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PSYCHOTRIA LANCILIMBA sp. nov. § Grumilea. * 
Frutex glaber, scandens (7?) ; foliis chartaceis, lanceolatis ad 
oblongo-lanceolatis, usque ad 12 cm longis, olivaceis, tenuiter 
acuminatis, basi acutis, nervis utrinque circiter 15, perspicuis, 
anastomosantibus, reticulis distinctis, densis; stipulis anguste 
oblongis, circiter 1 cm longis; infructescentiis simplicibus vel e 
basi ramosis, circiter 2 cm longis; fructibus obovoideis, sessili- 
bus, in ramis primariis subcapitato-dispositis, circiter 8 mm 
longis, haud sulcatis ; pyrenis plano-convexis, aloumine ruminato. 
A glabrous shrub, apparently scandent. Leaves chartaceous, 
lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, olivaceous, shining, and of about 
the: same color on both surfaces when dry, 8 to 12 cm long, 
2 to 3 cm wide, narrowed upward to the slenderly acuminate 
apex and below to the cuneate base; primary nerves about 15 
on each side of the midrib, prominent, curved, anastomosing, 
the reticulations distinct, the ultimate ones rather dense; pet- 
ioles about 1 cm long; stipules narrowly oblong, deciduous, 
about 1 cm long. Infructescences terminal, solitary, about 2 
em long, simple or branched from the base, the branches never 
more than two. Fruits sessile, subcapitately arranged at the 
ends of the branches, obovoid, red when fresh, black when dry, 
smooth, about 8 mm long, not at all sulcate. Pyrenes plano- 
convex, not at all ridged; albumen ruminate. 
Luzon, Rizal Province, Mount Lumutan, Bur. Sci. 29713 
(type), 29629 Ramos, August 17 and 30, 1917, in the mossy 
forest, apparently at an altitude of about 1,000 meters. 
In vegetative characters this species closely resembles Psycho- 
tria pinnatinervia Elm., but is totally different in its infructes- 
cence and in its fruit characters. The imperfect notes with the 
specimens would indicate that it is a small shrub, but the dried 
specimens have all the appearance of being from vines, while 
several of the branchlets bear rootlets at the nodes. 
PSYCHOTRIA LONGIPETIOLATA sp. nov. § Grumilea. 
Frutex vel arbor parva, glaberrima; foliis oblongis ad oblongo- 
ovatis, usque ad 25 cm longis, subolivaceis, nitidis, coriaceis vel 
subcoriaceis, superne angustatis, acutis, basi acutis vel leviter 
decurrento-acuminatis, nervis primariis utringue 15 ad 20, 
perspicuis, anastomosantibus, reticulis distinctis; petiolo 4 ad 6 
cm longo; paniculis pyramidatis, 8 ad 12 cm longis, ramis basa- 
libus 2, patulis; fructibus numerosis, obovoideis, in siccitate 
brunneis ad atro-brunneis, leviter rugosis, longitudinaliter sul- 
