244 BOTANICAL GAZETTE [ APRIL 
discoloria nervis et venis pellucidis supra impressa_ subtus 
fusco-reticulata, margine revoluto glanduli-crenulato. Flores 
terminales solitarii. Calycis depresso-hemispherici lobi inae- 
quales oblongo-triangulares remoti, pars libera petalis oblongis 
vix dimidio brevior. Capsula paene libera a stylo superata. 
Branchlets closely leafy. Leaves subcoriaceous, 1o-12 X 4-6 1., under 
Peduncles about 3 1. lon u yx about equaling the peduncle, at 
base turbinate and phnaiiistbicls seisiends dilated above and puberulous, 5 1. in 
diam. ; lobes 14-31. long, glandular-margined, sinuses 11. broad. Petals 
51. long, 1% 1. broad; the spreading tip orbicular, scarcely broader than the 
claw, reticulated. Stamens 314 |. long, anthers 11. long. Style bifid at apex, 
3 1. long. Capsule bilocular, placentas 4.—£. myrtilloides L., the most 
closely related species, is distinguishable by its naked subangulate branchlets, 
twice to thrice smaller and simply venose leaves, and spathulate petals. 
Borders of the upperlake of the Volcd4n Poas, Costa Rica, alt. 7700 ft., 
Aug. 1890, P2ttier, no. 2971 herb. nat. C. R. 
Psidium savannarum Donnell Smith. (§ ALso-romentosa Berg, 
in Mart Fl. Bras.)—Totum pallide ochraceo-tomentosum. Folia 
opposita et alterna sessilia obovata obtusa aut angulo lato acuta 
deorsum cuneata discoloria supra tomentosella subtus pannosa 
crebre nervia. Pedunculi solitarii uniflori. Alabastra parva 
obovata aperta supra ovarium haud constricta. Calycis lobi 5 
triangulares. Petala inaequalia glabra. Ovarium 3-loculare. 
Annotinous branches (the only ones present in the specimens) subterete. 
Leaves 18-25 X 10-12 1., membranaceous, elevated-pellucid-punctate above ; 
costa flat above, prominent beneath; nerves prominent beneath, the lateral 
about 20 to the side and straight, the conjunctive distant from margin and 
slightly arching. Peduncles about 8 1. long, the lowest from axils of minute 
oblong-obovate leaves. Flower-buds 41. long. Calyx before anthesis den- 
tate, afterwards slightly produced above ovary; lobes 1% |. long, acute, cano- 
sericeous within like disk. The 3 larger petals 4 1. long, obovate, a little 
longer and twice broader than the others. Stamens 3 |. long, anthers shortly 
oblong. Ovary obconical, scarcely longer than calyx-lobes, shorter than the 
linear and persistent | acteoles; placentae bilamellate, distinct from axis ; 
ovules about 8-serial. Berry not seen.— Related by some of its characteristics 
to P. basanthus Berg, which differs, however, by velutinous indument, leaves 
obsoletely nerved and all scattered, patelliform calyx with rounded t 
and ciliate petals. 
