BRITTON: STUDIES OF WEsT INDIAN PLANTS—XII II 
Base of limestone hill, Salinas de Boqueron, (Brition, Cowell 
& Brown, 4627). ; 
Eugenia Stewardsonii Britton, sp. nov. 
A. tree, 5-10 m. high, glabrous throughout, the slender twigs 
yori a base rounded or subcordate, the stout petioles about 
: flowers sessile, in ee clusters below the leaves; 
larger colve lobes obtuse, a out 2m long; fruit subglobose or 
depressed-globose, 5-7 mm. in ditteneter 
Mountain forests and summits. Custis Cordillera of Porto 
Rico. Type from the summit of Monte Torrecillo (Britton, 
Cowell & Stewardson Brown, 5603). Included by Urban in 
Eugenia cordata (Sw. 
Eugenia (?) corozalensis . sp. nov. 
about 6 m. high, the rather slender subterete glabrous 
fone ee slightly enlarged below the internodes. Leaves 
oval-orbicular, chartaceous, glabrous, sessile, 4-7 cm. long, green 
on both sides, densely punctate, the apex rounde d, the base 
cordate, the venation slender, loosely reticulated; flowers and 
fruit unknown. 
Limestone hill, Corozal (Britton 7832). 
Eugenia (?) xerophytica Britton, sp. nov. 
shrub, or a small tree up to about 4 m. high, much branched, 
the slender terete twigs and the leaves glabrous. Leaves sub- 
orbicular or some of them a little broader than long, coriaceous, 
glabrous, reese above, a i -green and reticulate-veined on 
both sides, 1.5-5 cm. long, t e apex obtuse, rounded or short- 
tipped, the base subcordate or rounded, the stout petioles 2-4 
m. long; flowers and fruit unknown 
Limestone rocks, Cayo Muertos, Porto Rico, (Britton, Cowell 
& Brown, 4982, TYPE); limestone hill, El Tuque, west of Ponce 
(Britton 7915). 
Calyptranthes portoricensis Britton, sp. nov. 
A tree or shrub, the twigs and inflorescence densely brown- 
pubescent. Leaves elliptic or ovate-elliptic, coriaceous, glabrous 
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scurely punctate, the apex rounded or acutish, the base obtuse, 
the midvein prominent beneath, the lateral venation obscure; 
