220 Dr. J. D. Hooker's Enumeration of the Plants 



Rami stricti, graciles, teretes v. obscure tetragoni. Folia 2 unc. longa, subrecurva, coriacea, 

 longe acuminata, glaberrima, siccitate flavescentia, venis subtus obscuris. Racemi 

 oppositi, axillares, foliis breviores, cernui v. nutantes, 12-15-flori, pedunculo gracili. 

 Flores pedicellati, pedicellis sub 2 lin. longis, basi bracteolatis. Calycis tubus urceo- 

 latus, profunde trilobus ; limbus 4-fidus, segmentis brevibus ovatis subacutis. Corollae 

 tubus obconicus, limbi laciniis linearibus. Stamina ut videtur epigyna, filamentis bre- 

 vibus glaberrimis. Stylus apice obscure 3-lobus. Fructus immaturus trilobus, 3- 

 pyrenus, pyrenis osseis, compressis, monospermis; semina ex apice loculi pendula, 

 oblonga, compressa, immatura testa brunnea. 



This has entirely the habit of Chiococca, and might even at first sight be 

 confounded with C. racemosa. It is however abundantly distinct, differing 

 even from the generic character by its 3-ceUed ovary and smooth filaments ; 

 the latter indeed are so represented in C. racemosa of Hooker's ' Exotic Flora,' 

 of which Andrews remarks that the stigma is trifid. 



188. Chiococca? 



Hab. Albemarle Island, Mr. Macrae. 



Specimens with neither flowers nor fruit : the leaves are smaller, narrower, 

 and more elliptic-lanceolate than those of the former. 



189. Chiococca racemosa, Jacq. 

 Hab. James Island, Dr. Scouler. 



In a very imperfect state, but apparently the South American plant, which 

 is extremely variable ; the three species of DeCandoUe's first section being 

 with difficulty distinguishable from each other. 



190. PsYCHOTRIA, Sp. ? 



Hab. Charles Island, Charles Darwin, Esq. 



The leaves and whole plant quite glabrous. 



191. PsYCHOTRiA RUFiPEs, Hook. fil. ; pcduncuHs petiolis foliisque subttis ad 

 nervos rufo-tomentosis, ramis teretibus, foliis petiolatis obovato-lanceo- 

 latis obtusis basi attenuatis supra glabris subtiis pubescentibus, stipulis 

 majusculis concavis latfe ovatis integris ramis latioribus, paniculis termi- 

 nalibus v. axillaribus brevibus, floribus ad apices ramorum congestis 



