174 The Philippine Journal of Science 1917 
PSYCHOTRIA Linnaeus 
PSYCHOTRIA DEPAUPERATA sp. nov. 
Frutex erectus, circiter 0.5 m altus, ramosus, partibus junior- 
ibus et subtus foliis ad costa ferrugineo-pubescentibus; foliis 
anguste oblongis ad oblongo-lanceolatis, usque ad 7 cm longis, 
utrinque subaequaliter angustatis, acutis vel obscure acuminatis, 
nervis tenuibus, utrinque circiter 10; fructibus in axillis superior- 
ibus, solitariis, obovoideis, obscure sulcatis, glabris, circiter 6 cm 
longis; seminibus concavo-convexis, albumine aequabile. 
An erect, much-branched undershrub about 0.5 m high, the 
branchlets, petioles, and midribs on the lower surface of the 
leaves ferruginous-pubescent. Branches terete, grayish or 
brownish. Leaves firmly chartaceous, narrowly oblong to oblong- 
lanceolate, 3 to 7 cm long, 10 to 17 mm wide, subequally narrowed 
to the acute base and apex, or the apex slightly acuminate, sub- 
olivaceous when dry, the upper surface glabrous, shining, the 
lower much paler, ferruginous-pubescent on the midrib, other- 
wise glabrous; lateral nerves about 10 on each side of the midrib, 
slender; petioles ferruginous-pubescent, about 5 mm long. 
Fruits in the uppermost axils, solitary, glabrous, yellow when 
fresh, brown when dry, narrowly obovoid, about 6 mm long, 
apex rounded, base cuneate, obscurely sulcate when dry; seeds 
concavo-convex, the back with 3 or 4 shallow longitudinal ridges, 
the albumen not at all ruminate; pedicels about 6 mm long, 
recurved, sparingly pubescent. 
ALABAT, back of Sangirin, Merrill 10487, December 28, 1916, on dry 
ridges in virgin forest, altitude about 100 meters; of very local occurrence. 
The alliance of this species is manifestly with Psychotria linearis Bartl. 
(Amaracarpus longifolius Elm.), from which it is at once distinguished 
by its entirely differently shaped leaves. 
PSYCHOTRIA SAMARENSIS sp. nov. 
Arbor circiter 5 m alta, ramulis subtus foliis et inflorescentiis 
prominente ferrugineo-pubescentibus; foliis oblongis, firmiter 
chartaceis, usque ad 15 cm longis, utrinque subaequaliter angus- 
tatis, apice acuminatis, basi acutis, supra in siccitate castaneis, 
subtus pallidioribus, nervis utrinque 10 ad 12; infructescentiis 
5 ad 7 cm longis, breviter pedunculatis vel e basi ramosis; fruc- 
tibus sessilibus, anguste obovoideis, haud sulcatis, leviter pubes- 
centibus; seminibus plano-convexis. 
A tree about 5 m high, the branchlets, lower surface of the 
leaves, petioles, and inflorescences prominently ferruginous- 
pubescent. Branches terete, slender, glabrous, smooth, pale- 
brownish when dry. Leaves firmly chartaceous, oblong, 11 to 
