28 MR. У. B. TURRILL : A CONTRIBUTION 
Frutex parvus, ramis teretibus bifacialiter sulcatis glabris. ‘Folia ovata 
vel obovata, apice obtusa, basi cuneata, in petiolum angustata, circiter 2:5 em. 
longa et 1:5 ст. lata, subcoriacea, g 
supra indistinetis leviter impressis, infra subprominentibus, nervis lateralibus 
laberrima, integra, costa cum nervis 
marginem versus sursum curvatis, nervis transversis inconspicuis ; petioli 
cireiter 3 mm. longi, glabri; stipulæ intrapetiolares in annulum connate. 
Inflorescentia terminalis, laxa, multiflora, usque ad 4 cm. longa et 3:5 em. 
diametro, glabra ; pedicelli 2 mm. longi, glabri ; bracteæ bracteoleque 
connate, truncate, 0-5-1 mm. longe, glabræ. Receptaculum conicum, fere 
Imm. longum, glabrum. Calyx breviter cupulatus, truncatus vel indistincte 
5-dentatus, 0°5 mm. longus, 1:75 mm. diametro, glaber. Corolla infundibu- 
liformis, extra farinosa; tubus cylindricus, superne leviter ampliatus, 
9:5 mm. longus, basi 1:25 mm. diametro, intra ad faucem glaber, ad staminum 
insertionem pubescens; lobi 4, oblongi, apice obtusi, 3 mm. longi, 1'5 mm. 
lati, supra glabri. Stamina 4, 2:5 mm. supra tubi basem inserta, filamentis 
1:5 mm. longis, antheris 1 mm. longis. Discus hemisphericus, 0*5 mm. altus. 
Ovarium typice biloculare, stylo glabro. 
Top of Mount Victoria, 1500 m., in flower May Ist, 1905, im Thurn, Е. 21. 
*PSYCHOTRIA SOLANOIDEs, Turrill, sp. п. P. tetragonæ, Seemann, affinis, 
sed foliis basi subeordatis, baccis majoribus recedit. 
Frutex (ex im Thurn), ramis teretibus glabris. Folia ramorum apicem 
versus aggregata, obovato-elliptica, apice subobtuse acuminata, basi sub- 
cordata, usque ad 9 em. longa et 2:8 em. lata, chartacea, supra glabra, infra 
hirsuta, integra, nervis lateralibus utrinque circiter 12 marginem versus 
anastomosantibus cum costa pagina utraque leviter prominentibus, nervis 
transversis indistinctis ; petioli 5-7 mm. longi, hirsuti. Flores 2-5 agere- 
gati, terminales, fere sessiles. Receptaculum cylindrieum, 1:5 mm. longum, 
1 mm. diametro, glabrum. Сауе cupuliformis, 4 mm. longus, 3 mm. 
diametro, glaber, 5-6 dentatus. Corolle tubus 1 em. longus, extra glaber, 
intra inferne pubescens; lobi 5-6, З mm. longi, 1:5 mm. lati, extra pubes- 
centes, intra glabri. Stamina 5-6, filamentis inferne corolle tubo adnatis 
ad imam basem deeurrentibus, antheris leviter exsertis 2:5 mm. longis 
glabris. Discus fere sphericus, 1 mm. altus, ovarium coronans. Ovarium 
2-loculare, ovulis in quoque loculo solitariis basilaribus; stylus 11 em. 
longus (stigmate incluso), glaber, bifidus; stigmata 1 mm. longa. Bacca 
obovoidea, 1:5 mm. longa, 1'3 mm. diametro, aurantiaca (ex im Thurn). 
Semina 2, ambitu obovoidea, sectione transversa acute triangularia, facie 
majore plana, duabus minoribus concava, summo apice excavata, 6 mm. 
longa, 5 mm. diametro. 
Nandarivatu, in flower and fruit Nov. 19th, 1906, im Thurn, 257. 
A shrub with very few minute white flowers and orange Solanum-like 
fruits. 
