FLORA NIGRITIANA. 417 
Panicula terminalis, pedunculata, foliis paullo longior v. 
brevior, glabra, ramulis brevibus oppositis subcompressis 
cymoso-pauciforis. Bractee ad squamas minimas reductz, 
v. rarius par foliorum floralium adest sub ramis infimis pani- 
cule. Pedicelli lineam longi, cum ovario et calyce continui. 
Calycis limbus minutus, dentibus acutis vix conspicuis. 
Corolle tubus 4-5 lin. longus, angulatus, extus glaber, 
intus basi glaber, ad faucem pilis paucis villosulus ; limbi 
lacinize oblong, crassiuscüle, apice inflexe, sestivatione 
induplicato-valvate. Stamina supra medium tubi inserta ; 
flamenta brevia; anthere longe lineares, medifixe, tubo 
incluse v. vix exsertæ. Discus epigynus oblongus, trun- 
catus, fere ? lin. longus. Stylus apice bifidus, lobis com- 
planatis summo apice triangularibus stigmatosis. Ovarium 
biloculare, ovulis e basi loeulorum erectis solitariis. 
Although I have not seen the fruit of this species, I have 
little hesitation in referring it to that group of Chasalie which 
includes a number of East Indian plants hitherto placed in 
Psychotria, although differing both in flower and fruit from the 
genuine Psychofrie, whether East Indian or American. They 
all agree with CAasalia in the lengthened tube of the corolla, 
and the smooth fruit, with the albumen exceedingly hollowed 
out on the inner face: they only differ, indeed, from the Mau- 
ritius specimens by their laxer habit and more slender flowers.* 
2. Chasalia parviflora, Benth. ; glabra, stipulis brevibus con- 
Datis brevissime acuminatis, foliis oblongis acuminatis basi 
acutis, corymbo terminali multifloro, floribus aggregatis, 
* Amongst the East Indian species which should be thus transferred 
to Chasalia may be mentioned Psychotria ophioayloides, Wall., P. curvi- 
Sora, Wall., P. ambigua, Wight et Arn., n. 8358, 8361, 8363 and 8390, 
of Wallich's Catalogue, and n. 2317 of Cuming's Malacca plants. The P. 
adenophylla, Wall. and n. 8345 of his Catalogue are Grumilie, but P. 
iptica, Roxb., (P. Reevesii, Lindl.), appears to me to be rather a true 
Psychotria, Pederia ternata, Wall., Psychotria oxyphylla, Wall., and 
n. 8342 and 8389 of Wallich’s Catalogue, seem to be species of 
Gertnera, 
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