Caertnera."] LogamacecB. 1 77 



1. G-. Koenig-ii,-^ Wight, Ic. iv. pt. 2, 6 (1850). P^ra-tambala, 

 5-. 



Psychotria vaginalis, DC. Prod. iv. 520 ; W. & A. Prod. 434. Sykesia\ 

 Kcenigii, Arn. Pug. 35. Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. i. 112. Thw. Enum. 

 202. C. P. 544. 



Fl. B. Ind. iv. 91. Wight, Ic. t. 1318. 



A large shrub, branches stout, compressed, glabrous ; 1. 

 large, 4-7 in., oblong-lanceolate, tapering to base, somewhat 

 acuminate, acute, glabrous, paler beneath, lat. veins arched, 

 conspicuous, petiole about J in., stout, stipular sheath f-i in., 

 loose, glabrous, bifid, with acute points; fl. on short pubescent 

 ped., cymes rather large, lax, pyramidal, bracts leafy, acu- 

 minate, glabrous, buds very blunt ; cal. cup-shaped, nearly 

 truncate, with 5 teeth, glabrous; cor. hairy in throat, lobes 5, 

 as long as tube, oblong, acute ; stigmas linear, divaricate, 

 hairy; berry about \ in. wide, somewhat didymous (but i carp, 

 often undeveloped), smooth, supported on rather enlarged 

 persistent cal. 



Var. /?, thyrsiflora^ Thw. I. c. Sykesia thyrsiflora, Am. Pug. 35. 

 G. thyrsiflora., Bl., Benth. 1. c. (part). C. P. 3342. 



L. smaller, narrowly lanceolate, more acuminate, cymes 

 narrower, more lax ; fl. smaller. 



Var. y, divaricata, Clarke, I. c. G. divaricata, Thw. Enum. 450 

 {Pristidia divaricata, Thw. Enum. 149). C. P. 2991. 



Branches of cyme long, divaricate, fl. quite sessile, secund ; 

 cor.-lobes 4; berry \ in., blue. 



Moist low country to 3000 ft., common. Var. y, rare. Mapalagama, 

 near Galle. Fl. Sept.-Dec; white. 



Also in Malaya, but not in Peninsular India. 



This seems to have been collected by Rottler, whose specimens 

 (Herb. Klein, fide W. & A. 1. c.) are labelled ' Bentodi, March 16, 1796.' 

 Kcenig had, however, previously collected it and called it Ophioxylon 

 arboreum (DC. Prod. 1. c). Extremely like a species oi Psychotria, and 

 till in fruit scarcely distinguishable. Indeed, in a young state (as noted 

 by Thwaites in var. y) the ovary is completely inferior. 



I have seen only the C. P. specimens of var. y, and more material 

 might show it to be a distinct species. 



2. G-. rosea* Thiv. ex Benth. in Jour tt. Linn. Soc. i. iii (1857). 

 Thw. Enum. 201. C. P. 2673. 



Fl. B. Ind. iv. 92. 



* Commemorates J. G. Kcenig, originally Physician to the Danish 

 Mission at Tranquebar, afterwards Botanist 'for the Carnatic' to the Gov. 

 of India, and the Father of modern Indian Botany. Died 1785, and 

 bequeathed his collections and MSS. to Sir J. Banks (now in British 

 Museum). He travelled down the W. coast of Ceylon, Jan.-May, 1781. 



+ Dedicated to Col. W. H. Sykes, F.R.S., who collected largely about 

 Bombay. Died 1872. 

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