Peychotria. | LXX. RUBIACEE (HIERN). 203 
22. P. punctata, Vathe in Ocsterr. Bot. Zeitschr. xxv. p.230 (1875). 
Glabrous glaucescent. Branches pallid, subterete, at the extremities 
compressed, Leaves opposite, narrowly elliptical, somewhat obovate, 
rounded or obtuse at the apex, attenuate at the base, chartaceous, 
rather paler beneath, punctate, 1-3 by 4-14 in., margins narrowly 
revolute ; lateral veins about 5 pairs, inconspicuous; petioles ranging 
up to 2in.; stipules deltoid, apiculate, undivided, caducous. Flowers 
pentamerous, 4 in. long, on shorter pedicels, forming little clusters 
arranged in brachiately branched terminal or quasi-axillary pedunculate 
often drooping cymes ; common peduncle 1-2 in. ; bracts and bracteoles 
minute, obsolete. Calyx-limb about as long as the ovary, sinuate-den- 
ticulate. Corolla-tube funnel-shaped, straight ; throat hairy. Anthers 
included. Style exserted ; branches short, recurving. Berries depresso- 
globose or subdidymous, 2-43; in. long, faintly ribbed ; albumen of the 
seeds uniform. 
Mozamb. Distr. Zanzibar, Kirk ; Nazimoio, Kirk! Hildebrandt! 
Vatke describes the leaves as verticillate in fours. 
23. P. obtusifolia, Poir. Encycl. Méth. v. p. 697 (1804). Gla- 
brous. Branches terete, opposite, finely striate, robust. Leaves obovate, 
rounded at the apex, attenuate at the base into a short petiole, thickly 
coriaceous, of the same colour on both surfaces, 3-5 by 12-2 in,, lateral 
Veins inconspicuous, about 5 pairs ; margins revolute; stipules deltoid, 
apiculate, undivided, solitary, 3-4 in. long, caducous. Flowers 3-¢ in, 
long, numerous, in dense pedunculate corymbose terminal panicles of 
about 14 in. diam. ; bracteoles obsolete or minute; common peduncle 
1-1} in, Calyx-limb small, very shortly 5-dentate, not ciliate. Corolla- 
lobes ovate. Anthers shortly oblong, exserted. Fruit oval, about 
gn. long, ribbed, 2-celled ; seeds striate—Lam. Ill. t. 161, f. 4; DC. 
rodr. iy. p- 519; nec Sieber, nec E. Mey. 
Mozamb. Distr. Mozambique, Forbes ! 
Oceurs also in Madagascar. 
24. By zambesiana, Hiern. A nearly glabrous shrub, turning 
a dark colour in the dry state. Leaves opposite, obovate or narrowly 
elliptical, rounded or shortly pointed at the apex, wedge-shaped at the 
4se, thinly coriaceous, inconspicuously punctate, glabrous, 23-33 by 
4“ 1n., Margins narrowly revolute, lateral veins about 7 pairs ; petioles 
“anging up to i in.; stipules deltoid, shortly apiculate, 3 in. long, 
caducous, undivided. Flowers pentamerous, 2 in. long, on shorter 
Pedicels, in trichotomously branched pedunculate terminal or subter- 
jinal subeorymbose cymes of 14-24 in. diameter; common peduncle 
ie in. long, erect ; bracts and bracteoles minute or obsolete. Calyx- 
imb as long as the ovary; teeth short, ciliate. Corolla-tube funnel- 
shaped, Straight; throat bearded. Anthers nearly included. Style 
“xserted, bifid. . 
Mozamb. Distr. Kongone mouth of the Zambesi River, Kirk! 
25. BP. Rony a. Plant. p.130. Glabrous, 
° y, Schum. Beskr. Guin. Plant. p 
shrubby, Braxichies subdichotomous, subdivaricate, terete, above com- 
Pressed and dark purplish. Leaves ovate-elliptical, attenuate at both 
