Flora of Dominica, Part 2 - Smithsonian Institution Libraries

NUMBER 77 MYRTACEAE 163
long, disk 2-4 mm wide): pedicels commonly
>5 mm long, glabrous.
10. Lateral leaf venation homogeneous (not
differentiated into primary and secondary),
elliptic-ovate with prolonged tapering
tips 1-2 cm long, the blade 3-8 cm
long; pedicels 10-18 mm long ......
................ E. confusa
10. Lateral leaf venation heterogeneous (differentiated
into primary and secondary),
ovate to elliptic or lanceolate, acuminate
but often broadly or obtusely so.
11. Pedicels 3-7(-10) mm long; flowers
from leafless nodes, often 8 or more
............. E. lambertiana
11. Pedicels (7-)15 mm long or more;
flowers in axils of leaves of current
season, mostly 1-3 ...........
........... E. pseudopsidium
Eugenia albicans
Eugenia albicans (Berg) Urban, 1895:617.
Stenocalyx albicanr Berg, 1861:698.
Small tree; young growth with coppery hairs; leaves usually