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deciduis. Axes laterales paucíE 4 — 6 squamo — axillares, 

 I — V. — rarissime ? 00 — florae, elongatcB, tenues, fructiferae 

 débiles, cum fructu pendulce. 



Flores parvi v. mediocres 4 — fidi glabri; restivatione sub- 

 globosi late 4 — sulcati. 



Germen mínimum basi calycis v. disco multo angustius, 

 leviter obconicum 8 — sulcatum, non punctatum, glabrum ! 

 costis, sepalis et petiolis oppositis ; loculis 2 magnis o — 10 

 spermis centralibus, in limbum calycis abrupte abeuntibus. 

 Bracteai oppositae minimie valde caducie subulatae, axillis 

 illarum filiis minimis ochraceis persistentibus minitis. 



Limbus calycis 4 — partitus reflexus parce punctatus, la- 

 ciniis ellipticis in?equalibus valde coyicavis; fructiferus, cre- 

 scens, viridis, erectus. 



Pétala 4 alba impunctata calyce longiora obovata ! refle- 

 xa, valde concava. 



Discus crassus quadratus, priecipue in angulis germinis 

 multo latior glaber? ad 3^ staminiferus. — Stamina circi- 

 ter 50, 3— seriata restivatione non flexa. Antherre ? — Sty- 

 lus longe persistens ; stigma parvum, (disciforme ?) — Bacca 

 minor, ¡^liuearis'^ globosa, glabra, dilute rufa, nitida, puncta- 

 ta ? 8 — sulcata! sub-pellucida, dulcis, aromática, gratissima, 

 semper i— sperma, epidermide tenuissima, pulpa (aquosa) 

 succulenta ; apice late Irevis ! linea circulari impressa. 



Semen magnum albidum, impunctatum, lenticulare, pulpa 

 non adnato. 



Embryo viridis, punctatus ! totus connatus, radícula punc- 

 tiformi ! vix prominula. Umbilicus baccíE magnus, immer- 

 sus, fundo planus baccatus, lateraliter coriaceus, cicatrices 

 staminum gerens. 



Obs. Area magna circulari-apicalis fructus e basi limbo 

 calycis grandefacto ! (baccata) formata ; in juniore dcest. 



Corrientes, Paraguay in silvis frcqueiis. 



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Eugenia sp. Ñangapiri ex Igatimí. 



Gemmre puré floriferai. Folia persistentia, Umbellae sub- 

 paucíe 4 -florae, sessiles, apice abortie-ite, v. nec flore nec 

 ramo non terminatae, sessiles; (rarissime in ramum 2-phyl- 

 lum terminatae ; Aug. 1862). Si gemmae 3 apicales floriferae 

 sunt, pedicelli proecipue umbellati apparent, unde umbellaae 

 forte sessiles. 



Pedicelli elongati, oninino approxiniati. 



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