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Mijrtua brachyphyllu Kuuze in hb. Poeppig. 



Hahitat : a. in Peru (Donibcv , coli. no. 775) ; ß. in 

 CÄ«V? (Dr. Philippi); y. in s'ihh Chili austr., ad Talcahuano, 

 floret Aprili (Poeppig , coli. no. 421). 



6. E. purvif oUa DC; ramniis loliisqne noveilis ad petio- 

 Inm, costani et marginem pnbescentibns; toliis breviler petio- 

 lalis, rigidis , lanceolatis v. lanceolato-linearibns, utriuque 

 aeiitis V. acutinsoiilis, glabris, supra impresso-, snbtiis ele- 

 vato-, impellncido-pnnctatis, aveniis; peduncnlis glabris, axil- 

 laribus, solitariis, 1-floris, folio brevioribus; germine sericeo, 

 bilocnlari; sepalis ovato-snbrotniuiis, iuaequalibns, glabris, % 



Eugeniu parvifolia DC. 1. c. p, 266. 



Eugenia leptospermoidesl Barneond in (Tay. Hist. Chil. 

 11. p. 386, nee DG. 



Rami (eretes, glabri; rainnli coinpressi. Folia opposita; 

 lamiua 4 — 9'" long., 1—2"' lat.: petiolo V4 — V«'" long.; 

 nervo medio supra basin versus impresso, subtus prominente. 

 Pedunculi 3 — 5'" long. Alabastra V" long., bracteolis 2, 

 germine duplo brevioribus stipaia. Germen sporophoris supra 

 basin dissepimento affixis, superne pluri-ovulatis. Sepala 4, 

 % interiora majora '/2''' 'ong. Petala 4, subrotunda, glabra, 

 1'" long. Stamina petala subaequantia (v. in hb. Berol. et 

 Sonder.). 



Speciuiina Peruviana differunt ab Chilensibus: habitn 

 strictiore , densiore. 



Habitat in Perti (Dombey, coli. no. 786); in locis hu- 

 midis de Chili (Ghamisso, coli, no. 54), provinc. Valdiviu et 

 Chilo'e (Gay). 



7. E. ferruginea Hook. 5 ramulis, petiolis, foiiis subtus, 

 peduncnlis, alabastris ferrugineo -strigosis; foiiis parvis, brevi- 

 petiolatis, coriaceis, crassis, ovale v. ovalo-olijongis, utrinque 



