Fsychotria.'] Lxx. rubiacevE (hiern). 203 



22. P. punctata, Yaike in Oesterr. Lot. Zeitschr. xxv. p. 230 (1875). 

 Glabrous glaucescent. Branches pallid, subterete, at the extremities 

 compressed. Leaves opposite, narrowly elliptical, somewhat obovate, 

 rounded or obtuse at the apex, attenuate at the base, chartaceous, 

 rather paler beneath, punctate, 1-3 by ^-1|- in., margins narrowly 

 revolute ; lateral veins about o pairs, inconspicuous; petioles ranging 

 up to J in. ; stipules deltoid, apiculate, undivided, caducous. Flowers 

 pentamerous, ^ in. long, on shorter pedicels, forming little clusters 

 arranged in brachiately bi'auched terminal or quasi-axillary pedunculate 

 often drooping cymes ; common peduncle 1-2 in. ; bracts and bracteoles 

 minute, obsolete. Calyx-limb about as long as the ovary, sinuate- den- 

 ticulate. Corolla-tube funnel-shaped, straight ; throat hairy. Anthers 

 included. Style exserted ; branches short, recurving. Berries depresso- 

 globose or subdidymous, ^-p^ in. long, faintly ribbed ; albumen of the 

 seeds uniform. 



Mozaxub. Sistr. Zanzibar, Kirk; Nazimoio, Kirk! Hildehrandt! 

 Vatke descriLes the leaves as verticillate in fours. 



23. p. obtusifolia, Foir. Encycl. M6tJi. v. p. 697 (1804). Gla- 

 brous. Blanches terete, opposite, finely striate, robust. Leaves obovate, 

 rounded at the apex, attenuate at the base into a short petiole, thickly 

 coriaceous, of the same colour on both surfaces, 3-5 by 1^2 in., lateral 

 veins inconspicuous, about 5 pairs ; margins revolute ; stipules deltoid, 

 apiculate, undivided, solitary, ^-^ in. long, caducous. Flowers J-^ in. 

 long, numerous, in dense pedunculate corymbose terminal panicles of 

 about 1^ in. diam. ; bracteoles obsolete or minute ; common peduncle 

 1-1;^ in. Calyx-limb small, very shortly 5-dentate, not ciliate. Corolla- 

 lobes ovate. Anthers shortly oblong, exserted. Fruit oval, about 

 ^ in. long, ribbed, 2-celled ; seeds striate. — Lam. Bl. t. 161, f. 4 ; DC. 

 Prodr. iv. p. 519 ; nee Sieber, nee E. Mey. 



XVEozaxnb. Dlstr. Mozambique, Forbes .' 

 Occxurs also in Madagascar. 



24. P. zambesiana, Hiern. A nearly glabrous shrub, turning 

 a dark colour in the dry state. Leaves opposite, obovate or narrowly 

 elliptical, rounded or shortly pointed at the apex, wedge-shaped at the 

 base, thinly coriaceous, inconspicuously punctate, glabrous, 2^3^ by 

 J-2 in., margins narrowly revolute, lateral veins about 7 pairs ; petioles 

 ranging up to ^ in. ; stipules deltoid, shortly apiculate, ^ in. long, 

 caducous, undivided. Flowers pentamerous, ^ in. long, on shorter 

 pedicels, in trichotomously branched pedunculate terminal or subter- 

 minal subcorymbose cymes of 1^2^ in. diameter ; common peduncle 

 1-2 in. long, erect ; bmcts and bracteoles minute or obsolete. Calyx- 

 limb as long as the ovary ; teeth short, ciliate. Corolla-tube funnel- 

 shaped, straight; throat bearded. Anthers nearly included. Style 

 exserted, bifid. 



Mozamb. Bistr. Kongone mouth of the Zambesi Elver, Kirk! 



25. P. ILolly, Schum, Beshr. Guin. Plant, p. 130. Glabrous, 

 shrubby. Branches subdichotomous, subdivaricate, terete, above com- 

 pressed and dark purplish. Leaves ovate-elliptical, attenuate at both 



