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vatum producto et in limbum crateriformem subquadridentatum abrupte 

 expanse ; fructu obovato ; pyrenis 2 apice subtridentatis dorso leviter 

 carinatis ventre concaviusculis hand sulcatis ; semine scutelliformi in- 

 curvo. — Tongatabu, Friendly Islands. 



Chasalia pyriformis ( Gray, I. c.) ; glaberrima ; stipulis vaginan- 

 tibus brevibus ; foliis oblongis basi acutis, venis primariis utrinque 7 - 9 ; 

 cyma pauciflora sessili ; fructu oblongo-pyrifox'mi calycis limbo cupulato 

 vix 4-dentato coronato ; pyrenis 2 ventre planis dorso leviter tuber- 

 culatis baud carinatis ; semine scutelliformi planiusculo. — Samoan or 

 Navigators' Islands. 



The following new species of Psychotria are all Polynesian, except 

 the last. 



Psychotria Brackenridgii ( Gray, I. c.) : stipulis caducis ; foliis 

 oblongo-lanceolatis utrinque acutis vel acuminatis basi in petiolum 

 longiusculum angustatis fere glabris chartaceis ; pedunculis 1-5 termi- 

 nalibus elongatis cymam trichotomam multifloram gerentibus cum radiis 

 pedicellisque ferrugineo-puberis ; fructibus ovalibus 8-costatis truncatis 

 calycis limbo parvo cupuliformi coronatis puberulis ; pyrenis tenuiter 

 cartilagineis intus planis dorso convexo carinato-tricostatis. — Peejee 

 Islands. (In fruit.) 



Psychotria closterocarpa (Gray, I.e.): glabra; foliis oblongo- 

 lanceolatis magnis basi in petiolum longum angustatis, venis primariis 

 conspicuis utrinque 15-19; cymis terminalibus pedunculatis ; fructi- 

 bus pedicellatis fusiformibus limbo calycis cupulato truncato coUo subla- 

 tiore coronatis ; pyrenis lineari-oblongis apice bidentatis intus planis 

 dorso obtuse tricostatis suberoso-crustaceis. — Samoan or Navigators' 

 Islands. — Fruits about 7 lines long : pyrena3 2 lines wide. 



Psychotria Forsteriana ( Gray, I. c.) : glabra ; stipulis tenuiter 

 scariosis caducis; foliis membranaceis oblongo-lanceolatis nunc obo- 

 vato-oblongis utrinque acuminatis modice petiolatis, venis primariis 

 9-ll-jugi3; cyma multiflora terminati composita tripartita vel tripla, 

 pedunculis radiisve petiolum requantibus ; floribus confertis pedicellatis 

 parvis ; calycis limbo expanso integerrimo ovario a3quilongo ; corolla 

 brevi usque ad medium 5-fida fauce villosissima ; fructibus obovatis 

 retusis, junioribus fere obcordatis ; pyrenis dorso obtuse costatis subru- 

 gosis intus concaviusculis. P. Asiaiica, Forst. Prodr. p. IG? — Var. 

 VlTiENSis : foliis longius petiolatis nunc undulatis ; fructu vix retuso. 

 — Tahiti ; Samoan or Navigators' Islands : and the variety from the 

 Feejee Islands. 



