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glabrous; branches terete; leaves lanceolate-oblong, acumi- 
nated, acute at the base, membranous, shining; stipulas cadu- 
cous; panicles sessile; corollas smoothish. h. S. Native of 
New Granada, near Santa Anna. This is a very distinct plant 
from Psychétria longifldra, Willd., with which it has been con- 
founded by Sprengel in his syst. 1. p. 744. 
Long-leaved Psychotria. Shrub. 
41 P. ancustiròLia (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 
367.) branchlets hairy; leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminated, 
acute at the base, membranous, stiff, discoloured, glabrous, 
rather hairy on the nerves and veins; stipulas glabrous, biden- 
tate: teeth subulate; panicles pedunculate, hairy; corollas 
hairy ; fruit nearly globose, didymous. h.S. Native of South 
America, on the banks of the Orinoco or Rio Negro. Psyché- 
tria stenophylla, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 744. 
Narron-leaved Palicourea. Shrub. 
42 P. nicorranzronia (Cham. et Schlecht. in Linnæa. 4. p. 
18.) branchlets, panicles, stipulas, and under surfaces of leaves 
clothed with minute down; leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminated 
at both ends, membranous, glabrous above ; stipulas truncate, 
drawn out into 2 lanceolate-linear teeth each; panicles elon- 
gated, contracted; corollas tubular, downy on the outside while 
young. k. S. Native of equinoxial Brazil. Segments of the 
corolla rather unequal, pilose at the apex. There are also 5 
fascicles of hairs in the tube of the corolla. Berries nearly orbi- 
cular, flattened. 
Tobacco-leaved Palicourea. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 
43 P. carormy'LLA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 529.) glabrous; 
branches terete; leaves oblong, acute at the base, acuminated at 
the apex, on short petioles ; stipulas combined at the base, twin 
on both sides, lanceolate, acuminated ; panicles erect, contracted, 
shorter than the leaves, with very short few-flowered downy 
branchlets; corollas clothed with powdery tomentum. h. S. 
Native of French Guiana, where it was collected by Patris. 
Leaves 6-8 inches long, and 2 or 2} broad. Nearly allied to 
P. nicotianefolia, but differs in the leaves being glabrous be- 
neath, in the different form of the stipulas. The lobes of the 
stipulas appear as if they were verticillate, 2 being axillary, and 
the other 2 between the petioles. 
Beautiful-leaved Palicourea. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 
44 P. retiota'ris (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 
370.) glabrous; leaves elliptic-oblong, acuminated, cuneated at 
the base, membranous, on long petioles: stipulas connate, 
acutely bifid at the apex ; panicles erect, clothed with very minute 
down; calyx glabrous, with acutish lobes. h.S. Native of 
New Andalusia, on Mount Tumiriquiri. Psychétria petiolaris, 
Spreng. syst. 1. p.745. Corolla unknown. ‘Leaves: 6-7 inches 
Jong. Petioles 1 or 1} inch long. Panicles 3-4 inches long. 
Said to be nearly allied to P. Guianénsis. 
Petiolar Palicourea. Tree 60 feet. 
45 P. Guiane’nsis (Aubl. guian. 1. p. 173. t. 66.) glabrous ; 
leaves oval, short-acuminated, hardly acute at the base, mem- 
branous, petiolate; stipulas bluntly bifid, rather connate, at 
length distinct, intrafoliaceous ; panicles much-branched, erect ; 
corollas cylindrical, mealy outside. h. S. Native of French 
Guiana, in woods. Psychétria Palicirea, Swartz, fi. ind. occ. p- 
433. Stephanium Guianénse, Gmel. syst. veg. p. 368. Semìra 
Palicùrea, Poir. dict. 7. p. 196. Leaves a foot long, and 5-6 
inches broad. Flowers sweet-scented, scarlet. Tube of corolla 
a little inflated, and curved. 
Guiana Palicourea. Shrub 7 to 8 feet. 
