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Colombia. Caqueta District : Mocoa, fl , and f r. May 



Spragu 



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parvifi 



jlexuosaj K, Sclium 



are readily distinguislied by tlie characters of the corolla, 



Psychotria tolimensis, Wernham; affinis F. anomofhyrsae, 



K. Schum., a qua inflorescentia difiert. 



Frutex glaber ramulis subfistulosis ; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis 

 vol oblanceolatis ad circiter 23 cm. x 6-6*5 cm. apicem subacutum 

 versus leniter acuminatis basi in petiolum subalatum 2-3 cm. 

 longum angustatis; stipulis parvis triangularibus caducissimis ; 

 inflorescentia tbyrsoidea laxa circiter 3 cm. x 2'5 cm., pedunculo 

 3-^5 cm. £?.xillari ramulis complanatis bracteis . inconspicuis ; 

 calycis minimi limbo subintegro; corolla glabra alba angusta 

 superne vix ampliata 5-6 mm. longa. 



Colombia. Tolima : Pitalito, fl. March, Sprague 237. Also 



collected by Triana 1707. 



Near P. anomoihyrsa , K. Schum, from which it difEers in the 



extent of the inflorescence, 



Psychotria cabuyarensis, Wemliam; foliis magnis obovatis, 



stipulis rotundatis conspicue acuminatis, inflorescentia magna 

 diffusa facile distinguitur. 



Arbor 3 m. alta, glabra; foliis obovatis 26-31 cm. "< 9-12 cm. 

 apicem subacutum versus parum acuminatis desuper in basin 

 leniter angustatis petiolo brevissimo vel obsoleto venis secundariis 

 utrlnque circiter 15 conspicuis ; stipulis integiis late ovatis 1'7 cm. 

 X 1"7 cm. caudato-acuminatis acutissimis; inflorescentia maxima 

 thyrsoidea laxa ramis divaricatis in fructu ad 13 cm. x20 cm. 

 accrescente pedunculo valido 19-20 cm. longo ; hracteis minutius- 

 culis caducis; floribus albo-viridibus ; bacca glabra ovoidea 8-9 

 mm. X 3-4 mm. 



Colombia. Cabuyaro, Rio Meta, in forest south of river, f r. 

 Jan. Sprague 154. Collected also by Barclay 739, on loam soil 

 in moist woods of St. Francis Esmeraldas. 



A very distinct species, readily identified by the large obovate 

 leaves, the broad, rounded stipules with sharply-marked acumen, 

 and the very extensive and diffuse inflorescence. 



Psychotria alibertioides, Wernham; affinis P. granadensiy 

 Benth., a qua calyce multo majore distinguitur. 



Frutex glaber ramulis subteretibus validis ; foliis pergamentaceis 

 obovatis ad 14-15 cm-x6'5-7 cm. breviter acuminatis obtusis basi 

 acutis petiolo valido 5-8 mm. longo supra demum argenteo-griseis 

 venis secundariis utrinque 9-12 subtus prominentibus ; stipulis 

 oblongis apice rotundatis circiter 1 cm. x 3'5 mm., parte inferior e 

 pauUum persistente mox tamen deciduis ; inflorescentia umbellata 

 2-3-chotoma 7-10-flora pedunculo brevi tota vix 3 cm. x 2*5 cm. ; 

 calycis limbo circiter 2"5 mm. longo 6 mm. lato obscuriuscule den- 

 tate ; corollae albae glabrae tubo late cylindraceo 1'3 cm. x 4'5 mm. 

 (ore) lobis 5 oblongis obtusis 4'5 mm. x 1*8 mm. 



Colombia. Caqueta District: San Jose, R. Putumayo, fl. 

 Aug. Sprague 602. 



