NEW RUBIACE^ PROM TROPICAL AMERICA 315 



X 1-5-3-4 cm., utrinque leniter angustatis apice obtusis, petiolo 

 vix 5 mm. longo, utrinque glaberrimis, venis secundariis utrinque 

 ca. 5-9 supra obscuriusculis subtus prominulis, sti'imlis brevissime 

 vaginantibus vel saepius obscuris 2-denticulatis. Floribus in 

 cymis subcapitatis paucifloris ca. 2-5 cm. x 1'5 cm., bracteis 

 conspicuis lanceolatis + I'^cm. x 3 mm.; calyce minimo dentibus 

 lanceolatis ; corolla pro genere inter maximas tubo subcylindrico 

 1"8 cm. longo insuper parum ampliato, lobis suberectis lanceolatis 

 ca. 4 mm. longis obtusissimis. 



Guiana : Eoraima, Appwi, 1103 ! ScJiomhurgk, 1018 B ! 

 Upper slope, Im Thurn, 185 ! Hbb. Mus. Brit, and Kew. 



The affinity is with P. lujmlina Benth., but the leaves of 

 our species are much smaller and tougher, the bracts much 

 narrower, &c. 



Psychotria pseudinundata Wernham, sp. nov. Glaber, 

 ramulis virgatis teretibus loevissimis ; foliis subcoriaceis lanceo- 

 latis 6-9 cm. X l"5-2'3 cm., acuminatissimis acutissimis, 

 basi acutis brevissime petiolatis vel subsessilibus, utrinque 

 glaberrimis nitentibus, venis secundariis tenuissimis subtus tamen 

 conspicuis utrinque ca. 9, stq^uUs fere ad basin in aristas 2 setaceas 

 ad 1 cm. V. longiores divisis. Floribus in cymas subcorymbosas 

 dispositis, pedunculis lateralibus ad 1-8 cm. longis, bracteis 

 primariis 2 lineari-lanceolatis ca. 8 mm. longis acutissimis, 

 secundariis pro rata latioribus necnon minoribus ; calyce minuto 

 denticulato ; corolla tubo gracili insuper parum ampliato ca. 

 5 mm. longo extus glabro intus densissime barbate, lobis angustis 

 obtusis 3-4 mm. longis ; staminibus inclusis. 



Guiana : Cayenne, Hb. Sagot, 1299 ! (Collected by Melinon.) 

 Hb. Kew. 



This specimen superficially resembles P. inundata Bth. ; in the 

 latter, however, the corolla-lobes are relatively much shorter and 

 the anthers far exserted. 



Psychotria boqueronensis Wernham, sp. nov. Eamosus, 

 glaber, ramulis virgatis gracilibus teretibus ; foliis coriaceis crassi- 

 usculis, obovatis ad ellipticis, 2-5-6-0 cm. x 1-3-2-7 cm., brevissime 

 plerumque acuminatis acutis, basi subcuneato-acutis, brevissime 

 petiolatis, utrinque glaberrimis, venis supra nisi centrali promi- 

 nente obscuriusculis subtus secundariis utrinque ca. 9 prominulis, 

 stipulis brevibus late oblongis breviter 2-3-aristatis, quorum parte 

 persistente inferiore indurata. Inflorescentia subspicata, + 2- 

 2-5 cm. longa, pedunculo 3-3-5 cm. longo, graciliusculo glabro ; 

 bracteis setaceo-lanceolatis acuminatissimis acutissimis, vix 3 mm. 

 excedentibus ; floribus subsessilibus, glabris ; calyce late campanu- 

 lato, dentibus 5 brevibus triangularibus, acutis ; corolla latiuscule 

 cylindrica, 5-6 mm. longa, lobis lanceolatis tardius reflexis. 

 Bacca pisiformi, + 5 mm. diam., costata, glaberrima. 



Colombia: Bogota, El Boqueron, 8775 ft. Triana, 1684! 

 Hbb. Mus. Brit, and Kew ; Triana, 80 ! Hb. Mus. Brit. 



Distinct principally in the subspicate inflorescence, and the 

 bright yellow colour assumed by the leaves when dried. This 

 species has, apparently, some affinity with Mapouria panurensis 



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