Jennings: Contribution to Botany of Isle of Pines. 203 



escaped in the American tropics. The fruit is apricot-flavored and 

 is highly valued for making jelly. 



507. Eugenia punicifolia (Humboldt, Bonpland, & Kunth) De- 



Candolle. 



Myrtus puniccefolia Humboldt, Bonpland, & Kunth, Nova Genera et Species 



Plantarum, VI, 1823, p. 149. 

 Eugenia punicafolia P. DeCandolle, Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni 



Vegetabilis, III, 1828, p. 267. 



Near Nueva Gerona, May 13, 1904, A. H. Curtiss, No. 40S; swampy 

 places along river south of Nueva Gerona, May 12, 1910, 0. E. Jen- 

 nings, No. 203; near Los Indios, Nov. 4, 191 2, G. A. Link. General 

 Distribution: Northern South America and the Isle of Pines. 



508. Psidium Guajava Linnaeus. Guava. Lemon Guava. 



Psidiutn Guajava Linn.eus, Species Plantarum, I, Ed. I, 1753, p. 470. 



Psidium pyriferutn Linn^us, Species Plantarum, I, Ed. II, 1762, p. 672. 



Psidium pomiferum. Linn^us, I. c. 



Psidium Guava Grisebach, Flora of the British West Indian Islands, i860, p. 241. 



On old homestead site, near Nueva Gerona, May 5, 1910, 0. E. 

 Jennings, No. j8. General Distribution: American tropics, widely 

 cultivated, now introduced and naturalized, sometimes as a weed, as 

 far north as the Bermudas, Bahamas, Florida, and California. Fruit 

 somewhat astringent, but highly valued for jellies and preserves. 



509. Psidium Guayabita A. Richard. 



Psidium Guayabita A. Richard, in Sagra, Historia Fisica, Politica y Natural de la 

 Isla de Cuba, X, 1845, p. 277. 



Near Nueva Gerona, March and May, 1904, A. H. Curtiss, No. 3^0; 

 on dry savanna, near Nueva Gerona, May 5, 1910, 0. E. Jennings, 

 No. 2Q; dry savanna near Casas Mts., May 12, 1910, 0. E. Jennings, 

 No. 2iy. General Distribution: Cuba and the Isle of Pines. 



510. Calyptranthes pinetorum Britton & Wilson, 



Calyptranthes pinetorum Britton & Wilson, Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, 

 XLIII, 1916, p. 465. 



An interesting plant, forming shrubby mats about two feet high, 

 on the white gravelly soil about one mile north of Los Indios. May 

 19, 1910, 0. E. Jennings, No. jgo, type. The specimens were not as 

 complete as desirable for study, but they represent a species very 



