Ad cognitionem generis Psychotriae additamenta. 437 
? Psychotria awillarıs Spreng. Syst. I (1825) p. 740 (quoad pl. 
Guad.); Wikstr. Guad. p. 61, — non Willd. 
Ronabea latifolia Duss! Flore Ant. frang. (1897) p. 342, _ 
non Aubl. 
Branda grand-bois v. Caf& blanc Guad., Caf&6-montagne 
Mart. (ec Duss). 
Planta herbacea 40— 90 cm. alta, raro altior, caule solitario crasso 
et succulento, cylindrico, saepe inferne decumbente et radicante, ad nodos 
incrassato (ex Duss); rami juniores et stipulae et petioli et folia cystolithigera. 
Stipulae valde peculiares, ventre infero crasse carinatae, carina superne in 
lobulum liberum limbo breviorem excurrente, coriaceae, 4—10 mm. longae, 
posterius deciduae. Folia nervo medio applanato, lateralibus utringque 9—11 
sub angulo 40— 60° e medio prodeuntibus arcuatim in marginem productis, 
tenuissime reticulato-anastomosantibus, subtus pallidiora, non domatiata. In- 
florescentiae 5—7 cm. latae, densiflorae. Calycis tubus semiorbicularis; 
limbus 1 mm. longus, usque ad medium 5-fidus, brevissime pilosus. Corolla 
(evoluta non visa) intus sub staminum insertione villosula, caeterum glabra; 
lobi in aestivatione valvati, ovato-triangulares, apice uncato-incurvi. Fila- 
menta tubo corollino inserta; antherae oblongo- -lineares, in 1/, alt. affıxae. 
Discus bene evolutus, 0,4 mm. altus. Stigma apice bilobum, lobis lanceo- 
‚ latis. Baccae calyce bear coronatae. Semina compressa, ventre plana, sed 
medio longitrorsum carinata; endospermium non ruminatum nec sulcatum. 
Hab. in Guadeloupe parum frequens in Bains-Jaunes (le long 
du canal de Montörau), Matouba (coul6e de la Ravine-ä-D£jeuner), 
Capesterre (bois des environs du Grand-Etang), in sylvis humidis 
Grande D&couverte, Trois Riviöres 400— 900 m. alt., flor. totum per 
annum: Duss n. 2768; Dominica in sylvis prope Laudat, m. Jan. flor. 
et fruct.: Eggers hb. propr. n. 1012, in Morne Baileybook, m. Majo 
flor.: Ramage; Martinique in Ravine de la Montagne pelöe, m. Nov. 
flor.: Hahn n. 602, frequens in montibus Case-Pilote et Case-Navire, 
in sylvis Bambou-gouverneur, prope fontaine Absalon, in Camp de 
’Alma, in sylvis Lorrain: Duss n. 601. 
Obs. Ps. discolor (Sm.) Rolfe in Kew Bull. n. 81 (1893) p. 258 in obs. = 
Ps. uliginosa var. diseolor Sm. ex Griseb. Flor. (1861) p.340 e Jamaica (e. gr. 
prope Moneague in faucibus obscuris, m. Jan. fruct.: Alexander Prior in herb. 
‚Kew.), habitu simillima et sine dubio arcte affinis, e specimine manco foliis 
minus longe in petiolum productis, apice rotundatis, calyce in fructu bre- 
vissimo vix 0,5 mm. longo, haccis rotundato-ovatis ad apicem magis angus- 
tatis 4 mm. longis, 3,5 mm. latis pilosulis, costis minus prominentibus dif- 
fert. — Ps. uliginosa Sw. foliis magis discoloribus, pedunculis elopgatis 
2—15 cm. longis, floribus ad apicem ramorum panniculae subcapitatirn con- 
fertis, baceis pluries majoribus colore rubris omnino recedit. — Alia spe- 
cies habitu similis, Ps. macrophylla Ruiz et Pav. e Peruvia, pedunculo lon- 
giore (in nostro specimine originario 3 cm. longo), pannicula laxa, calyce 
truncato (in descriptione et icone 5-dentato), bacca (ex R. et P.) multo majore 
obscure violacea diversa est. — KRonabea eu Aubl. (e er foliis 
