Nova genera et species V. 807 



vatim glanduloso-piinctati; proi^hylla inier bese remota ovata feie 2 mm. 

 longa. Sepala majora 5 mm., minora basi fere 4 mm. lata, coriacea, dense 

 glanduloso - granulata. 



Hab. in Jamaica prope Mandeville ad Marshall's Pen, m. Sept. 

 fruct. iramat. praebens: Harris et Britton u. 10600. 



Obs. Affinis E. polypom Urb. foliis ovatis v. anguste ovatis sub- 

 sensim v. obtusissime acuminatis, multo tenuioribus, nervo medio supra pro- 

 minente, punctis pellucidis creberrimis atque densissimis, pedicellis fnieti- 

 feris 1 — 1,5 cm. longis, rhachi valde abbreviata, sepalis multo minus in- 

 aequalibus diversa est. Ärctius accedit E. pseudopsidium Jacr^., quae foliis 

 angustioribus, dense reticulato-nervosis, subtus parce nigro-punctatis v. non 

 punctatis, nervo medio supra anguste et profunde impresso, rhachi inflores- 

 centiae valde abbreviata plerumque 1 — 2-tlora, pedicellis plerumquo pluries 

 brevioribus discrepat. 



Eugciiia galcata Urb. (n. sp.) glabra, foliis 4 — 7 mm. longe 

 petiolatis, ovatis v. breviter ovatis v. ovalibiis, basi rotundata v. ob- 

 tusa perpaullo in petiolum protractis, apice obtusis v. brevissime et 

 obtusissime acuminatis, 6 — 8 cm. longis, 3,7 — 5 cm. latis, nervo medio 

 supra inferue impresso, ad apicem versus prominulo, lateralibus supra 

 tenuiter, subtus magis prominentibus et grosse atque tenuiter reticulato- 

 anastomosantibus, densissime et creberrime pellucido- punctatis, cliarta- 

 ceis V. chartaceo-coiiaceis; floribns ad apicem ramorum pluribus bre- 

 viter racemosis v. umbelliformibus, nunc ad nodos vetustos prorum- 

 pentibus, nunc ad basin ramoriim novellorum solitariis et oppositis, 

 pedicellis 10 — 16 mm. longis; sepalis 4 valde concavis, a latere coni- 

 pressis ideoque paene galeiformibus, majoribus 3 mm., minoribus 

 2,5 mm. longis; baccis globosis, ex sicco aurantiacis, 10 — 12 mm. 

 diametro, densissime glanduloso-granulatis, leviter S-costatis, glabris; 

 embryone breviter ovali, juxta radiculam profunde emarginato, cotjle- 

 donibus circa emarginaturam tantum coalitis, caeterum liberis. 



Earai vetustiores teretes grisei v. albido-grisei, hornotini plicato- 

 striati, ad apicem plus minus compressi. Folia petiolis supra concavo- 

 sulcatis er. 1,5 mm. latis, nervis lateralibus utroque latere 7 — 9 sub angulo 

 55 — GO^ abeuntibus er. 2 mm. a margine arcuato-conjunctis, supra nitida, 

 punctis pellucidis iitrinque prominulis, subtus paullo minoribus, in sicco 

 utrinque viridia, subtus pallidiora. Pedunculus nullus; rhachis nuUa v. 

 usque 5 mm. longa; pedicelli medio er. 0,5 mm. lati; prophylla triangularia, 

 apice obtusa v. acutiuscula, vix 3 mm. longa. Sepala a latere visa semi- 

 orbicularia, majora 3 mm., minora 2,5 mm. profmida, coriacea, dorso medio 

 valde incrassata, ad marginem tenuiora, dorso glanduloso -punctata. Baccae 

 sepalis erectis coronatae, pericarpio tenuissimo, endocarpio stramineo tenui, 

 monospermae. Embr3^o nudus glanduloso -punctatus; cotyledones convexae; 

 radicula brevissiraa. 



Hab. in Cuba in prov. Pinar del Rio prope Bafios San Vicente 

 in declivibus calcareis, m. Sept. deflor. et fructif.: N. L. Britton, E. G. 

 Britton, C. S. Gager n. 7374, 7421. 



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