PLANTES PEU CONNUES DE LA NOUVELLE-CALÉDONIE. 215 



EUGENIA Mich. 



1. EUGENIA LITTORALÏS Paiichei* 111SS. 



Folia elliptica, margine undulato-crispa, brevissime petiolata, 

 apice plus minusve rotunclata, basi obtuse subcorclata, remote 

 penninervia, nervis tenuibus vix prominulis, discoloria, supra 

 vernicosa, subtus pallidiora, punctulis nigris conspersa et sub 

 lente puberula, secundum petiolum nervique medii basim pube- 

 scentia ; flores caulini, sessiles, albi, infasciculos pluriflores con- 

 gesti; calycis tubo campanulato, ferrugineo-tomentoso, limbo 

 4-lobo, lobis obtusis, erectis, ineequalibus ; fructus subsphœri- 

 cus, ferrugineo-puberulus, lobis calycinis persistentibus corona- 

 tus, mesocarpio carnoso, endocarpio solubili, fîbroso-coriaceo, 

 biloculari; semina plerumque 2, reniformia, glabra, facie una 

 convexa, altéra concava. 



Frutex parum ramosus, fastigio denso. 



Habitat in oris arenosis Novae Caledoniae (Pancher, 1860-1861). 



Var. p. Deplanchei. Foliis rotundatis vel ovatis, glabris vel in 

 juventute ferrugineo-puberulis (Vieillard, n° 478 prope Balade ; 

 Deplanche, n is 529, 529 bis), 



2. EUGENIA MAGNIFICA. 



Folia ampla, oblonga, apice sensim attenuata, plus minusve 

 obtusa, basi cordata, subsessilia, margine revoluta, remote pen- 

 ninervia, reticulato-bullata, supra nitida, infra pallidiora, hinc 

 illinc incano-puberula, nervo medio plerumque ferrugineo- 

 tomentoso, pellucide punctulata ; flores caulini, insequaliter pe- 

 dunculati, ramis vetustis tantum insidentes, in umbellam pluri- 

 floram, pedunculis elongatis gracilibus, dispositi ; calycis tubo 

 infundibuliformi , primum incano-puberulo, demum glabro, 

 lobis h triangularibus, quorum duo majores. 



Frutex. Habitat in Novae Caledoniae sylvis prope Kanala (Vieillard, 

 n°480; Pancher, 1861; Deplanche, n° 539). 



