586 
bluntly acuminated, downy beneath ; stipulas reniformly cordate, 
acute, entire; peduncles very short, axillary, 3-flowered. h. S. 
Native of Guinea. Flowers white. 
Three-flowered Psychotria. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 
18 P. muttirto ra (Schum. pl. guin. p. 108.) plant shrubby, 
decumbent or scandent, quite glabrous; branchlets rather tetra- 
gonal; leaves oblong-ovate, attenuated at the apex, on short 
petioles; stipulas entire, acuminated; panicles axillary, sub- 
capitate; peduncles length of the petioles. kh. S. Native of 
Guinea, at Asiama. Corolla white, downy inside. 
Many-flonered Psychotria. Shrub decumbent. 
14 P. umBELLA`ra (Schum. pl. guin. p. 108.) shrub much 
branched, glabrous; branchlets alternately compressed ; leaves 
hardly petiolate, lanceolate ; stipulas acuminated, cleft at the 
apex, deciduous; peduncles axillary, angular, trifid at the apex, 
umbelliferous ; berries globose, umbilicate at the apex. h. S. 
Native of Guinea. Leaves 2-4 inches long. Peduncles 2 inches 
long. Corolla white. 
Umbellate-flowered Psychotria. Shrub 8 to 4 feet. 
15 P. Ko'rLy (Schum. pl. guin. p. 110.) shrubby, glabrous ; 
branchlets compressed; leaves petiolate, ovate-elliptic, acutish, 
of a different colour beneath ; stipulas ovate, acutish ; corymbs 
axillary and terminal, fastigiate; tube of corolla cylindrical. 
h. S. Native of Guinea, where it is called Kolly-Tjo by the 
natives. 
Kolly-Tjo Psychotria. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 
16 P. opvatra‘ra (Schum. pl. guin. p. 111.) plant herbace- 
ous, creeping; petioles elongated, rather hairy at the apex; 
leaves oblong, cordate, obtuse, glabrous; stipulas ovate, acutish; 
peduncles almost axillary, usually 5-flowered ; flowers girded 
by a foliaceous 4-leaved involucrum. %.S. Native of Guinea, 
at Aquapim. 
Environed Psychotria. Pl. creeping. 
** * Species natives of Asia. 
17 P. Puitiree’nsis (Cham. et Schlecht. in Linnea. 4. p. 21.) 
glabrous and resinous ; branchlets tetragonal; leaves obovate, 
very blunt, petiolate, coriaceous; stipulas very short, intrafo- 
liaceous, permanent; cymes opposite, axillary or supra-axillary, 
3 times shorter than the leaves, dichotomous ; ovarium cylindri- 
cal, crowned by the truncate limb of the calyx. h.S. Native 
of the Island of Luzon, about Tierra Alta by the sea side. 
Philippine Psychotria. Shrub. 
§ 2. Peduncles terminal. 
* Species natives of Peru. 
18 P. revicura‘ra (Ruiz et Pav. 2. p. 56. t. 212. f. b.) plant 
herbaceous, downy ; branches tetragonal, glabrous; leaves ovate- 
lanceolate, acuminated, reticulately veined, rather coriaceous; 
stipulas subconcrete at the base, bifid beyond the middle, with 
the lobes linear-lanceolate and acuminated; panicles terminal, 
longer than the leaves, with opposite spreading hairy-velvety 
branches, and crowded flowers. 2.S. Native of Peru, on the 
Andes in groves. Leaves a foot long, downy beneath, and 
having the nerves purplish. Corolla small, yellow, downy out- 
side, with a villous throat. 
Reticulated-leaved Psychotria. Pl. 7 to 8 feet. 
19 P. acuTirrora (D. C. prod. 4. p. 506.) leaves oblong, 
acuminated, ciliated, downy beneath, rather scabrous above, 
clothed with hairy tomentum on the mid-rib on both surfaces, as 
well as the branchlets ; panicles terminal, erect, rather hairy, 
longer than the leaves, with cymosely bifid branches ; segments 
of corolla mucronately cuspidate. ).S, Native of Guayaquil, 
where it was collected by Henke. Guettarda acutiflora, Bartl. 
in herb. Henke. Nearly allied to P. defléxa. Stipulas connate, 
sheathing, ending each in a sublanceolate acumen. 
