Psychotria. | LXX. RUBIACEZ (HIERN). 201 
16. P. subpunctata, Hiern. A glabrous shining shrub, 6 feet 
high. “Branches terete, smooth, towards the extremities compressed. 
Leaves ovate-oval, attenuate at both ends, rather abruptly so at the base, 
membranous, rather paler beneath, black-punctate, 4-8 by 14-24 in., 
margins nearly flat; lateral veins about 8-10 pairs, slender, clearly 
marked beneath; petiole 1-2 in.; stipules deltoid, + in. long, shortly 
bifid, lobes apiculate. Flowers 4 in. long, on shorter pedicels, in dense 
globose shortly pedunculate terminal cymes of 1-14 in. diam. ; common 
peduncle }-2 in.; bracts and bracteoles obsolete. Calyx-limb about 
equalling the ovary, subentire. Corolla-lobes 5; throat bearded. An- 
thers nearly included. Style exserted. 
Upper Guinea. By the River Kongui, 1° N. lat., Mann! 
17. P. brunnea, Schweinf. mss. in herb. A puberulous shrub. 
Branches glabrescent, smooth, terete; at the extremities compressed 
and puberulous with short crisp hairs. Leaves obovate-oval, abruptly 
acuminate, wedge-shaped at the base, membranous, puberulous beneath 
at least along the midrib and the 10-12 pairs of lateral veins, 3-7 by 
13-8 in.; petiole 3-11 in. long, puberulous, patent; stipules deltoid, 
about 3-4 in. long, bicuspidate at the tip, caducous ; upper internodes 
abbreviated. Flowers 4-1 in. long, sessile or subsessile, numerous, 
arranged in radiately and trichotomously branched sessile terminal 
globose puberulous cymes of 1-14 in. diam.; bracteoles very short. 
Calyx puberulous, urceolate ; limb about as long as the ovary, shortly 
and obscurely lobed. Corolla brown-purple ; tube short, straight ; 
throat bearded; lobes 5, short. Anthers 5, partly exserted. Style 
ifid, included. 
North Central. Monbuttu-land, on the right bank of the Kibali River, 
Schwein furth ! 
18. PB. longevaginalis, Schweinf. mss. in herb. A nearly gla- 
brous shrub, 15 feet high. Branches terete, compressed and puberu- 
ous at the extremities. Leaves oval, narrowly acuminate, wedge-shaped 
at the base, firmly chartaceous, glabrate or scattered with hairs on the 
midrib, 25-5 by 1-2 in., margin nearly flat, lateral veins about 6 
Pairs, often with little glandular pits in the axils; petiole $3 in.; sti- 
pules long-sheathing, with two or more filiform tails terminating each, 
24 1n-long. Flowers about in. long, sessile, numerous, in brachiately 
wanched terminal cymes of 2 in. diam. with two opposite leaves or leaf- 
<e bracts which bear deltoid stipules ; common peduncle (or uppermost 
i cTnode ) # in.; bracteoles ovate, about equalling the calyx. Calyx- 
b larger than the ovary, glabrate, unequally 5-4-cleft ; teeth ovate. 
°rolla white, sweet-scented; tube straight; throat bearded ; lobes 
83 longer than the tube. Anthers 5-4, about equalling the filaments. 
tyle bidentate. 
North Central. Monbuttu-land, at the River Kapili, Schweinfurth ! 
19. p, Sabonica, Hiern. A glabrous shrub. Branches terete, 
~ coth, rather compressed towards the extremities. Leaves oval, 
mrily acuminate, attenuate at the base into a petiole of 3-1 in., 
