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Connate-bractead Psychotria. Shrub. 
146 P. srrputa‘cea (Wall. in Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 164.) gla- 
brous ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminated, coriaceous, nerved, 
tapering at the base, almost sessile, smooth; stipulas broad, 
triangular, expanded into foliaceous lamina at the apex; pa- 
nicles terminal, trichotomous, shorter than the leaves ; pedicels 
compressed; flowers by threes, sessile ; lobes of calyx obtuse. 
h. S. Native of Pulo-Penang. Leaves 7-10 inches long, 
somewhat glandular in the axils of the veins beneath. On the 
inside of the base of the stipulas there is a tuft of hairs, which 
remains some time after the stipulas have fallen. Corolla with a 
very short tube, and a bearded throat. Stamens exserted. 
Large-stipuled Psychotria. Shrub. 
147 P. Rexrve'sn (Wall. in Roxb. fi. ind. 2. p. 164.) gla- 
brous; leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute at both ends, smooth, 
glaucous, coriaceous; stipulas broad-ovate, adpressed, with a 
rounded apex; panicles terminal, oval, small, with decussate 
branches ; limb of calyx truncate ; corolla short, with a densely 
bearded throat. %.G. Native of China, from which place it 
was sent to the botanic garden at Caleutta by Mr. Reeves. 
Branches beset with copious small whitish dots, having the upper 
extremities slightly compressed. Leaves 6-7 inches long, a little 
wrinkled, foveolate in the axils of the veins beneath. Panicles 
almost sessile. Bracteas deciduous. Flowers small, by threes, 
pea-green. Stamens concealed among the hairs in the throat of 
the corolla. 
Reeves’s Psychotria. Shrub. 
148 P. avranri‘aca (Wall. in Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 165.) gla- 
brous; branches flattened ; leaves lanceolate, acuminated, smooth, 
on short petioles ; stipulas ovate, acuminated, deciduous; pani- 
cles terminal, pedunculate, erect, with whorled branches ; flowers 
by threes, middle ones sessile ; limb of calyx truncate; corolla 
with a long tube, and a villous throat. h.S. Native of Pulo- 
Penang, Java, and Nusa-Kambanga. Blum. bijdr. p. 962. 
Leaves 5-7 inches long, dotted beneath. Stipulas ending in a 
long subulate acumen each. Peduncles compressed. Stamens ex- 
serted. Berries obovate, as large as a cherry stone, orange-co- 
loured, ex Wall, but ovate, and 10-ribbed according to speci- 
mens from Java. 
Orange-coloured-fruited Psychotria. Shrub. 
149 P. penticuta‘ra (Wall. in Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 520.) stem 
ascending, with a creeping base, compressed at the apex ; leaves 
ovate, short-acuminated, coriaceous, shining; stipulas ovate, 
subcordate, with a toothed apex, downy outside, about equal in 
length to the petioles ; panicles cymose, many flowered, downy ; 
teeth of calyx subulate; corolla rather rotate. kh.S. Native 
of Nipaul, in the forest of Sanko. Stem purplish, undivided, or 
sparingly dichotomous. Leaves from 6-9 inches long, upper 
surface dark green, under pallid. Stipulas villous within at the 
base. Panicles cymose, downy. Throat of corolla slightly 
hairy. Teeth of calyx subulate. Berries globular, purple, size 
of currants. 
Denticulated-stipuled Psychotria. Shrub creeping. 
150 P. avenorny’tia (Wall. in Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 166.) 
glabrous; leaves lanceolate, acuminated, shining, with parallel 
nerves, which are glandular in the axils; stipulas ovate, blunt, 
connate at the base, deciduous; racemes terminal, cylindrical, a 
little branched at the base; peduncles compressed; bracteas 
aristately acuminated. h. S. Native of the East Indies, in 
Silhet. The uppermost branches dichotomous, and a little com- 
pressed. Leaves 3-4 inches long, pallid beneath. Peduncles 
flattened. Flowers greenish, in heaps, almost sessile. Corolla 
with a short tube, a villous throat, and acute segments. 
Glandular-leaved Psychotria. Shrub. 
