RUBIACEÆ. CLXXI. Psycuorrtra. 
k. S. Native of Peru, on the Andes in groves. 
yellow, with a villous throat. 
purple. 
Repand-leaved Psychotria. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 
27 P. roveora ra (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 59. t. 207. f. b.) 
leaves narrow-lanceolate, acuminated at both ends, hardly petio- 
late, with the axils of the upper veins often glandularly foveo- 
late, but downy on the veins beneath, as well as the branchlets 
and peduncles; stipulas oval, deciduous ; panicles pedunculate, 
having the branchlets drooping while bearing the fruit; flowers 
3-5, sessile at the top of each branch of the panicle. h. S. 
Native of Peru, on the Andes in groves, at Chinchao and 
Cuchero, ex Ruiz et Pav.; and on the mountains about the 
Guanocco, ex herb. Hænke. P. foveolàta, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 
743. no. 39. exclusive of the synonymes. Branches rather 
tetragonal. Corolla small, cream-coloured. Berries ovate, pur- 
plish-green, ex Bartl, globose and rufous, and about the size of 
pepper berries. 
Foveolate-leaved Psychotria. Tree 18 feet. 
28 P. pivarica'ra (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 
862. but not of Willd.) glabrous ; branchlets terete ; leaves lan- 
ceolate-oblong, acute, narrowed at the base, membranous, foveo- 
late in the axils of the veins beneath; panicles pedunculate, 
rather ovate, with opposite spreading branches; flowers pedicel- 
late. hb. S. Native of Peru, on the Andes in temperate 
places about Quito. Very nearly allied to P. foveolata. There 
18 a variety of this with tetramerous tetrandrous flowers. 
Divaricate Psychotria. Shrub. 
29 P. virca‘ra (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 60. t. 209. f. a.) 
glabrous ; leaves oblong or elliptic, acuminated, coriaceous, re- 
ticulately-veined beneath ; stipulas bluntly bifid, length of the 
petioles; cymes on short peduncles, trichotomous, crowded with 
flowers; flowers almost sessile, on the tops of the branches of 
the cyme; fruit oval. b. S. Native of Peru, on the Andes in 
cold mountain forests. Leaves 4 inches long, with red nerves, 
and reflexed margins, bitter, and supplying a yellow colour when 
dried. Corollas sulphur-coloured, with a villous throat. Berries 
ovate, deep blue, size of peas. P. virgata Jamaicénsis, Spreng. 
uae l. p. 742. is perhaps a very distinct species from the pre- 
Tniggy Psychotria. Shrub 9 to 10 feet. 
80 P. CUNEIFÒLIA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 507.) glabrous ; leaves 
obovate, cuneated at the base, and ending in a short cuspidate 
point at the apex ; stipulas small, deciduous; panicles erect, 
shorter than the leaves, with opposite branches. h.S. Native 
of Peru, at Guayaquil. P. glabrata, Bartl. in herb. Heenke, but 
not of Swartz. Flowers unknown. Berries ovate-globose, 10- 
Striped in the dried state. Seeds semi-ovate. 
Wedge-leaved Psychotria. Shrub. 
31 P. Hexxea'na (D. C. prod. 4. p. 507.) glabrous; leaves 
oval-oblong, acuminated at both ends; stipulas bifid on both 
sides, acuminated ; peduncles a little shorter than the leaves ; 
cymes contracted. .S. Native of Guayaquil, and probably 
of Mexico. P, pedunculata, Bartl. in herb. Henke. Allied to 
- pedunculata, Swartz, but differs in the stipulas being much 
more acuminated, in the leaves being narrower, and more acu- 
aaa at both ends. Cymes obconical. Flowers and fruit un- 
Henke’ s Psychotria. Shrub. 
82 P. trivia (Ruiz et Pav. f. per. 2. p. 60. t. 209. f. b.) 
Smoothish ; branchlets bluntly tetragonal; leaves lanceolate, 
acuminated, shining above, but downy along the nerves and 
veins beneath ; stipulas connate at the base, acutely bifid at the 
apex ; cymes sessile, tripartite, with the branches again trifid ; 
flowers sessile, by threes at the tops of the branchlets of the 
cyme ; corollas downy; berries roundish-turbinate. h. S. Na- 
Corolla small, 
Berries size of pepper-corns, 
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tive of the Andes of Peru, in mountain groves. Leaves 3 inches 
long. Throat of corolla villous. Berries black. 
