RUBIACEH. CLXXIII. PALICOUREA. 599 
lanceolate lobes. h. S. Native of St. Domingo. Psychétria 
tabernafolia, Poir. dict. 5. p. 704. Flowers cream-coloured, 
hardly half an inch long. 
Tent-leaved Palicourea. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 
4 P. nepea’ntHAa (D. C. 1. c.) glabrous; branches terete ; 
leaves elliptic-oblong, acuminated, acute at the base; stipulas 
twin on both sides, acute, small, hardly joined by a ligula; pa- 
nicles pedunculate, terminal ; peduncles trichotomous, com- 
pressed; corollas bluntly 4-cleft, clothed with powdery tomen- . 
tum. h.S. Native of Brazil. 
Hairy-flowered Palicourea. Shrub. 
5 P. Marcera'vn (St. Hil. pl. rem. bras. p- 281. t, 22. f. a.) 
branchlets somewhat tetragonal ; leaves oblong, acuminated, 
bluntish at the base, on short petioles ; stipulas trifid? ; cymes 
pedunculate, downy; rachis and branches angular ; corollas cy- 
lindrical, with 5 very short blunt teeth, clothed with papillose 
tomentum, h. S. Native of Brazil, on the edges of woods. 
Erva do rato, Marcg. bras. 60. f. 2. Galvania, no. 2. Vell. mss. 
ex St. Hil. Galvania Vellésii, Roem. et Schultes, syst. 5. p. 193. 
Peduncles of a coppery scarlet colour. Corollas of a yellowish 
Copper colour at the base, and purple at the apex. 
Var. B, pubéscens (D. C. prod. 4. p. 525.) leaves downy be- 
neath. h. S. Native along with the species. St. Hil. 1. c. 
and Cham. et Schlecht. in Linnea. vol. 4. 
Marcgrave's Palicourea. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. ; 
a P. arica`ra (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 367. t. 
.) glabrous ; branches terete; leaves oblong, short-acumi- 
oe narrow at the base, coriaceous ; stipulas connate, biden- 
a onger than the petioles ; panicles cymose, sessile; corolla 
ee rous ; fruit rather turbinate, crowned by a permanent urceo- 
ae S. Native of Caraccas, on Mount Silla de Caraceas. 
a y o a Willd. in Roem. et Schultes, syst. 5. p. 191. 
orolla evidently ventricose at the base. Fruit sometimes 3- 
celled, and the stigma trifid. 
Cronned-fruited Palicourea. FI. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1824. Shrub 
4 to 6 feet, F 
e VAYE TA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 525.) glabrous; branches 
pie n eaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, thin, nerved; sti- 
Scrat ne bidentate ; corymbs terminal, pedunculate, 
eo ee trichotomous branches; corolla funnel-shaped, 
S x ittle ; anthers inclosed; fruit roundish, didymous. 
pets P ative of Jamaica, on the mountains in woods. Psy- 
ln os avetta, Swartz, prod. 45. Lam. ill. t. 161. f. 3. Pa- 
ee aoa Swartz, fl. ind. occ. 1. p. 233, Céstrum ner- 
urg A ill. dict.—Sloane, hist. jam. 2. t. 202. f. 2.—Plum. ed. 
a. fl; Flowers white, very sweet-scented, with 
— ae acute lobes, _ This is certainly not a species of Pavétta, 
e A style not being exserted, nor a Psychétria, from the 
S e corolla being elongated and a little curved. 
oe Palicourea. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 
* TINCTÒRIA (Reem. et Schultes, syst. 5. p. 194.) glabrous; 
tha ež oblong, acuminated, Pee esea yi oP in Ae axils of 
zea . ages stipulas lanceolate, connate at the base; pa- 
the poe ‘si peduncles, sub-corymbose, brachiate ; throat of 
ag fen earded ; filaments hairy; fruit roundish. h. S. 
aha: ee in forests on the Andes, ex Ruiz et Pav.; and 
aes yaquil, ex Henke. Psychdtria tinctoria, Ruiz. et Pav. fl. 
shins PR: 62. t. 211. f. a. Spreng. syst. 1. p. 745. exclusive of 
he one of Bartl. in herb. Hænke. Stipulas glandular at 
i e Peduncles rather tetragonal. Bracteas small, acute. 
„vers sessile, usually by threes. Calyx yellowish. Corollas 
w $ 
ite or cream-coloured, with a reflexed limb. Fruit globose,- 
rufescent, 
ar. B; 
Henke. 
Dyers’ Palicourea. Tree 18 to 28 feet. 
