44 Britton: Studies of West Indian plants — XI 



Calyptranthes montana Britton & Wilson, sp. nov. 



A much-branched shrub, with slender glabrous branches, the 

 twigs rusty-brown and somewhat pubescent when young. 

 Leaves lanceolate, coriaceous, 9-30 mm. long, 6-1 1 mm. broad, 

 obtusely acuminate at the apex, acute at the base, rusty brown 

 and pubescent when young, glabrous at maturity, the lateral 

 veins rather prominent on both sides; petioles 0.9 mm. long or 

 less; inflorescence 1-3-flowered, the peduncles filiform, 7 mm. 

 long or less; buds globose-ovoid, 1.5 mm. in diameter. 



Sierra Maestra, Oriente {Leon 10805). 



Eugenia cati Britton & Wilson, sp. nov. 



A glabrous shrub or small tree, the twigs slender. Leaves 

 elliptic to elliptic-obovate, chartaceous, 7 cm. long or less, 

 rather sparingly punctate, dark green above, pale beneath, not 

 very conspicuously veined, the apex rounded or obtuse, the base 

 mostly narrowed, the petioles 3-7 mm. long; flowers glomerate 

 in the axils; calyx-lobes suborbicular, about 3 mm. broad. 



In woods, Loma del Gato, Cobre Range of Sierra Maestra, 

 Oriente {Leon, Clement and Roca 10045, type; 10588). 



Eugenia ginoriaefolia Britton & Wilson, sp. nov. 



Glabrous; twigs slender. Leaves ovate to elliptic, char- 

 taceous, 3-7 cm. long, dark green and shining above, rather 

 prominently veined, pale beneath, densely punctate, the apex 

 obtuse, the base obtuse or narrowed, the petioles only 3 mm. 

 long or less; flowers glomerate at the nodes of twigs, sessile; 

 calyx-lobes about 2 mm. broad, densely glandular, glabrous; 

 petals elliptic to oval, about 3 mm. long, 1.8-2.2 mm. broad, 

 obtuse or acutish at the apex; filaments filiform, glabrous, the 

 anthers elliptic. 



Sierra Maestra, Oriente {Leon 10812). 



Eugenia lomensis Britton & Wilson, sp. nov. 



Shrub 2-3 m. high, with slender pubescent twigs. Leaves 

 lanceolate or elliptic, coriaceous, 3.5-7 cm. long, 1.7-3 cm - 

 broad, acuminate at the apex, acute at the base, glabrous or 

 nearly so above, the midrib and lateral veins impressed, pubes- 

 cent beneath, the midvein prominent; petio'es 2.5 mm. long or 

 ess ; fruit subglobose, 9 mm. in diameter, black, slender-peduncled, 

 solitary or clustered in the axils of the leaves. 



Foothills of the Sierra Maestra, Oriente {Leon ioyg4, type; 

 10062). 



