588 
smoothish; leaves narrow-lanceolate, acuminated at both ends, 
membranous; stipulas rather concrete, bidentate on both sides ; 
cymes pedunculate, terminal : with the branchlets slender, oppo- 
site. or verticillate, downy; flowers tetrandrous, rarely pentan- 
drous; calyx 5-lobed; fruit globose, ribless. .S. Native 
of tropical Brazil. 
Var. B, extratrépica (Cham. et Schlecht. in Linnza. 4. p. 22.) 
cymes quite glabrous; flowers triandrous or tetrandrous; caly- 
cine teeth unequal. h. S. Native of the south of Brazil, 
without the tropic. Perhaps a proper species. 
Smooth-fruited Psychotria. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 
39 P. niviputa (Cham. et Schlecht. in Linnea. 4. p. 25.) 
quite glabrous; leaves lanceolate, acuminated, on very short 
petioles; stipulas triangular, acute, at length bifid, permanent ; 
cymes terminal, pedunculate, length of leaves of 5 compressed 
rays, 4 of them in a whorl, and the other in the centre of these 
4; calyx acutely 5-toothed. h.S. Native of tropical Brazil. 
Leaves 3-4 inches long, and 10-18 lines broad. Flowers small, 
pedicellate. Fruit unknown. 
Shining-leaved Psychotria. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 
40 P. rormdsa (Cham. et Schlecht. in Linnea. 4. p. 24.) 
leaves glabrous, obovate or elliptic, short-acuminated, cuneated 
at the base, of the consistence of parchment; stipulas ovate, 
acute, small, deciduous ; panicles terminal, pedunculate, loose, 
longer than the leaves, downy or hairy; lobes of the corolla 
acute, bearded at the apex. h. S. Native of tropical Brazil. 
Very like P. alba, and the cicatrices of the stipulas are beset with 
rufous villi, as in it. 
Beautiful Psychotria. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 
41 P. cuspipa‘ra (Bred. ex Willd. in Roem. et Schultes, 
syst. 5. p. 192.) smooth and glabrous; leaves oval, cuneated at 
the base, acuminated at the apex, scrobiculately villous in the 
axils when old; stipulas bidentate, truncate; panicles terminal, 
pedunculate, 3 times shorter than the leaves, with compressed 
branches, which are dilated at the ramifications. h. S. Na- 
tive of tropical Brazil, and at Caraccas. Allied to P. nonatelvoi- 
des and P. cornifolia. 
Cuspidated-leaved Psychotria. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 
42 P. nonarettoipes (Cham. et Schlecht. in Linnea. 4. p. 26.) 
smooth and glabrous ; branchlets compressed ; leaves lanceolate, 
acute at the base, and long-acuminated at the apex, membran- 
ous; stipulas 2-lobed, permanent; cymes racemose, terminal, 
one-half shorter than the leaves; pedicels 3-flowered: middle 
flower and one of the lateral ones tribracteate. h.S. Native 
of tropical Brazil, and at Caraccas. P. involucrata, Willd. 
herb. Fruit unknown. Habit of P. cornifolia. 
Nonatelia-like Psychotria. Shrub. 
43 P. noxia (St. Hil. pl. rem. bras. p. 234, t. 21. f. a.) 
branchlets compressed, furnished with 2 rows of hairs; leaves 
lanceolate, acuminated, on short petioles, approximate, glabrous; 
stipulas short, bipartite; flowers 2-4 in a fascicle, sessile, brac- 
teate, terminal, and axillary; bracteas acuminated, ciliated ; 
fruit elliptic. h. S. Native of Brazil, in the province of 
Minas Geraes. This species is supposed to be hurtful to ani- 
mals who eat it. 
Hurtful Psychotria. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 
44 P. evzietica (Ker. bot. reg. t. 607. but not of Willd.) 
glabrous ; leaves elliptic, attenuated at both ends, shining, mem- 
branous ; stipulas sheathing, ovate, rather erosely fringed, deci- 
duous ; cymes terminal, sessile, tripartite, with trichotomously 
panicled branches, shorter than the leaves. h. S. Native of 
Brazil. Flowers short, white. Calyx cup-sh ed, slight] 
toothed. : Ss m 
Ellptic-leaved Psychotria. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1821. Sh. 
3-4 feet. 
