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STANDLEY TREES AND SHRUBS OF MEXICO. 1043 



9. Eugenia avicenniae Standi., sp. nov. 



Vicinity of Acapulco, Guerrero (type, Palmer 57; U. S. Nat. Herb. no. 

 266797). 



Slender shrub, the branches terete, gray, strigillose when young; petioles 

 1 to 2 mm. long; leaf blades narrowly oblong or linear-oblong, 3.5 to 6 cm. 

 long, 0.7 to 2.3 cm. wide, rounded at apex, slightly narrowed to the obtuse 

 base, coriaceous, thinly strigillose or glabrate; flowers racemose, the racemes 

 half as long as the leaves, 4 or 5-flowered, the pedicels 5 to 8 mm. long, fulvous- 

 sericeous, the bractlets linear, 2 mm. long; calyx 6 to 7 mm. broad, fulvous- 

 sericeous, the lobes rounded ; fruit 1 cm. long. " Capulin." 



Palmer 358 from Acapulco belongs to this species. 



10. Eugenia oaxacana Standi., sp. nov. 



Oaxaca and perhaps in Morelos ; type from San Geronimo, Oaxaca (Par pus 

 7139; U. S. Nat. Herb. no. 567463). 



Tree, 6 meters high, the branches terete, grayish, densely brownish-strigillose 

 when young; petioles 3 to 7 mm. long, broadly elliptic or oval, 3 to 6 cm. 

 long, 2 to 3.8 cm. wide, rounded or obtuse at apex and base, thin, bright green, 

 subconcolorous, glabrous in age; flowers chiefly in elongate racemes (2 to 3.5 

 cm. long) but partly solitary, the pedicels stout, 2 to 8 mm. long, brownish- 

 strigillose, the bractlets minute, lance-acuminate, caducous ; calyx 7 mm. 

 broad, brownish-sericeous, the lobes broadly rounded, ciliate. 



Pringle 7234, from Cuernavaca, is probably referable to this species. 



11. Eugenia inconspicua Standi., sp. nov. 



Type from Culiacan, Sinaloa {Palmer 1786; U. S. Nat. Herb. no. 567797). 



Branches terete, gray, cinereous-strigillose when young ; petioles 2 to 3 mm. 

 long ; leaf blades narrowly oblong-elliptic, 2.5 to 5 cm. long, 1.3 to 2 cm. 

 wide, narrowed to the obtuse apex, acute or attenuate at base, thin, subcon- 

 colorous, glabrous, at least in age; inflorescence short-racemose, the rachis 

 2 to 4 mm. long, the fruiting pedicels 5 to 7 mm. long, whitish-strigillose. the 

 bractlets lance-deltoid, acute, 1.5 mm. long; calyx about 7 mm. broad, the 

 4 lobes rounded, minutely sericeous; fruit subglobose, 8 mm. long or larger, 

 glabrate. 



12. Eugenia tomentulosa Standi., sp. nov. 



Type from Acaponeta, Tepic {Rose 1476; U. S. Nat. Herb. no. 300313). 



Branches terete, gray, the young ones densely grayish-tomentose ; petioles 

 very stout, 3 to 9 mm. long ; leaf blades oblong-elliptic or obovate, 6.5 to 11.5 

 cm. long, 3 to 5 cm. wide, obtuse, acute or obtuse at base, coriaceous, opaque, 

 when young densely tomentose on both surfaces, in age glabrate, the venation 

 prominent and reticulate beneath ; inflorescence racemose, the racemes 3 to 

 5-flowered, pedunculate, 3 to 4 cm. long, the pedicels stout, 2 to 5 mm. long, 

 tomentose, the bractlets subulate, caducous; calyx 7 to 10 mm. broad, tomen- 

 tose, the 4 lobes rounded. 



13. Eugenia guatemalensis Donn. Smith, Bot. Gaz. 23: 245. 1897. 

 Sinaloa to Oaxaca. Guatemala and El Salvador ; type from Santa Rosa, 



Guatemala. 



Shrub or tree, 2 to 7 meters high ; leaves short-petiolate, mostly elliptic, 3.5 

 to 8.5 cm. long, 1.5 to 5.5 cm. wide, shortly obtuse-acuminate, acute to very 

 obtuse at base, finely sericeous when young, in age usually glabrate above ; 

 flowers in short, dense or lax racemes, or glomerate ; calyx about 5 mm. 

 broad, sericeous ; fruit oval, 8 to 14 mm. long, black at maturity, 1-seeded. 

 " Guayabillo " (Sinaloa); "capulin" (Guerrero); " guacuco " (El Salvador). 