This species yields a red dye. : 
leaves ovate. h. S. Native about Guayaquil, ex 
9 P. xantuina (D. C. prod. 4. p. 525.) glabrous; branches 
terete; leaves ovate or oval-lanceolate, acute at the base, acumi- 
nated at the apex, membranous, on short petioles; stipulas 
very short, somewhat bidentate ; corymbs pedunculate, terminal, 
rarely axillary, trichotomous, bractless ; corollas downy on the 
outside, curved; anthers a little exserted. h. S. Native of 
French Guiana, where it was collected by Patris. Branches 
and peduncles yellow. Berries nearly globose, didymous, 
ribbed. 
Yellow Palicourea. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 
10 P. punicea (D. C. prod. 4. p. 526.) glabrous ; branchlets 
nearly terete, rufescent ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute, shining 
on both surfaces; stipulas twin on both sides, subulate, con- 
nected by ashort ligula; panicles corymbose, pedunculate, of a 
scarlet colour; corollas urceolate ; berries roundish, didymous. 
h. S. Native of Peru, in forests on the Andes. Psychétria 
punicea, Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 62. t.42. f. a, Leaves 9 
inches long, undulated. Bracteas subulate. Flowers glomerate. 
Corolla of a purplish scarlet colour, with a short tube, and ovate 
acute segments. 
Scarlet-corymbed Palicourea. Shrub 6 feet. 
11 P. crocka (Roem. et Schultes. syst. 5. p. 193.) glabrous ; 
leaves ovate or oval-lanceolate, acuminated, stiffish; stipulas 
connected by a short ligula, twin on both sides, linear, acumi- 
nated, one half shorter than the petioles; panicles corymbose, 
terminal; corollas obconically tubular; anthers exserted from 
the tube, but shorter than the limb; berries rather didymous. 
h. S. Native of Porto-Rico, Trinidad, Cuba, Guadaloupe, 
&c. Psychétria crdcea, Swartz, fl. ind. occ. p. 429. Sieb. fl. 
trin. no. 28. Meyer, esseq. 1. p. 105.?—Browne, jam. t. 13. 
f. 1. Leaves with prominent veins.’ Panicles and peduncles 
saffron coloured. j 
Saffron-coloured-panicled Palicourea. Fl. June, July. Clt. 
1823. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 
12 P. pepuxcuròsa (D.C. prod. 4. p. 526.) glabrous; leaves 
elliptic-oblong, acuminated at both ends, and somewhat cuspi- 
date at the apex, stiffish; stipulas oval, deciduous; panicles 
corymbose, on long peduncles, with opposite branches; corolla 
funnel-shaped, glabrous, with revolute lobes ; fruit ovate-glo- 
bose. h.S. Native of French Guiana, where it was collected 
by Patris. Psychdotria pedunculdsa, Rich, act. soc. hist. nat. 
par. 1792. p. 107.2? Paliciirea Cayennénsis, Desv. in Ham. 
prod. fl. ind. occ. p. 29.? 
Long-peduncled Palicourea, Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 
13 P. curona’nrHA (D. C. 1. c.) glabrous; leaves ovate, 
ending in a short point at the apex, hardly acute at the base, 
stiffish ; stipulas oval, at length deciduous; panicles corymbose, 
pedunculate, shorter than the leaves, with opposite branches ; 
corolla funnel-shaped, glabrous on the outside; anthers ex- 
serted ; fruit obovate, pear-shaped, ribbed. h. S. Native of 
Brazil, about Bahia, where it was gathered by Salzmann, 
G. Don, &c. Corollas snow-white, tubular, with linear-lan- 
ceolate lobes, and a villous throat.. Stigma bifid. Lobes com- 
pressed. 
Snow-flowered Palicourea. Shrub 4 to € feet. 
14 P. umpetra‘ra (D. C. l. c.) glabrous; branches trigonal 
or tetragonal ; leaves elliptic-oblong, acuminated, attenuated at 
the base, stiff, nerved, on short petioles; stipulas connected, 
sheathing, short, coriaceous, with 2 short teeth on both sides ; 
corymbs pedunculate, sub-umbellate, composed of 5-7 branches, 
which rise almost from the same point, and are corymbosely 
branched at their tops; calyx acutely 5-toothed. h.S. Na- 
tive of French Guiana, where it was collected by Patris. On 
the same branch there is often opposite leaves, or 3-4 in a whorl. 
Stigma 3-cleft in many of the flowers. 
Umbellate-corymbed Palicourea. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 
