446 Ign. Urban: 



Hab. in Jamal ca in districtu AVestmoreland ad Hopeton 33 m. 

 alt, m. Febr. fruct.: Harris n. 7050. 



Obs. Species inagnitudine foliorum insignis ex affinitate E. Duchas- 

 saingianae Berg (e Guadeloupe et Martinique), ipiae ramis non fistulosis, 

 foliis 5 — 10 mm. longe petiolatis, ovatis v. anguste ovatis', basi saepius sub- 

 cordatis, apice acute acuminatis, subtus pulverulento-pilosis, nervo raedio 

 supra prominulo, lateralibus utrocpie latere 8 — 10, baccis ellipticis v. oblongis, 

 15 — 30 mm. lougis, pulverulento-pilosulis, luteis, sepalis fere duplo minori- 

 bus diversa est. 



Eugeiiia polyneura Urb. (n. sp.) ramis glabris; foliis 6 — 7 mm. 

 longe petiolatis, ovato- ellipticis usque elliptico-lanceolatis, basi acutatis, 

 apice pleriimque longe et anguste acuminatis, acumine obtuso, 5 — 7 cm. 

 longis, 1,8 — 2,5 cm. latis, P/-, — 4-plo lougioribus quam latioribus, 

 nervo medio supra planiusculo pauUo prominente, lateralibus crebris 

 supra paruni, subtus tenuiter prominulis, vix anastomosantibus, pellu- 

 cido-punctatis, chartaceis v. chartaceo-coriaceis; floribus in axillis 

 foliorum 1 — 3, subsessilibus v. usque 1 mm. longe pedicellatis; calycis 

 tubo glabro campanulato, supra ovarium longe producto; ovario 2-locu- 

 lari, loculis 4-ovulatis. 



Arbor parva, 8 ra. alta, ligno durissimo. Eami vetustiores teretes 

 cinerascentes, epidermide saepius longitrorsum fissa, hornotini plus minus 

 compressi. Folia petiolis superne leviter sulcatis rainute puberulis, nervis 

 lateralibus utroque latere 15 — 20 sub angulo 50 — 60 '^ abeuntibus, tenuioribus 

 intermixtis, er. ^/^ mm. ante marginera conjunctis, supra punctis prominulis 

 notata nitidula, in sicco olivacea, subtus obsoletius punctata, vix pallidiora, 

 glabra, margine plana v. anguslissime recurva. Prophylla in cupulam 

 perbrevem connata glabra. Calycis tubus post anthesin persistens, ovarium 

 pluries superans; lobi suborbiculares, tubo paullo breviores, intus adpresse 

 pilosuli, post anthesin cum petalis staminibusque decidui. Petala sub- 

 rhombeo-orbicularia, er. 1 mm. longa, margine dense pilosulo-ciliata. Sta- 

 mina longiora 4 mm. longa; antherae defloratae ovali-orbiculares. Stylus 

 5 mm. longus, superne sensim attenuatus, Ovarium breviter semiovale; 

 Ovula basi affixa. 



Hab. in Jamaica ad Vinegar Hill 1160 m. alt, m. Oct fl. : Harris 

 n. 7448. 



Obs. Ex affinitate E. floribundae West, quae foliis 2 — 4 mm. longe 

 petiolatis, acute acuminatis, 1 — 2 cm. latis, nervo medio supra subimpresso, 

 floribus ad axillas numerosioribus, calyce post anthesin ad ovarium ipsum 

 circuracirca soluto recedit. 



Melastomataceae. 



Aeiotis inartiiiiceiisis Urb. anuua, caulibus quadrangularibus 



et anguste tetrapteris, pubescentibus; foliis petiolatis ovatis v. anguste 



ovatis, obtusis v. acutis, minute ciliato-serrulatis, sub -5- v. 3-nervibas, 



praesertim supra pilosis; floribus in cyma et cincinno subsessilibus; 



