Psychotria.] Lxx. KDBlACEiE (hiern). 207" 



about I in. long when expanded, glabrous outside, on short pedicels, 

 many together, forming small terminal umbellate heads of ^-^ in. 

 diameter, ebracteolate ; common peduncles solitary, ^— § in. long. 

 Calyx-limb rather larger than the ovary, spreading, rather obHque, 

 5-cleft ; lobes rounded. Corolla straight ; tube short ; throat bearded ; 

 lobes reflexed, ovate, thinly pubescent about the base, rathei- shorter 

 than the tube. Anthers partly included. Style exsei-ted, bifid at the 

 apex. 



Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, Mann ! 



A specimen from Prince's Island, collected by Mann, with rather wider oval 

 leaves and more patent lateral veins, probably belongs to this species. 



36. p. pumila, Hiern. A diminutive shrub, under a foot high, 

 nearly simple, subglabrous. Stem subterete, somewhat compressed 

 towards the apex. Leaves broadly ovate or oval, obtuse, apiculate or 

 mucronulate, narrowed at the base, decurrent and undulated towards 

 the obsolete petiole, chartaceous, 2^-3^ by 1J-2|^ in., margin narrowly 

 revolute, lateral veins about 6-7 pairs, slender ; stipules ovate, bi- 

 cuspidate-cleft, f in. long, cusps filiform. Flowers small, numerous, 

 on very short pedicels, in terminal ebracteolate umbellate heads of f 

 in.' diameter; common peduncles soHtary, about ^ in. long, erect. 

 Calyx turbinate ; limb campanulate, shortly 5-cleft ; teeth ovate, rather 

 unequal, recurved towards the tip. Corolla-lobes 5 ; throat bearded. 

 Anthers linear ; filaments short. Style bidentate. 



Mozamb. Blstr. Near Moramballa, Kirk ! 



37. P. nigropunctata, B.iern, Glabrous, shrubby ? Branches 

 smooth, subterete, somewhat compressed at the extremities. Leaves 

 narrowly elliptical, narrowed at both ends, chartaceous, black- punctate, 

 2-3 by |-J in., margins very narrowly revolute, lateral veins about 

 7-8 pairs, slender, inconspicuous ; petiole |— ^ in. ; stipules deeply 

 bilobed, \ in. long, segments subulate-acute from an ovate or lanceolate 

 base. Flowers several together, on pedicels of tV"T(J ^^- which in 

 fruit lengthen to about double, umbellately arranged in terminal and 

 subterminal pedunculate clusters ; common peduncle about \-\\ in. 

 long ; bracts and bracteoles absent or minute. Calyx urceolate ; limb 

 short, deeply lobed, teeth 5, lanceolate-subulate, recurving. Corolla 

 not known. Fruit \-\ in. diameter, indistinctly ribbed ; albumen of 

 the seeds uniform. 



&ower Guinea. Congo, Chr. Smith! 



38. P. bracteosa, BVerw. Pubescent at the extremities. Branch - 

 lets compressed above. Leaves oval, narrowly acuminate, attenuate at 

 the base, glabrate above, silky-pubescent beneath, firmly chartaceous, 

 of about the same colour on the two surfaces, about a foot long, 4^5 

 in. wide, margins naiTOwly revolute, lateral veins about 30 pairs, not 

 conspicuous ; petiole 2-2^ in., silky-pubescent ; stipules ample bipartite; 

 segments ovate, acuminate, 1^-2 in. long, silky-pubescent, ciliate. 

 Flowers pentamerous, about § in. long, many together, in dense ter- 

 minal sessile bracteate silky-pubescent clusters of about 3 in. diameter ; 



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