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10. PsYCHOTRiA EiDLEYi, n. sp., King & Gamble. A small shrub; 

 all parts glabrous except the inflorescence ; stems half as thick as a 

 goose-quill, terete, greenish when dry. Leaves membranous, oblong- 

 to elliptic-oblanceolate, the apex abruptly and very shortly acuminate, 

 the base much narrowed, both surfaces pale olivaceous when dry, the 

 midrib rather prominent, the upper sometimes with scattered minute, 

 adpressed white hairs ; main-nerves 7 to 9 pairs, slightly curved, spread- 

 ing, faint on both surfaces ; length 3 to 5"5 in. ; breadth 1-25 to 2-25 in.; 

 petioles -4 to "8 in. long, winged near the apex. Stipules broadly ovate, 

 subacute, •! in. long. Cyvie on a peduncle about 1 in. long (longer in 

 fruit), corymbosely branched, the bracts at the forks linear-lanceolate. 

 Floiuers in cymules of three, everywhere canescent, on short pedicels 

 bibracteolate at the base. Calyx campanulate with elongated tube ; 

 the mouth with 5 erect ovate-triangular lobes. Corolla longer 

 than the calyx ; the tube short, slightly villous at the base 

 near the insertion of the broad sub-sessile anthers ; the 5 lobes 

 broadly ovate, acute. Fruit ovoid-ellipsoid, 12-ridged, crowned by 

 the small calyx, -3 to "4 in. long. Seeds many-ridged on both dorsal 

 and ventral surfaces. 



Singapore : Biclley 48, 10818. Johore : Bidley 6472. Malacca : 

 on Mt. Ophir, Hiillett 811 ; Goodenough-lS6S. 



11. PsYCHOTRiA POLYCARPA, Hook. fil. Fi. Br. Ind. III. 165. A 

 climber, glabrous except the inflorescence ; young branches thinner 

 than a goose-quill, terete, when dry dark-coloured. Leaves coriaceous, 

 ovate- or obovate-lanceolate to obovate- or ovate-rotund, the apex in the 

 narrower forms shortly and bluntly acuminate, in the broader abruptly 

 and bluntly apiculate ; both surfaces olivaceous when dry, the upper 

 somewhat shining, the lower dull and darker, the midrib prominent on 

 both ; main-nerves 5 or 6 pairs, spreading, faint on both surfaces ; 

 length 2 to 3 in. ; breadth -75 to 1'75 in. ; petioles "3 to '6 in. Stipules 

 very short, connate to form a collar, caducous. Panicles large, 

 umbellately cymose, longer than the leaves (sometimes very much so) ; 

 their branches numerous, spreading, puberulous, with minute bracteoles 

 at the divisions. Flotvers "15 in. long, numerous, in ultimate cymules 

 of 2 or 3, shortly pedicellate. Calyx thick, minutely pubescent, shortly 

 campanulate or sub-cupular, the mouth with 5 acute teeth or subentire. 

 Corolla longer than the calyx, salver-shaped, its 5 lobes spreading, 

 lanceolate, acute, the throat sericeous ; anthers 5, elliptic. Fruit 

 ellipsoid, tapered to the base, and the apex crowned by the rather large 

 remains of the calyx ; obscurely ridged; "15 in. long and '1 in. in diam. ; 

 sometimes sub-globular, the epicarp somewhat pulpy. Seeds slightly 

 •convex and faintly ridged on the dorsal surface, the ventral with a broad 



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