Psychotria.] Lxx. rubucej: (hiern). 201 



16. P. subpunctata, Hiern. A glabrous shining shrub, G feet 

 high. Branches terete, smooth, towards the extremities compressed. 

 Leaves ovate-oval, attenuate at both ends, rather abruptly so at the base, 

 membranous, rather paler beneath, black-punctate, 4-8 by 1^-2^ in., 

 margins nearly flat ; lateral veins about 8-10 pairs, slender, clearly 

 marked beneath ; petiole ] -2 in. ; stipules deltoid, ^ in. long, shortly 

 bitid, lobes apiculate. Flowers ^ in. long, on shorter pedicels, in dense 

 globose shortly pedunculate terminal cymes of 1-1^ in. diam. ; common 

 peduncle ^— | in. ; bracts and bracteoles obsolete. Calyx-Hmb about 

 equalling the ovary, subentire. Corolla-lobes 5 ; throat bearded. An- 

 thers nearly included. Style exserted. 



Upper Guinea. By the Kiver Kongui, 1° N. lat., Mawi ! 



17. P. brunnea, Schiveinf. mss. In lierh. A puberulous shrub. 

 Branches glabrescent, smooth, terete ; at the extremities compressed, 

 and puberulous with short crisp hairs. Leaves obovate-oval, abruptly 

 acuminate, wedge-shaped at the base, membranous, puberulous beneath 

 at least along the midrib and the 10-12 pairs of lateral veins, 3-7 by 

 1^-3 in.; petiole :^li in. long, puberulous, patent; stipules deltoid, 

 about ^-^ in. long, bicuspidate at the tip, caducous ; upper internodes 

 abbreviated. Flowers ^-J- in. long, sessile or subsessile, numerous, 

 arranged in radiately and trichotomously branched sessile terminal 

 globose puberulous cymes of 1-1 J in. diam. ; bracteoles very short. 

 Calyx puberulous, urceolate ; limb about as long as the ovary, shortly 

 and obscurely lobed. Corolla brown-purple ; tube short, straight ; 

 throat bearded ; lobes 5, short. Anthers 5, partly exserted. Style 

 bifid, included. 



STortli Central. Monbuttu-land, on the right bank of the Kibah Kiver, 

 Schiveinfurth ! 



18. P. longrevagrinalls, Schiveinf. inss. in herh. A nearly gla- 

 brous shrub, 16 feet high. Branches terete, compressed and puberu- 

 lous at the extremities. Leaves oval, narrowly acuminate, wedge-shaped 

 at the base, firmly chartaceous, glabrate or scattered with hairs on the 

 midrib, 2^-5 by 1-2 in., margin nearly flat, lateral veins about 6 

 pairs, often ^vith little glandular pits in the axils ; petiole 4— f in. ; sti- 

 pules long-sheathing, with two or more filiform tails terminating each, 

 J-J in. long. Flowers about ^ in. long, sessile, numerous, in brachiately 

 branched terminal cymes of 2 in. diam. with two opposite leaves or leaf- 

 like bracts which bear deltoid stipules ; common peduncle (or uppermost 

 internode) J in. ; bracteoles ovate, about equalling the calyx. Calyx- 

 limb larger than the ovary, glabrate, unequally 5-4- cleft ; teeth ovate. 

 Corolla white, sweet-scented ; tube straight ; throat bearded ; lobes 

 0-4, longer than the tube. Anthers 5-4, about equalling the filaments. 

 Style bidentate. 



XTortli Central. Monbuttu-iand, at the Kiver Kapili, Schweinfurth ! 



19. P. grabonica, Hiern. A glabrous shrub. Branches terete, 

 smooth, rather compressed towards the extremities. Leaves oval, 

 shortly acuminate, attenuate at the base into a petiole of ^-1 in., 



