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Frutex erectus, ramulis teretibus pallidis. Folia late obovata, 
apice rotundata, apiculo we acuto, basi cuneata, chartacea, 
glabra, 12-16 cm. longa, 5-9 ¢ . lata; nervi paralleli, utringue 
circiter 16, ae recti, ‘ihiae cm versus curvati et arcuatim 
juncti ; nervuli transversi, irregulares, distantes; petiolus crassus, 
15-2 cm. longus ; stipulae cylindraceae, truncatae vel fissae, extus 
rufo-pubescentes. Cymae terminales, breviter pedunculatae, 
brachiatae, rufo-pubescentes, fructiferae ad 9 cm. longae, 12 cm 
latae ; bracteae et bracteolae deciduae, minimae. Calycis tubus 
brevis, pubescens; lobi 6, lanceolati, patentes, acuminati. 
34 vm : , : 
Corollae tubus mm. longus, intus albo-villosus; lobi 
1-1:5 mm. longi. Antherae inclusae, breves, filamentis subnullis. 
Fructus ellipsoideus, EF 1 cm. longus, siccitate niger; pyrenae 
dorso 4-sulcatae. Semina pyrenis conformia, sulcata, rugosa; 
cotyledones parvi, ovati; radicula inferior, crassa. 
Souru Inpra. Anamalai Hills, Coimbatore, at ij om pe 
May 15, 1903, C. A. Barber 5906. Travancore, at Pisga 
near Munaar, 1500 m. alt., May 10, 1915, K. Venkoba Row. 
989. Psychotria as Gamble [Rubiaceae-Psycho- 
triae]; P. TAwaitesii, Hook. t., affinis, floribus in capitulo globoso 
agegregatis, calycis lobis late obovatis ciliatis, Pees angustioribus 
tenuioribus nervis plurimis inconspicuis diffe 
tex erectus, ramulis teretibus pallidis plabris. Folia char- 
ixtae. Calycis tubus sett campanulatus ; lobi conspicui, late 
obovati, obtusi, ciliati, 2-3 mm. diametro. Corollae tubus cylin- 
dricus, ‘latus, 3-4 mm. longus, intus villosus; lobi 1-2 mm. longi, 
reflexi. Stamina paullo ae paikiets oblongis. Stylus vix 
Parry lobis stigmatosis obtusis. ructus ignotus.—P. 
fe hwaitesi, var. pd aes Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. 162, in 
par 
ie vu Inp1a. Courtallum in Tinnevelly, August, 1835, Wight 
(Kew Distrib. 1440). 
990. Lasianthus cinereus, Gamble (Rubiaceae-Psychotriae]; 
L. dichotomo, Wight, affinis, ramulis cinereis, foliis a is 
et pedunculis brevioribas differt 
Frutexr erectus, i appresse pubescentibus 
elongatis. Folia subcorincea, elliptico-lanceolata vel oblongo- 
lanceolata, apice caudato-acuminata, mucronata, basi attenuata _ 
vel subobtusa, supra elabea subtus praecipue ad nervos a presse 
Ma pom ei 7-10 cm. longa, 2-3 em. lata; nervi utrinque ¢ 