45 P, cuanérricua (D.C. prod. 4. p. 509.) quite glabrous; 
RUBIACEÆ. CLXXI. Psycuorria. 
branchlets compressed ; leaves elliptic, acuminated at both ends, 
smooth; stipulas short, bifid at both sides ; corymbs terminal, 
sessile, with umbellate branches, much shorter than the leaves,each 
branch bearing 4-5 flowers at the apex ; corollas glabrous on the 
outside, but villous in the throat. h. S. Native of Brazil, at 
Bahia, in sand by the sea-side, where it was collected by Salz- 
mann. Flowers cream-coloured. Anthers copper-coloured, 
sessile in the throat of the corolla among the villi. Style a little 
exserted. 
Gaping-haired Psychotria. Shrub. 
46 P. parsirtora (D. C. prod. 4. p. 509.) quite glabrous; 
branchlets compressed ; leaves oval-ovate, acute at thé base, 
acuminated at the apex, shining above ; stipulas combined at the 
base, biaristate ; peduncles terminal, very short, densely corym- 
bose at the apex, bracteate under the flowers ; corolla glabrous 
outside, with the lobes of the limb hairy above. h.S. Native 
of Brazil, on hills about Bahia, where it was collected by Salz- 
mann, Style exserted. Anthers inclosed. Fruit black, globose, 
a little furrowed. 
Bearded-flowered Psychotria. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 
47 P. Banie’nsis (D. C. prod. 4. p. 509.) quite glabrous ; 
leaves elliptic, attenuated at the base, acuminated at the apex, 
shining above ; stipulas rather concrete at the base, and furnished 
with 2 ligule on both sides, lanceolate, acuminated ; peduncles 
terminal, one-half shorter than the leaves, racemosely corymbose 
at the apex; corollas beardless. h. S. Native of Brazil, 
about Bahia, where it was collected by Salzmann. Shrub 3 feet 
high. Flowers white, probably dioecious. Branches compressed. 
Var. a, stylòsa (D. C. 1. c.) style exserted; anthers inclosed; 
fruit globose, sub-didymous, hardly furrowed. 
Var. P, staminea (D. C. 1. c.) style inclosed; anthers ex- 
serted. Perhaps a proper species, or the male variety of the 
preceding. 
Bahia Psychotria. Shrub 3 feet. 
48 P.? sampu'cina (Link, in Roem. et Schultes, syst. 5. pP 
188.) glabrous: leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, petiolate ; 
stipulas deciduous ; branches of the panicle glabrous, verticillate, 
3 times shorter than the leaves. k. S. Native of Brazil. 
Leaves a span long, and 3-4 inches broad, of a livid black colour 
in the dried state. 
Elder-like Psychotria. Shrub. 
49 P. ronerrotta (Hoffmans. ex Willd. in Roem. et Schultes, 
syst. 5. p. 190.) leaves ovate-oblong, acuminated, cuneately at- 
tenuated at the base; stipulas bifid ; panicles terminal. h. 
Native of Brazil. Leaves a foot long. Perhaps the same as 
P. racemosa. 
Long-leaved Psychotria. Shrub. ; 
50 P. eranniròrIa (Hoffmans. ex Willd. in Roem. et Schultes, 
syst. 5. p. 190.) leaves ovate, acute; stipulas bifid, obtuse ; 
flowers panicled. h. S. Native of Brazil. Leaves half a foot 
long. Corollas yellow. Very like P. latifolia, but differs 1n 
the form of the stipulas. 
Great-leaved Psychotria. Shrub. 
*** Species natives of Guiana. 
51 P. Mapv'ria (Roem. et Schultes, syst. 5. p- 187-) gla- 
brous ; leaves obovate, each ending in a short blunt acumen, 
cuneated at the base; stipulas ovate-roundish, deciduous ; pan 
cles terminal, shorter than the leaves; fruit ovate-globose, stri- 
ated. hk. S. Native of French Guiana, on the banks of rivers- 
Mapouria Guianénsis, Aubl. guian. 1. p. 175. t. 67. Simira 
nítida, Poir. dict. 7. p. 196. P. nítida, Willd. spec. 1. p- 96% 
Leaves 8 inches long, and 4-5 broad. Corollas white, having 
the limb longer than the tube. Stamens filiform, exserted. 
Stigma bilamellate. 
Mapuria Psychotria. Shrub 7 to 8 feet. 
