254 



Crescit in trachyte, argiJla schistacea , lapide areiiaceo 

 antiquo in anstralibus loris, qoae raontera Cbimborazo circnm 

 jacent, altitndiue 9 — 10,000 pedom in repnblica Ecnador, 6o- 

 rebat Septembri; Flor, cat ^4. 



4. Lmbeliatae. 



Linu. XXVII. p. 210. post no, 256. Eugeniam rostratam 

 addatur: 



256.a./559. Eugenia protracta Bg. : glabra; foliis petio- 

 latis, coriaceis, ovalibus, apice ionge rostratis, basi obtosis 

 V. breviter acntis, sapra laeTigatis, subtns glandalosis, tenui- 

 ter reticnlato-renosis, limbioerviis ; umbellis snbsessilibns, 

 lateralibus et axillaribus, peliolo longioribus, gracilibns, 2 — 

 8-floris; germine 2-loculari; sepalis inaeqnalibus, o?atis, 

 ciliolatis. %. 



Ramnli superoe subcoiupressi. Folia opposila, siccata 

 snpra obscnra, subtns hepatica, rix obscnre pelincido- pun- 

 ctata; peliolo 2'" Ig.; laniina (incj. roslro ^4" longo) 272 — 

 3" lg., 9 — 16"' lt.; nervo raedio suprn planinscnlo , subtus 

 elevato; venis lenuibus, snbpatnlis. siipra rix visibililms, sub- 

 tus yenulisqae tenuioribiis, reticolatis parain proininiilis. Uin- 

 bellae rbachis rix ulla t. ad V" usque longa, pedicellis gra- 

 cilibus, 1 V2 — ^"' ^o » '*äsi bractea miuuta , ovata, ciliolata 

 fultis. Germen plnriovulatnm, basi bracteolis 2, ovatis, con- 

 cavis, ciliolatis, Vs'" 'S* stipatum. Sepala 2, majora ^J^,'" 

 long., reliqna 2 duplo minora. Petala 4, subrotunda, reäexa, 

 V" lg. Stamina fere 1"' lg. Stylus V" lg. (v. speciin. de- 

 pauperatum in herb. Mart.). 



Affinis Eug. rostratae, sed distincta: foliis basi obtn- 

 sis, snpra laevigatis , band impresso -panctatis, subtns reti- 

 cnlato -venosis; sepalis oratis. 



