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— 24"' lojig. , 8— 12'" Jal. : nervo inedio supra impresso, 

 subtus elevato; venis subpatniis, utrinque pariim prominnlis. 

 Pediiiiciili 1 — 3-pliciter bifidi, 12 — 20'" long.; ramis 4 — 

 6'" long.; pedicoUis nltirnis 3 — 4'" long. Alabastra 2'" 

 long.; bracteolis slipantibiis caducis. Germeu raiiltiovulatum, 

 disco margiue elevato, sericco, medio concavo, glabro ter- 

 minatnin. Sepala intus sericea, 1"' long. Petala 4 — 5, sub- 

 rotuuda, eoiicava, ciliolata , cxtns minute sericea, 2'" long. 

 Staniina 3 — 4'" long. Stylus 2'" long, ßacca 1-sperma, 

 4"' long. Embryo ootylis 2, discretis, inaequalibus. (v. in 

 hb. Monac). 



Maxime af'finis Eng. piinclatue Vahl , sed distincta: l'o- 

 liis discoloribus, supra pilosiusculis, sparsiiis et demuni uou 

 impresso -glandnlosis; pedunculis folio longioribus; ah E.Bal- 

 bisiana praesertini : pedicellis nltirnis fiore centrali 2-plo lon- 

 gioribus. 



Habitat in parte UMsivaW Atnericue boreaiis (Nuttall), in 

 insula St. Domingo et in Jlntigua (Wullscblaegel, coli, 

 no. 218;. 



380. E, Cruckshanksii Hook. (Char. emend.) ; ramulis com- 

 pressis foliisque novellis ot pedunculis serieeis: foliis petiola- 

 tis, rigidis, obovato-oblongis . apice rolnndatis, basi angn- 

 statis, glabris, p.illide pellucido-pnurtatis, subtus pallidiori- 

 bus, glandnlosis, snbreticulato -venosis. limbiuerviis; pedun- 

 culis axillaribus, solitariis, bitidis v. bis bifidis. folio sub- 

 aequalibus; gerniine 4-locnlari, glabro: sepalis triangulari- 

 bus, acutiuscnlis petalisqne ciliolatis. t). 



Mtjrtns Luma Spreng, hb. 



Eugenia CrucAshanksi'i Hook, et Arnolt iu Hook. Bot. 

 Mise. Hl. p. 321. — Barueoud I. c. p. 396. 



Rami obsolete et obtuse 4-goui, glabri. Folia opposita, 

 interdum ovali -oblonga, apice leviter retnsa, juniora subtus 



