164 LXXV. RUBIACEX. (J. D. Hooker.) [ Psychotria. 
petiole very short; stipules forming a sheathing 2-fid tube to the peduncle, obtuse or 
subacute, axils glabrous. Cymes 2-3 in. long in fruit; peduncle 2 in. and under, 
stout; branches not 2 in., bracts caducous ; flowers sessile or very shortly pedicelled. 
Calyx minutely 5-toothed. Corolla-tube very short, throat villous. Fruit size of a 
small pea; calyx-limb obsolete. Seeds }-terete, ventral face flat; albumen rumi- 
nated.—Leaves of the Ceylon specimen broader and with more nerves than the 
peninsular. Beddome's figure of P. elongata (Fl. Sylv. Anal. Gen. xvii. f. 6) has 
glabrous throat to the corolla, and is a different plant. From the appearance of the 
inflorescence and persistent large calyx-limb it is probably P. congesta. 
11. P. adenophylla, Wall. in Roxb, Fl. Ind., ed. Carey $ Wall. ii. 
166; Cat. 8849; glabrous, leaves elliptic-lanceolate or oblong acute acuminate 
or cuspidate, nerves 14-20 pair, axils minutely perforated, upper stipules 
connate sheathing truncate, axils hairy, cymes terminal D axillary fruiting 
elongate racemiform, branches short opposite and slender, flowers pedicelled, 
fruit pyriform, calyx-limb minute. DC. Prodr. iv. 520. P. connata, Kurz 
For, Fl, ii. 10, not of Wallich. 
Kuasta Mrs. and Cacnar, alt. 0—4000 ft. Peev, M’Clelland; Currracone, 
J. D. H. § T. T.; Texasserm and ANDAMAN Istanps, Helfer, Kurz, &e. 
A shrub. Leaves very variable, 4-7 by 1-2} in., tip rounded and euspidate or 
more or less gradually acuminate, base the same; nerves variable in number ; petiole 
4—4 in.; stipules 1-3 in., truncate, obtuse or subacute. Cymes with the peduncle 
3.5 in., or 7 when fruiting; branches opposite and subopposite ; bracts caducous ; 
flowers very small. Calyx-limb truncate, quite entire. Corolla-tube d in., throat 
villous. Fruit } in. long. Seeds }-terete, ventral face flat; albumen ruminate.— 
Very different from P. congesta in the shape of the leaves, slender cymes, flowers, 
calyx-limb, and fruit. The hollow glands at the nerve-axils from which Wallich 
derived the specific name are minute and not always visible. 
12. P. tylophora, Kurz in Lond. Journ. Bot. 1875, 328; glabrous, 
leaves elliptic-obovate or -lanceolate abruptly acuminate narrowed into the 
petiole, nerves 12-16 pair axils it stipules ovate-oblong acute, cymes 
eduncled terminal erect, rachis slender elongate, opposite and alternate short 
Salies slender, fruit ellipsoid pedicelled, calyx-limb minute. 
Nicopar Istanps; woods of Katehall, Kurz. 
A shrub. Leaves 4-7 by 13-21 in., rather membranous, pale when dry; nerves 
slender, arched ` petiole 4—} in. ; stipules glabrous, axils hairy. Cymes racemose in 
fruit, 3-4 in. long, short, branches dichotomously divided. Fruit nearly j in. long.— 
I have seen but one imperfect specimen. 
13. P. pendula, Hook. f.; glabrous, leaves elliptic-obovate or -lanceolate 
abruptly obtusely acuminate, narrowed into the petiole, nerves 12-16 pair, axils 
imperforate, cymes peduncled terminal, fruiting pendulous very long, rachis and 
very short distant opposite branches stout, fruit depressed-globose sessile 
crowned with the enlarged calyx-limb. 
ANDAMAN Istanps; Passage Bay, Helfer. 
Branches smooth, stout, pale green. Leaves 4-6 by 13-25 in., pale green when 
dry, nerves slender; petiole 4+3 in. ; stipules not seen. Fruiting cymes racemose, 5-7 
in. long. Fruit 4 in. broad, somewhat contracted at the base, obscurely didymous ` 
calyx-limb eupular, 5-toothed, with a central obtuse projecting enlarged disk. Seeds 
hemispheric, ventral face flat; albumen not deeply ruminate.— This differs from P. 
tylophora in the imperforate nerve-axils and long pendulous fruiting cymes with very 
stout branches, and sessile fruit of a totally different shape, and large calyx-limb. 
14. P. platyneura, Kurz in Trimen Journ. Bot. 1875, 327; For. Fi. 
ii. 10; glabrous, leaves elliptic-obovate or -lanceolate abruptly acuminate nar- 
rowed into the stout petiole, nerves about 20 pair, stipules broad ovate upper 
