblong, about 2 cm. 

 long and I cm. thick, pale, puberulent, nearly sessile. 



Forest, Morne Bleu, Trinidad (Britton, Freeman and Bailey 

 2246). In fruit March 13, 192 1. 



