162 LXXV. RUBIACER. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Psychotria, 
axils sometimes minutely glandular; stipules ovate, obtuse, deciduous. Cymes 
broad; peduncles 1-2 in., and branches stout; bracteoles rounded ; flowers 3-4-nate, 
subsessile. Calyx obscurely 5-toothed. Corolla-tube very short. Fruit small, 
spherical, smooth. Seed j-terete; ventral surface flat; albumen ruminate, 
4, P. Thwaitesii, Hook. f.; glabrous, leaves elliptic-lanceolate oblong 
or obovate acuminate or acute, nerves 12-16 pair, stipules triangular acute or 
cuspidate, cymes peduncled, branches stout whorled, flowers capitate or cymes 
sessile reduced and capitate mixed with rufous hairs, calyx-limb in the ellipsoid 
fruit minute. P. Heyneana, Wall. Cat. 8327; upper right hand specimens, 
Grumilea nudiflora, Thw. Enum. 147, not of W. $ A, ?G. nigra, Gaertn, 
Fruct, 138, t. 28. 
Western PENINSULA ; on the Ghats, from the Concan southward. Ceyrow; alt, 
3-6000 ft., common. 
A glabrous bush; branches smooth, compressed. Leaves 3-6 by 13-23 in., greenish 
when dry, rather coriaceous; petiole 4—14 in. ; stipules very variable. Cymes variable; 
peduncle and short branches 4-angled in fruit; bracteoles caducous; flowers small. 
Calyx-teeth 5, small, Corolla-tube very short, glabrous externally and nearly so 
within. Fruit ellipsoid, smooth. Seed }-terete ; ventral surface flat; albumen 
ruminate.—There are two principal forms of this and a subordinate third, 
Var. 1. zeylanica; cymes peduncled, branches distinct. 
Van. 2. peninsularis; leaves usually smaller more obovate, cymes always sessile, 
branches moderate or short or 0, or the inflorescence a peduncled globose head. 
Var. 3. coronata; leaves small, fruit with the ealyx-limb distinct 5-toothed (as 
in P. congesta, but smaller).—Ceylon at Ramboddi, alt. 4000 ft., Gardner. 
5. P. congesta, W. § A. Prodr. 432; glabrous, leaves obovate or 
oblanceolate subacute, nerves 8-10 pair, stipules ovate, cymes sessile or 
peduncled, branches opposite, flowers crowded very shortly pedicelled not eapi- 
tate without rufous hairs, calyx-limb crowning the ellipsoid fruit. Wight Ic. 
t. 1037. G. patens, Schlecht in Pl. Hohen, n. 1373. ? P. elongata, Bedd. Fl. 
Sylv. Anal. Gen. t. xvii. 
NiraukERRY and Putney Mrs.; alt. 7-8000 ft., Wight, &c. 
An evergreen leafy bush. Leaves 23-5 by 1-2 in., rather coriaceous, greenish 
when dry; nerves strong; petiole 1-2 in.; stipules deciduous. Cymes with short 
thick branches and branchlets, quite glabrous, ebracteolate. Calyx 4—5-toothed. 
Corolla-tube very short, glabrous or pubescent within. Fruit ellipsoid, smooth ; 
calyx-limb tubular, toothed, sometimes very low or even reduced to teeth sessile on 
the top of the fruit. Seed semiterete, ventral face flat, albumen grooved. 
Var, astephana ; cymes less crowded, fruit with a scarcely raised calyx-limb. 
6. P. macrocarpa, Hook. f.; glabrous, leaves elliptic or oblanceolate 
obtuse or obtusely acuminate, stipules very broad, cymes peduncled, branches 
very short and thick lower whorled, flowers crowded very shortly pedicelled, 
fruit ellipsoid % in. crowned by the very short calyx-teeth. Rubiacea, Wall. Cat. 
8460, 
TRAVANCORE; at Courtallam, Wight. 
Branches pale, smooth, branchlets compressed. Leaves 5-8 by 2-2} in., thinly 
coriaceous, narrowed into a rather slender petiole 1-1 in.; stipules coriaceous, 
deciduous. Cymes short, not lin. high and hardly so broad; peduncles 1 in. or less ; 
bracts caducous; flowers larger than in the preceding species. Calyx-teeth 4-5, 
triangular. Corolla-tube very short, woolly within. Fruit ellipsoid, smooth. Seeds 
3-terete, ventral face flat; albumen ruminate, 
7. P. subintegra, W. § A. Prodr. 432 (Grumilea); glabrous, leaves 
elliptic-lanceolate obtuse or obtusely acuminate, petiole slender, stipules very 
broad, cymes axillary and terminal peduncled brachiate broadly corymbose, 