46 P. Henxea‘na (D.C. prod. 4. p. 530.) branchlets bluntly 
tetragonal ; leaves petiolate, elliptic, acute at the base, and very 
blunt at the apex, or hardly cuspidate, glabrous, velvety beneath 
on the middle nerve and veins; stipulas triangular, acute; pa- 
nicles terminal, pedunculate, much branched, equal in length to 
RUBIACEZX. CLXXIII. PALICOUREA. 
the leaves, with opposite or alternate spreading branches ; corollas 
glabrous. h.S. Native of Peru, on the mountains about the 
Guanocco, where it was collected by Henke. Cinchona Hen- 
keana, Bartl, in herb. Henke. Corollas purplish, 4 lines long, 
Fruit unknown. Habit very like that of P. Guianénsis. 
Henke’s Palicourea. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 
47 P. BaRBINE'RVIA (D.C. prod. 4. p. 530.) branches terete, 
glabrous; leaves oval, acute at the base, cuspidate at the apex, 
stiffish, glabrous, with the nerves rather prominent beneath, and 
bearded on both sides; stipulas intrafoliaceous, adpressed, very 
blunt, somewhat 2-lobed; panicles pedunculate, rather longer 
than the leaves, large, much branched, having the rachis angular, 
and the branchlets somewhat verticillate, spreading, and many- 
flowered ; corollas clothed with powdery tomentum. h.S. Na- 
tive of Porto-Rico, and probably of St. Domingo. Psychótria 
macrophýlla and Psych. lùtea, Spreng. in herb. Balb. A very 
beautiful species, nearly allied to P. Guianénsis, but very distinct. 
The nerves of the leaves become naked at length. 
Bearded-nerved Palicourea. Shrub 6 to 7 feet. 
48 P.costa'ra (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 366.) 
branchlets villous ; leaves oblong, acuminated, acute at the base, 
membranous, glabrous, discoloured beneath, and hairy on the 
nerves and veins; stipulas hairy, bifid, with the segments linear, 
and about equal in length to the petioles; panicles pedunculate, 
hairy ; corollas hairy on the outside, and bearded inside. be S. 
Native of South America, on the banks of the Orinoco and Rio 
Negro. Said to be nearly allied to Psychótria reticulàta. Per- 
haps the same as Psychótria aristata, Willd. in Roem. et Schultes, 
syst. vol. 5. to which it is referred by Sprengel. 
Ribbed-leaved Palicourea. Shrub. 
49 P. wo’x1a (Mart. reis. ex Linnea. 5. p. 39.) glabrous; 
leaves membranous, oblong, acuminated, rounded at the base on 
short petioles; panicles divaricate; pedicels usually trifid ; co- 
rollas velvety. .S. Native of Brazil. The rest unknown, 
as in the following species. 
Poisonous Palicourea. Shrub. ; : 
50 P. sowans (Mart. 1. c.) glabrous; leaves coriaceous, 09- 
long, attenuated at both ends, acuminated or retuse ; 7 
subcorymbose, disposed into a large pyramidal panicle. k. > 
Native of Brazil. Corollas velvety. 
Sounding Palicourea. Shrub. 2 é l 
51 P. piure’tica (Mart. l. c.) leaves with thickened revolute 
margins, velvety beneath between the ribs and veins; eae 
disposed into a subcorymbose panicle ; flowers clothed with fin 
velvety down. h.S. Native of Brazil. 
Diuretic Palicourea. Shrub. meer ee” 
52 P. orricina‘uis (Mart. l. c.) shrub clothed with aid 
yellow down in every part ; leaves narrow-elliptic, on short pe 
tioles, acute or rounded at the apex, with a mucrone, aa 
a little at the base ; corymbs disposed into a coarctate panicle. 
h. S. Native of Brazil. 
Offictnal Palicourea. Shrub. 
ooo aura`ra (Mart, 1. c. p. 40.) leaves 4 in a whorl, ae 
branous, stiffish, oblong or obovate, on long petioles, se a 
glabrous, of a golden yellow colour beneath; racemes T 
in a coarctate panicle ; corollas clothed with fine velvety do 
hp. S. Native of Brazil. 
Eared Palicourea. Shrub. f P 
54 P. stre Pens (Mart. l. c.) bark corky; leaves coren , 
stiff, glabrous on both surfaces, almost sessile, AE. "3 
tuse at both ends, with thickened revolute margins, yel ape 
beneath; corymbs disposed into a pyramidal panicle ; 5 a 
clothed with fine velvety down. h. S. Native of Brazil. 
haps the same as P. rígida ? 
Rattling Palicourea. Shrub. 