RUBIACEÆ. CLXXI. Psycnorrtia. 
Acute-flowered Psychotria. Shrub. 
20 P. ritdsa (Ruiz et Pav. fi. per. 2. p. 60. t. 208. f.a.) 
suffruticose, pilose ; branches tetragonal; leaves oblong, acumi- 
nated at both ends ; stipulas bifid, with lanceolate acute lobes, 
which are about the length of the petioles; panicles short, ter- 
minal, on short peduncles, with opposite branches ; bracteas lan- 
ceolate, acute, ciliated; teeth of calyx acute. h. S. Native 
of Peru, on the Andes in humid parts of forests. Leaves 4 
inches long. Inflorescence as in Aspérula. Bracteas bluish. 
Peduncles hairy. Berries blue, about the size of peas. 
Pilose Psychotria. Shrub 2 feet. 
21 P. cymòsa (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 59. t. 206. f. b.) 
suffruticose, glabrous ; branches compressedly tetragonal ; leaves 
oblong-lanceolate, acute, shining above ; stipulas bipartite, with 
the lobes linear-subulate and distant; cymes terminal, on short 
peduncles, of 5 rays; segments of the calyx long, subulate; tube 
of corolla villous at the base; berries oval. h. S. Native of 
Peru, in groves on the Andes. Leaves 6 inches long. Peduncles 
compressed. Corolla purplish. Berries violaceous. Calyx 
almost as in Geéphila. 
Cymose-flowered Psychotria. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 
22 P. macxoriæro'tia (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer, 3. 
p- 360. but not of Willd.) glabrous; branchlets compressed ; 
leaves elliptic, bluntish at both ends, rather membranous ; stipu- 
las oblong, obtuse, length of the petioles ; cymes pedunculate, 
of 4 spreading rays; flowers sessile, usually by threes. kh. S. 
Native about Quito. Fruit unknown. Said to be allied to P: 
ardisiæfòlia. Leaves 7-8 inches long and 4-5 broad, on petioles 
8-9 lines long. 
Magnolia-leaved Psychotria. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 
23 P. cLomera'ra (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p 
362.) glabrous; branchlets compressed ; leaves oblong or ob- 
ovate-oblong, acute, narrowed at the base, membranous ; stipulas 
lanceolate, acuminated, ciliated; panicles pedunculate, very 
simple, spreading ; flowers disposed in verticillate heaps, sa 
fruit nearly globose. .S. Native of Peru. Said to be en 
to P. ardisiefolia, but the inflorescence is different. oe 
asserts this species to be a native of New Granada and Brazil, 
but without giving any authority for so stating. 
Heaped-flowered Psychotria. Shrub. 
24 P. rucuròsa (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen, amer, 3. p. 556.) 
glabrous; branches compressed ; leaves lanceolate, long: 
nated, rather coriaceous, narrowed at the base, a little wrinkled, 
fovevlate in the axils of the veins beneath; stipulas Lee 
acuminated ; panicles pedunculate, having the lower branches 
in a whorl, and spreading; fruit nearly globose, didymous. h. 
S. Native of the temperate parts of Peru. 
Wrinkled-leaved Psychotria. Shrub. b 
25 P. vi'riwis (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 61. t. 210. f. b.) 
glabrous; branchlets somewhat tetragonal ; leaves oblong, zen 
minated, foveolate in the axils of the veins beneath at the ene 
stipulas connate, lanceolate, caducous, one-half longer pa t s 
petioles ; panicles pedunculate, terminal, with opposite branc e 
flowers crowded, sessile; berry globose. k. 5. Native a 
Peru, in groves on the Andes. Palicùrea viridis, Brais ki 
Schultes, syst. 5. p. 195. Corollas small, green, with a SE 
throat. Anthers inclosed. This has nothing to do with pe 
ciirea tinctòria, with which it has been confounded by Sprenge!. 
Leaves 3-4 inches long. 
Green-flowered Psychotria, Shrub 6 to 7 feet E 
26 P. repa’nna (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 61.) a 
branches somewhat tetragonal, leafy at the top; leaves w 
late-oblong, repand; stipulas connate at the base, bron 
ciliated on the back and margins, caducous ; panicles term! Fa 
with brachiate compressed branches; bracteoles ovate, acu le, 
flowers sessile, on the tops of the branches of the pamc'e: 
