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dones in#quales, crassse, magnae. Radicula minima. (Descript. seminis ex Aug. de Saint-Hil. m. s. -s.) 

 In montibus prope prsedium vulgo Itajuru cle S. Miguel cle Mato clentro necnon in monte Serra cla 

 Caraga (Laruotte) in provincia Minas Geraes. Lecta cum floribus fructibusque maturis, Februario. 



12. EUGENIA LUTESCENS. f 



E. suffruticosa ; ramis lutescenti-tomentosis ; foliis breviter petiolatis , oblongis , acumi- 

 natis, acutis, pellucido-punctatis, supra puberulis, subtus lutescenti-tomentosis ; pedun- 

 culis paucifloris, foliis brevioribus , lutescenti-tomentosis ; calyce lutescenti-tomentoso , 



lobis ovatis obtusiusculis. * . 



Suffrutex, ramis teretiusculis, lutescenti-tomentosis, inferne subglabratis. Folia breviter petiolata, 

 oblonga, basi rotundata, acuminata, integerrima, supra puberula, subtus lutescenti-tomentosa , pel- 

 lucido-punctata; nervo medio subtus prominente, lateralibus vix manifestis, apice in nervum margin 

 parallelum confluentibus; inferiora circiter 2t poll. longa, i poll. lata; superiora gradatim minora; 

 supreraa minima, utraque facie tomentosa : petiolus 2-2I 1. longus, lutescenti-tomentosus. Pedunculi axil- 

 lares, rarouniflori, seepius 3-g-flori, lutescenti-tomentosi , foliis breviores. Calyx basi bracteis duabus 

 lineari-subulatis , \\\. longis tomentosis suffultus , rubellus, lutescenti-tomentosus ; tubo obconico 1-3 L 

 longo; limbo 2 1. longo, 4~fidp, lobis ovatis, obtusiusculis, demum reflexis, interiore pagina glabris. 



* 



Petala4> 3 1. longa, elliptica, pubescentia, alba roseoque colorata. Stamina creberrima, petalispaulo 

 breviora, glabra : filamenta filiformia : antherse medio dorso affixse, rotundse. Stylus stamina superans, 

 teretiusculus, gradatim apicem versiis attenuatus, apice truncatus, puberulus. Ovarium 2-loculare, 



1 



loculis 6 ovulatis. Ovula rotundata, placentis 2 prominulis affixa. Fructus non suppetiit. 



Eugeniee Itajuruensi valde afTinis; distincta foliis minoribus, alabastris obtusis nec acutis, calyce 

 lutescenti-tomentoso nec canescenti-tomentoso. ^ ' • 



* 



In campis montuosis prope Bom Jarclim in parte deserta occidentalique provinciae Minas Geraes 

 dicta Sertao. Florebat Septembri. 



i3i EUGENIA Piresiana. f 



E. ramulis lutescenti-tomentosis ; foliis petiolatis , oblongis , acuminatis , acutis , opacis 

 utraque facie luteo-tomentosis ; pedunculis paucifloris , brevissimis , luteo-tomentosis ; calyce 

 luteo-tomentoso, lobis ovatis, obtusiusculis. • . 



Ramuli tetragoni, lutescenti-tomentosi. Folia 2-3| poll. longa, io-i3 1. lata, petiolata, oblonga, 

 basi et apice angustata, breviter acuminata, acuta, opaca, margine subtiis revoluta, utraque 

 facie prsesertim subtiis luteo-tomentosa; nervis subtus prominentibus, lateralibus apice in nervum 

 margini parallelum confluentibus : petiolus 3 1. longus, luteo-tomentosus. Pedunculi in axillis foliorum 

 solitarii geminive , 3-5-flori, semipollicares, luteo-tomentosi. Calyx basi bracteis duabus deciduis 

 suffultus, luteo-tomentosus; tubo obconico, i^ 1. longo- limbo s4 1. longo, breviter 5-fido; lobis ovatis, 

 obtusiusculis. Petala4, 3 1. longa, rotunda, pubescentia, punctis raris pellucidis inspersa. Stamina 

 creberrima, petala paululiim superantia, sub lente puberula : filamenta filiformia, libera : antherse 



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