162 LXXV. KUBIACEJI. (J. D. Hooker.) [Psychotria. 



axils sometimes minutely glandular; stipules ovate, obtuse, deciduous. Cymes 

 broad ; peduncles 1-2 in., and branches stout ; bracteoles rounded ; flowers 3-4-nate, 

 subsessile. Calyx obscurely 5-toothed. Corollas-tube very short. Fruit small, 

 spherical, smooth. Seed ^-terete ; ventral surface flat ; albumen ruminate. 



4. P. Thwaitesii, Hook. f. ; glabrous, leaves elliptic-lanceolate oblong 

 or obovate acuminate or acute, nerves 12-16 pair, stipules triangular acute or 

 cuspidate, cymes peduncled, branches stout whorled, flowers capitate or cymes 

 S3ssile reduced and capitate mixed with rufous hairs, calyx-limb in the ellipsoid 

 fruit minute. P. Heyneana, Wall. Cat. 8327; upper right hand specimens. 

 Grumilea nudiflora, Thw. Enum. 147, not of W. $ A. ? G. nigra, Gaertn. 

 Fruct. 138, t. 28. 



WESTERN PENINSULA ; on the Ghats, from the Concan southward. CEYLON ; alt. 

 3-6000 ft., common. 



A glabrous bush ; branches smooth, compressed. Leaves 3-6 by 1| 2^ in., greenish 

 when dry, rather coriaceous ; petiole - li in. : stipules very variable. Cymes variable ; 

 peduncle and short branches 4-angfed in fruit ; bracteoles caducous ; flowers small. 

 'Calyx-teeth 5, small. Corolla-tube very short, glabrous externally and nearly so 

 within. Fruit ellipsoid, smooth. Seed ^-terete ; ventral surface flat ; albumen 

 ruminate. There are two principal forms of this and a subordinate third. 



VAR. 1 . zeylanica ; cymes peduncled, branches distinct. 



VAR. 2. peninsularis ; leaves usually smaller more obovate, cymes always sessile, 

 branches moderate or short or 0, or the inflorescence a peduncled globose head. 



VAR. 3. coronata; leaves small, fruit with the calyx-limb distinct 5-toothed (as 

 in P. congesta, but smaller). Ceylon at Ramboddi, alt. 4000 ft., Gardner. 



5. P. congesta, W. fy A. Prodr. 432; glabrous, leaves obovate or 

 oblanceolate subacute, nerves 8-10 pair, stipules ovate, cymes sessile or 

 peduncled, branches opposite, flowers crowded very shortly pedicelled not capi- 

 tate without rufous hairs, calyx-limb crowning the ellipsoid fruit. Wight Ic. 

 t. 1037. G. patens, Schlecht in PL Hohen. n. 1373. ? P. elongata, Bedd. Fl. 

 Sylv. Anal. Gen. t. xvii. 



NILGHERRY and PULNEY MTS. ; alt. 7-8000 ft., Wight, &c. ' 



An evergreen leafy bush. Leaves 2-5 by 1-2 in., rather coriaceous, greenish 

 when dry ; nerves strong ; petiole ^-| in. ; stipules deciduous. Cymes with short 

 thick branches and branchlets, quite glabrous, ebracteolate. Calyx 4-5-toothed. 

 Corolla-tube very short, glabrous or pubescent within. Fruit ellipsoid, smooth ; 

 calyx-limb tubular, toothed, sometimes very low or even reduced to teeth sessile on 

 the top of the fruit. Seed semi terete, ventral face flat, albumen grooved. 



VAR. astephana ; cymes less crowded, fruit with a scarcely raised calyx-limb. 



6. P. macrocarpa, Hook. f. ; glabrous, leaves elliptic or oblanceolate 

 obtuse or obtusely acuminate, stipules very broad, cymes peduncled, branches 

 very short and thick lower whorled, flowers crowded very shortly pedicelled, 

 fruit ellipsoid f in. crowned by the very short calyx-teeth. Rubiacea, Wall. Cat. 

 8460. 



TRAVANCORE; at Courtallam, Wight. 



Branches pale, smooth, branchlets compressed. Leaves 5-8 by 2-2 in., thinly 

 coriaceous, narrowed into a rather slender petiole ^-1 in. ; stipules coriaceous, 

 deciduous. Cymes short, not 1 in. high and hardly so broad ; peduncles 1 in. or less ; 

 bracts caducous ; flowers larger than in the preceding species. Calyx-teeth 4-5, 

 triangular. Corolla-tube very short, woolly within. Fruit ellipsoid, smooth. Seeds 

 ^-terete, ventral face flat ; albumen ruminate. 



7. P. subintegra, W. 8f A. Prodr. 432 (Grumilea) ; glabrous, leaves 

 elliptic-lanceolate obtuse or obtusely acuminate, petiole slender, stipules very 

 broad, cymes axillary and terminal peduncled brachiate broadly corymbose, 



