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"Wiillicli doseribcs his plant as having raccmos of tlie thickness of the little 

 finger. !My plant agrees with his herl)arium s]i(>cimoiis and belongs in the vicinity 

 of Grumilea Ganbierf, Thw., a very near ally to I'sych. Icucocoma, Teysru. and BLuu. 



X X Flowers pcdicelled, in lax cymes or corymbs. 



+ Small erect shrubs. 



X Learcs thick membranous, turning more or less brownish in drynij. 



f Drupe 4-5 lines long. 



P. (Gkumii.ea) viRrniFLORV, Jliq. var. ft Chittagong. 



Glabrous. Cymes rusty-puberulous. Albunuii ruminate. 



var. a genuina. Stipules broad and rather large. Leaves entire. Cymes 

 puberulous. Calyx-teeth inconspicuous. 



var. ft undtdata. As preceding, but leaves undulate, the calyx-teeth about 

 J line long. 



?var. 7 calophylhi, Wall, and Griff. Stipules small and subulate. Cymes 

 glabrous. Calyx-teeth about A- line long. 



P. picta, Wall., from Tavoy, seems to belong to var. 7, but the specimens are too 

 imperfect for identification (Kurz). 



1 1 Drupe only 2-3 lines long. Albumen ruminate. 



P. ASIATICA. 



Cymes rusty puberulous on a peduncle l-\ inch long. Calyx-teeth distinct, 

 linear. Berries crowned by the calyx-lobes. 



P. (Grumilea) diveegens, Miq. Tenasserim ; rare in Pegu Range. 



Cymes glabrous. Leaves narrower. 



This may possibly be a form ouh- of P. asiatica. 



P. Andamanica, Kz. Tropical forests of the Andamans. Katchall and Kamorta. 



Cymes rusty puberulous, almost sessile. Calyx almost truncate. Berries truncate- 

 crowned. 



X X Leaves thin membranous, remaining green in drying. 



P. viRiDissijiA, Kz. Tro]>i(al forests of Tenasserim and 



hills East of Toung-ngoo. 



All parts glabrous. 



-| — \- Large scandent shrubs. Albumen equable. 

 P. sAUMKXTosA, Bl. Amhorst. 



Corymbs firrnished at the lowi'r branchings with two opposite narrow floral Ica\'es. 

 Kurz adds from the Nicobars : 



P. IsTicoBAEicA, Kz. Katchall. 



P. TYLOPHORA, Kz. Katcliall. 



CiiAsAi.i \, Commcrson. 



Corolla-tube elongate, the throat naked. Pyrenes carved out on the inner face 

 along the central placenta. Jnjtorcscence of Psychotria. Shrubs or under shrubs. 



C. (PsvcuoTurA) ctiRviii.oitA, Wall. Tenasserim. The Andamans. 



P. ophioxyloides, Wall. 

 C. lurida, Jliq. 

 P. ambigua, W.A. 



Saprosma, Plume. 



Corolla funnel-shaped, velvety, often almost oblique. Berry 1, rarely 2-secdcd. 

 Flowers terniinal and axillary. Stipules free. Shrubs or trees. 



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