TROPici-L A:^rERICA^" urBiACEJE 251 



TROPICAL AMERICAN RUBIACE.E.— IX. 

 Br H. F. Werxham, D.Sc, F.L.S. 



(Continued from p. 177.) 



ExAMiXATiO]^ of the "annamed material of PsycJiotria and allied 

 genera in the National Herbarium has revealed the following 

 novelties, among others. For the present I am regarding Palicoiorea 

 and Cephaelis as of generic rank separate from PsycJiofina, and 

 JSLapouria as a section of the latter genus. This is the reverse of 

 K. Schumann's arrangement in the Flora Brasiliensis, and in accord- 

 ance with Bentham and Hooker in their Genera Plaiitarum. I hope 

 to deal with this question in the future. Of the new species, three 

 are from Brasil, two from Peru, and the remainder from New Grranada, 

 collected by Triana, and, in one case, bj Lehman n. 



Psychotria (§ Eupsychotria) Aschersonianoides, sp. nov. Frutex 

 aspero-hispidulus, ramuhs pra3sertim novellis hispidulo-pubescentibus 

 ferrugineis. Folia firme chartacea, ovata ad elliptica, apice subacuta 

 V. obtusa, breviter petiolata, venis secundariis supra plus minus occlusis 

 subtus prominulis crebris utrinque 15-17, nitrinque breviter necnon 

 dense hispidula ; stipidw crassiusculse ovatae insuper bifidse basin versus 

 vaginantes persistentes. Flores in thyrsis minusculis laxiusculis dis- 

 positi, hracteis paucis linearibus subsetaceis. Calyx parvus tamen 

 conspicue acute clentatus ; corollcs tubus gracilis, longiusculus insuper 

 paullo ampliatus, sparse pilosus, limbus parvus subpatens. 



Colombia : Triana 195 ! 



Allied apparently to P. AscJiersoniana, differing in the smaller, 

 scarcely acuminate leaves, the few inconspicuous bracts, and the slender 

 hairy corolla. Leaves 5-6 cm. x 1*7-3 cm., with stalks 6-S mm. long ; 

 stipules 5-6 mm. long. Inflorescence 4-6 cm. long by 4*5 cm. wide 

 at base, rather exceeding the leaves, on peduncle 2-3 cm. long ; lowest 

 bracts ± 7 mm. long. Flowers about 1 cm. long. 



Psychotria (§ Codonocalyx) flaviventer, sp. nov. Fi-utex glaber, 

 ramulis ultimis tenuibus complanato-striatis, mox griseo-lignosis, 

 hevibus, striatis, subteretibus. Folia glaberrima inter minora, char- 

 tacea, ovata, utrinque cuneata, apice subacuta, basi in petiolum brevem 

 compressum necnon tenerum angustata ; venis secundariis utrinque 

 + 9, cum 5-6 fere sequilongis necnon prominentibus interspersis ; 

 stipulcB breves tamen latissimae, mox partibus in duobus ovatis acu- 

 minatis, apice setaceo-caudatis mox deciduis, bifidse, parte inferiore 

 persistente necnon lignescente. Flores 1-4 in axillis arete sessiles, 

 basi involucro brevi 3—4 hractearum sub-orbicularum brevissime acu- 

 minatarum mucronatarum communi nee cilia tarum basi cincti, ipsi 

 quisque basi involucello cupulari brevi margine obscuriuscule dentato- 

 sinuato minute ciliolato onustus ; calycis tubo sensim globoso-ventri- 

 coso, parte inferiore am*antiaco coriaceo minute aspeiTilo, insuper sub- 

 membranaceo, striato-costulato fuscescente, lobis latis obtusis irregu- 

 lariter diviso ; corollcB subcoriacese lobi oblongi longiusculi subacuti, 

 apertse non vidi. Bacca obscure lobato-costata, globosa grisea. 



Brasil : Sello ! 



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