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acute at the apex, narrowed or obtuse at the base, rather dis- 
tinctly pinnately veined, smooth and glabrous above, punctate 
and with some scattered hairs beneath, the midvein impressed in 
the upper surface, prominent on the lower, the puberulent petioles 
I-2 mm. long; flowers few, in small bracteolate axillary clusters ; 
pedicels 2-3,5 mm. long; calyx about 1.5 mm. long, pubescent 
with scattered, appressed hairs, its lobes rounded-ovate, acute or 
short-acuminate. 
Coastal plain, San Juan, Isle of Pines (Britton & Wilson 
15455). 
Eugenia Bakeri Britton & Wilson, sp. nov. 
Young twigs puberulent, slender, terete, soon becoming gla- 
brous. Leaves oblong to oblong-lanceolate, coriaceous, 2—3.5 cm. 
long, acute or short-acuminate at the apex, narrowed at the base, 
shining, copiously impressed-punctate with impressed midvein 
but otherwise nerveless above, dull, pinnately veined and with 
midvein prominent beneath, the stout petioles about 1 mm. long; 
flowers solitary or 2 or 3 together in the axils, sessile; calyx 2 
mm. long, more or less loosely pubescent with brownish hairs, 
its lobes rounded-ovate to oval, obtuse or rounded at the apex. 
Santa Catalina, Pinar del Rio (Baker 960). 
A barren specimen with similar foliage but with leaves 
rounded at base, from Rio Guao, Pinar del Rio (Britton & 
Cowell ro0102), may represent this species or a related one. 
Family MELASTOMACEAE 
Tamonea (?) moensis Britton, sp. nov. 
A glabrous shrub or small tree: Leaves coriaceous, elliptic 
or ovate-elliptic, acute or acuminate at the apex, narrowed at 
the base, entire, 4.5-7 cm. long, 3-nerved, the 2 lateral veins 
arising just above the base, the veins impressed above, promi- 
nent beneath, the secondary venation delicate, the rather stout 
petioles 6-9 mm. long; panicle loosely few-flowered; pedicels 
slender, 10-14 mm. long; fruit globose; glabrous, about 7 mm, in 
diameter, the persistent calyx-limb truncate. 
Camp La Gloria, south of Sierra Moa, Oriente (Shafer 8073, 
type; 8038). 
Calycogonium saxicola Britton & Wilson, sp. nov. 
A low shrub, about 6 dm. high, the young twigs, petioles and 
leaf-blades finely scurfy. Leaves subcoriaceous, bright green, | 
