460 The Philippine Journal of Science 1920 
This species is apparently allied to Psychotria velutina Elm. 
which it closely resembles in many characters. It is dis- 
tinguished, however, by its leaves being distinctly scabrous 
and not softly pubescent beneath, and by its longer, glabrous 
petioles. 
PSYCHOTRIA TRICARPA sp. nov. 
Frutex erectus, ramulis petiolisque castaneo-pubescentibus; - 
foliis chartaceis, glabris, oblongo-obovatis, abrupte acuminatis, 
basi cuneatis, 8 ad 12 cm longis, nervis utrinque 10, perspicuis; 
fructibus paucis, terminalibus, sessilibus, ovoideis, in siccitate 
brunneis, 8 mm longis, haud sulcatis; albumine aequabile. 
An erect shrub, the branchlets and petioles rather conspicu- 
ously pubescent with weak, short, somewhat crisped, spread- 
ing, castaneous hairs, the branches terete, glabrous, slender, the 
internodes 4 to 12 cm long. Leaves chartaceous, oblong-obovate, 
rather abruptly acuminate, the acumen short, acute, somewhat 
narrowed below to the cuneate base, 8 to 12 cm long, 3 to 6 cm 
wide, somewhat shiny and brownish when dry; lateral nerves 
about 10 on each side of the midrib, prominent on the lower 
surface, somewhat curved, distinctly anastomosing, the reticu- 
lations evident; petioles 1 to 2 em long. Fruits sessile, usually 
3 at the tip of each branchlet, ovoid, brown when dry, about 
8 mm long, the pericarp rather thick, not at all sulcate. Seeds 
plano-convex, not sulcate or ridged, the albumen uniform. 
PANAY, Capiz Province, Jamindan, Bur. Sci. 31224 Ramos & 
Edatio, May 17, 1918; in damp forests. 
This species in the disposition of its fruits resembles Psycho- 
tria euphlebia Merr., from which it is very easily distinguished 
by its pubescence and its fewer-nerved leaves; in the present 
species the albumen is not at all ruminate while in P. euphlebia 
‘it is distinctly so. 
RANDIA Linnaeus 
RANDIA ROSTRATA sp. nov. 
Frutex vel arbor parva, glabra; foliis chartaceis, oblongis ad 
oblongo-lanceolatis, nitidis, 6 ad 11 cm longis, utrinque subae- 
qualiter angustatis, basi cuneatis, apice tenuiter acuminatis, 
nervis utrinque plerumque 5, tenuibus, distinctis; fructibus axil- 
laribus, plerumque solitariis, pedunculatis, anguste ellipsoideis, 
12 ad 14 mm longis, utrinque angustatis, basi leviter acuminatis, 
apice rostratis, calycis dentibus linearis, 1.5 ad 2.5 mm longis, 
glabris. 