151 P.? curvirrdra (Wall. in Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 167.) 
glabrous; branchlets terete; leaves lanceolate-oblong, long- 
RUBIACEA. CLXXI. Psycuorria. 
acuminated, tapering much to the base, on long petioles, mem- 
branous, shining above, and pubescent on the nerves beneath, 
and glandular in the axils; stipulas ovate, obtuse, connate at the 
base, sometimes furnished with 1-2 teeth at the apex, with a 
series of adpressed hairs within their insertion, deciduous; 
racemes small, terminal, oval, compact, on short peduncles, much 
shorter than the leaves ; corolla long, slender, tubular, with an 
incurved border. h. S. Native of Pulo-Penang. Petioles 
long. Racemes smooth, consisting of opposite approximate 
more or less compound fascicles of long sessile flowers. Corollas 
nearly an inch long, with lanceolate acute lobes, and a naked 
throat. Anthers exserted. Filaments inserted near the middle 
of the corolline tube. Perhaps a species of Chasalia or Pali- 
courea. 
Curved-flowered Psychotria. Shrub. 
152 P. opntoxytoipes (Wall. in Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 168.) 
smooth, climbing, dichotomous ; leaves lanceolate, on short peti- 
oles, acuminated ; stipulas ovate, drawn out at the apex into an 
acumen, which is often bifid ; corymbs small, terminal ; corollas 
long, slender, tubular, with incurved lobes. R. S. Native of 
Silhet, in the East Indies. Leaves smooth, acute at the base, 
about 5 inches long. Perhaps a species of Chasalia or Pali- 
courea. 
Snake-wood-like Psychotria. Shrub cl. 
153 P. voryneu'ra (D. C. prod. 4. p. 520.) glabrous; 
branchlets and peduncles compressed; leaves elliptic-ovate, 
short-acuminated, coriaceous, with usually 20 pairs of opposite 
lateral nerves ; stipulas ovate, drawn out into a long setaceous 
acumen, deciduous; corymbs terminal, pedunculate, one half 
shorter than the leaves; limb of the calyx with 5 short teeth ; 
corolla short, with a smoothish throat. h}. S. Native of Ni- 
paul, where it was collected by Wallich. It agrees with P. au- 
rantiaca in the stipulas, but differs from that plant in the short 
corollas, &c.; and from P. nervdsa in the teeth of the calyx 
being acute, not obtuse, nor membranous. 
Many-nerved-leaved Psychotria. Shrub. 
154 P. Waxzicura'na (Spreng. cur. post. p. 79.) leaves oval, 
acuminated, serrulated, nerved, glabrous; stipulas simple; 
teeth of the calyx roundish, membranous ; panicles terminal, 
glomerate. h. S. Native of Nipaul, Wallicb. P. nervosa 
D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 137. but not of Swartz. 
Wallich’s Psychotria. Shrub. 
_ 155 P. vacrna‘tis (D. C. prod. 4. p. 520.) glabrous; leaves 
ovate-oblong, cuspidate at the apex, attenuated at theʻbase ; ar 
pulas entire, foliaceous, combined into a sheath-like tube, whic 
is bifid at the apex, having the lobes bidentate at the apen 
front of the leaves ; panicles terminal, pedunculate, downy, be 
the rachis compressed, and the branchlets opposite ; limb ye e 
calyx broadly campanulate, truncate. h. S. Native of Ceylon. 
Ophidéxylon arboreum, Koen. in herb. Royen. Bracteas short, 
acuminated, spreading. Fruit unknown. Perhaps a species 0 
Chiocécca. 
Sheathed-stipuled Psychotria. Shrub. ? 
156 P. Mataya'wa (Jack, in mal. misc. 1. no. 1. p. 3.) leaves 
broad-lanceolate ; stipulas undivided ; panicles terminal, git de 
bose ; throat of the corolla bearded. h. S. Native of ai 
Penang, where it is called Byumbaba by the Malays. Coro 
white, with a greenish limb. 
Malay Psychotria. Shrub. 
157 P. rortizis (Blum. bijdr. p. 958.) stem herbaceous, pete 
ing at the base ; leaves ovate-oblong, attenuated, smooth were 
reticulated beneath, and rather tomentose ; stipulas ovate, bi nl 
cymes compound, pedunculate, axillary, rarely terminal ; fiore 
secund; pyrenæ l-ribbed. h. %.S. Native of Java, r 
mountains, in humid places, Berries globose, ribbed. Perhaps 
belonging to the first section of the genus. 
