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PSYCHOTRIA elliptica. 
Elhptical-leaved Psychotria. 
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PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. RunrACEX. Jussieu gen. 196. Div. VII. Fructus mono- 
carpus biloeularis dispermus. Folia opposita; caulis frutescens aut arbo- 
reus. 
PSYCHOTRIA. Cal. 5-dentatus. Cor. tubulosa 5-fida. Stam. non 
exserta. Bacca parva coronata, subrotunda aut ovata, siccatione sulcata 
disperma, seminibus hinc planis indè convexis. Frutices aut repentes herbe ; 
Flores racemosi aut conferti terminales, in P. carthaginensi Jacq. interdüm 
6-7-fidi 6-7-andri. Fructus extis ANTIRHEE, sed intús COFFEA. A 
separande species herbaceæ habitü dissimiles? Juss. I. c. 204. : 
P. elliptica, stipulis vaginosis oblato-ovatis, subfimbriato-erosulis deciduis ; 
foliis membranaceis nitidis ellipticis utrinque attenuatis, paniculis termi- 
Me erectis brachiato-trichotomis laxis thyrsiformibus, brevioribus 
oliis. 
Arbuseula? rami oppositi, novelli obscuré virentes subeompresso-teretes, 
glabri, albo minuto densé sparsi. Fol. decussato-opposita, distantia, mem- 
branacea, lanceolato-elliptica, nitida, sesuncialia v. longiora latitudine du- 
plo angustiori v. magis, acuminata, basi cuneata; nervi laterales plures al- 
terni distantes assurgentes subtüs prominentes et in axillá cum costá mediá 
eiliati nec non foveolam subrotundam in laminá impressam recondentes : 
petiolus multotiés brevior, compresso-teres solidus (subuncialis?). Stipulæ 
marcescentes, deciduæ, bifido-vaginose, oblato-ovatæ (mitreformes) pe- 
tiolo bis terve breviores, lobis oppositis brevibus obtusissimis apice subfim- 
briato-erosis modo retusis. Panicule thyrsiformes, solitarie, erecta, plu- 
vies trichotome, brachiato-patentes, laxiús multiflore, foliis breviores, pe- 
dunculis e£ communibus et partialibus obscurè virentibus albo atomoideo- 
sparsis robustis, propriis brevissimis obesis: bracteæ parve, acuminate, de- 
cidue. Cal. cum pedicello continuus, herbaceus, oblato-cyathiformis, co- 
rolle tubo pluriès brevior limbo pallido repando obsolete 5-dentato. Cor. 
chloroleuca, monopetala, parvula, hypocrateriformis; tubus membranaceus 
turbinatus pallidus limbo longior basi dilatatus rubido-emarcescens, 
barbá albá implexo-connivente clausus: limbus opaco-virescens, 5-partitus, 
«qualis, stellato-reflexus, laciniis acuminato-ovatis, subtüs convexioribus, 
margine superno apiceque crassioribus et intensiüs virentibus. Stam. ore 
tubi inserta, limbo subduplo breviora ; fil. erecta, robustiús filiformia, intüs 
pilosa, ceterum nuda; anth. introrso-adnate, fusce, lineari-oblonge, bilo- 
culares, obtuse, emarginate, filamento subequales. Stylus albus, stamina 
subequans, filiformis, strictus, glaber, stigma clavato-continuum, viridi, bi- 
lobo-partitum lobis obovate-oblongis obtusis erecto-conniventibus, altero sub- 
minore: germ. album superum calyci «quale depresso-orbiculatum exsulcum 
ad insertionem styli umbilicatum. 
* Psycnorria is a name altered by Linnzeus from the 
PsycHorRoPHuM of Browne, which alludes to the shady 
place of growth of most of the species. Yuxorgopov is an 
ancient name for an herb loving shade. ‘This extensive 
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