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foliis pt'liolatisj coriaceis, oMongo -ellipticis, ntiiiKjue obtusis, 

 supra pnbescciitiljiis; pedunciilis solitariis, 1-floris, rix pe- 

 tiolo (liiplo longioribiis ; alabastris clausis, pyriforinibus; gei- 

 miue 4-loculari; calyee globoso, denniio subaequaliter 5- 

 partito; bacca globosa, corouata. "b- 



Guaijavo (igrio incolariim. 



Psidium scrici/torum Beuth. Plaut. Hartweg. p. 980. 



Rarauli leviter compressi. Folia opposita, 3 — 4" long., 

 1 Ya — 2" lat. Gerinon in alabastro caljce dnplo hrevius, 

 bracteolis 2, niiuimis slipatum, 4-loculare; sporophoris me- 

 dio discretis, plurioviilatis. Calyx lobis obtiisis, demiim re- 

 flexis. Petala late ovata, dense sericeo-villosa, 4 — 5"' long. 

 Stamina vix potalis acqualia. '|'. 



Habitus et folia fere Psidii polj/carpi Lamb,, sed di- 

 stinctum: pedunonlis 1 -llorisj floribus majoribus et petaüs 

 villosis ; ab Ps. hirsuto difFert : alabastris ante anthesin clau- 

 sis (Benthain). 



Habitat in canipis circa Popatjan (Hart weg). 

 49 Ps. Araca Raddi Opusr. scieiitif. IV. p. 854. — DC 

 K c. p. 235. 



Psidium Guineense Swai'tz Pr. Fl, lud. occ. II, p. 881. 

 DC. I. c. p. 235. 



Psidium dlchotomum Weiuinann Syll. Ratisb. II. p. 166. 



Habitat spontaueum v. cultiim in msuVis Caribaeis , ncc neu 

 in Guatimala (Friedrichsthal, coli. no. 785), in Peruvia 

 (Poeppig, coli. uo. 1235), in Caracas (Bredemejer , Schach), 

 Guiana Angiica (Rieh. Schoniburgk, coli. uo. 1266), (htia- 

 na Bataia (Splitgerber , Keiiel), in Brasiliae pvo\. Solimoea 

 (de Martins; Poepp. , coli. no. 2605), i'iara (Garduer, coli, 

 no. 1021), Bahia (Blanchet, Lnscbualh), Minas Geraes (de 

 Martins, Dr. Regnell, coli, I. no. 129, ex parte), Rio de 

 Janeil (d«' Martins, Sello, Meven, Gaudieband, Sehüeh). 