Trifid-cymed Psychotria. Tree 18 feet. 
33 P. carrra‘ra (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 59. t. 206. f. a.) 
smoothish ; branchlets slightly tetragonal; leaves oblong, acu- 
minated, very veiny, downy beneath; stipulas bifid, obtuse ; 
panicles shorter than the leaves, ovate, terminal, on short pe- 
duncles ; peduncles bracteate, opposite ; flowers crowded. h . S. 
Native of Peru, on the Andes in groves. Cephe'lis Peruviana, 
Spreng. syst. 1. p. 749. Stipulas hispid, glandular on the inner 
side at the base. Bracteas lanceolate; bracteoles ovate, acute. 
Berries ovate, blackish, umbilicate. 
Capitate-flowered Psychotria. Shrub 9 to 10 feet. 
34 P. virròsa (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 59. t. 207. f. a.) 
branchlets, peduncles, petioles, and nerves of leaves clothed with 
rufous villi; leaves attenuated at both ends, glabrous above in 
the adult state, downy on the nerves beneath ; stipulas ovate- 
oblong, acute, caducous; panicles pedunculate, with the branches 
and branchlets opposite; flowers by threes, glabrous. R. S. 
Native of the Andes of Peru, in mountain groves. Bartl. in 
herb. Henke. Knots of branches pilose. Leaves 4-5 inches 
long. Bracteas small, acuminated. Berries red, globose, rather 
compressed, size of small peas. Allied to P. micrantha and P. 
hirsuta. 
Villous Psychotria. Shrub 9 to 10 feet. 
85 P. micra’nrua (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p.: 
363. t. 284.) hairy from rufescent villi; branchlets terete ; leaves 
obovate-elliptic, acuminated, cuneated at the base, rather coria- 
ceous; stipulas oblong, awnedly bidentate; cymes pedunculate, 
of 6 rays, diffuse; flowers glomerate ; corollas hairy on the out- 
side; fruit globosely elliptic, hairy. h. S. Native of Peru, 
ex Kunth; or at the river Magdalena, ex Willd. P. ruféscens, 
Willd. in Roem. et Schultes, syst. 5. p. 192. but not of Kunth. 
Small-flowered Psychotria. Shrub. 
36 P. susromentosa (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 61. t. 210. 
f. a.) clothed with downy tomentum; branchlets bluntly tetra- 
gonal ; leaves lanceolate-oblong, acute; stipulas connate at the 
base, acutely bifid at the apex; corymbs pedunculate, trifid, 
bearing almost sessile crowded flowers at the tops of the branch- 
lets; corollas hairy. h. S. Native of the Andes of Peru, in 
mountain groves. Leaves 3 inches long, white beneath. Sti- 
pulas glandular. Calyx and corclla blue. Bracteas subulate. 
Cephe'lis subtomentésa, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 749. 
Subtomentose Psychotria., Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 
** Species natives of Brazil. 
37 P. a’tea (Ruiz. et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 58. t. 205. f.a.) 
smoothish ; branchlets compressed ; leaves elliptic-oblong, acute 
at both ends, beset with rows of hairs along the nerves beneath, 
and often foveolate in the axils of the nerves; stipulas ovate- 
oblong, undivided, rather concrete ; panicles pedunculate, ter- 
minal, shorter than the leaves, with the branches opposite; calyx 
short, truncate ; berries ovate. h. S. Native of South America, 
especially in tropical Brazil, Guayaquil, and Andes of Peru. 
Cham. et Schlecht. in Linnea. 4. p. 19. P. ardisiefolia, H. B. 
et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 359. Bartl. in herb. Henke. 
P. densiflora, Willd. in Reem. et Schultes, syst. 5. p. 189. P. 
patula, Willd. in Roem. et Schultes, syst. 5. p. 189. P. ardisiæ- 
folia, P. patula, and P. alba, Spreng. Leaves 6-8 inches long. 
Stipulas obovate, hairy at the base. Bracteas conniving, ovate, 
acute. Flowers and berries white. 
Var. B, ténsa (Cham. et Schlecht. in Linnea. 4. p. 19.) leaves 
glabrous, nearly obovate, few-veined. kh.S. Native of Brazil, 
near Rio Janeiro. 
White-berried Psychotria. Shrub 12 feet. 
38 P. Leroca rra (Cham. et Schlecht. in Linnea. 4. p. 22.) 
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