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30 utrinque) approximatis et parallelis ; flores parvi, albi, sessiles, in 

 glomerulos parvos pedunculatos congest! et cymas corymbiformes tri- 

 chotomas v. subverticillato-raraosas ferrugineo-pubescentes terminales 

 formantes ; calyx ferrugineo-tomentosus. — In sylvis primaevis Anda- 

 manicis. — Ex affinitate P. Wightianm {Grumilea, Thw.) et T. Storckii, 

 Seem,, valde accedens, sed differt nervis duplo numerosis et magis 

 parallelis. 



19. Psychotria andamanica^ nov. sp — Discrimen inter hanc 

 speciem et P. asiaticatn, Wall., non magnum sed constans, viz, : — 



P. asiatica : Calycis dentes distincti. lineares ; baccse calycia 

 laciniis coronatae ; cymse pedunculo 1-J pollicari siiffnltae. 



P. andamanica : Calyx subtruncatus ; baccae truncatse ; cymap 

 subsessiles. — In sylvis Andamanicis et Nicobaricis. 



20. Psychotria nicolaricay nov. sp. — Frutex humilis simplex v. 

 subsimplex 1-2^ pedalis, ramis ferrugineo-tomentosis ; stipulse ^-|- 

 poll, longge, lato-ovatae, acuminato-bifidae, ferrugineo- v. fiiliginoso- 

 tomentellse ; folia elliptica ad obovato-elliptica, petiolo crasso 1-H 

 pollicari toraentello suffulta, basi acuminata, 6-10 poll, longa, succu- 

 lento-membranacea, integra, brevissime acuminata, supra glabra, 

 subtus inprimis in nervis fuliginoso-pubescentia, nervis utrinque 

 15-13 leviter arcuatis crassiusculis venisque laxissimis conspicuis ; 

 flores parvi, albi, pedicellis tomentellis ^-^ lin. longis suffulti, cymam 

 parvam sessilem v. subsessilem terminalem tenui-tomentellam effi- 

 cientes ; calyx ferrugineo-tomentellus, lin. longus, 5-dentatus, dentibus 

 ovatis acutis ; corolla fauci dense albo-lanata, lobis oblongis acutia 

 1^ lin. longis reflexis ; ovarium cum stylo glaber, stigmate biiobo 

 exserto ; bacca3 ellipticse, 3 lin. longee v. paullo longiores, glabrae, iu 

 sicco sulcatae ; pyrenee semiovales, 4-sulcat8e et acute S-costatae, 

 albumen spurie ruminatum. — In sylvis umbrosis ins. Katcball. 



21. Psychotria tylophora, nov. sp. — Frutex glaber ; stipulae glabrae, 

 ov^to-oblongae, acutae, usque | poll, longap ; folia obovato-lanceolata, 

 basi acuminata v. subcuneata in petiolum 3-6 liu. longum subdecur- 



n\ rentia, 4-7 poll, longa, apiculata v. abrupte et breviter acuminata, 

 chartacea, integra, glaberrima, in sicco flavescentia, in nervorum 

 axillis perforato-glandulosa, nervis 12-13 utrinque curvalis tenuibua 

 venisque laxissimis conspicuis ; flores ignoti ; panicula cum ea F. 

 ehngatce satis quadrat, glabra, pedunculo c. pollicari suff'ulta, foliis 

 duplo brevior gracilis ; baccae pedicellis lin. longis sufi'ultae, obovatae, 

 4 lin. longae, atropurpurea^ succuleatae, calycis limbo minute 5-dentatQ 

 (dentibus ovatis \ lin, circiter longis) coronatae ; pyrana? semi-obovator 

 oblongae, dorso obsolete, versus basin acutam acutae, costatae, laeves ; 

 albupaen ruminatum. — In sylvis umbrosis ins Katchall. — Ex affini- 

 tate P. ehngatce, sed baccis et pyrenis valde diversa. 



22. Embelia microcalyx, nov. sp. — Frutex alte scandens, ramulis 

 rufo- V. fulvo-pubescentibus ; folia elliptica ad elliptico-oblonga, peti-r 

 olo crasso pubescente 2-2^ lin. longo suffulta, utrinque obtusa, 2-3 

 poll, longa, chartacea, supra glabra, subtus molliter fulvo-pubescentia, 

 nervis lateralibus crebris teuuibus ; flores minuti, albidi, pedicellis 

 capillaribus puberulis lin. vix longis suffulti, racemosi ; racemi pube- 

 ruli paniculati in axillis foliorum summorum et paniculam amplam ter- 

 minalem efformantes ; bracteolae subulatae pedicello multo breviores ; 

 cajyx acute 5-dentatus, vix \ lin. v. in diametro ; corolla rotata, 



