170 LXXV. EUBIACEJ;. (J. D. Hooker.) \_Psychotria* 



SECT. III. Seeds with one obtuse dorsal ridge and 2 dorsal broad shallow 

 furrows. 



* Cymes capitate. 



31. P. BXoonii, Thw. Enum. .148 (Grumilea) ; glabrous, leaves elliptic or 

 elliptic-lanceolate acuminate narrowed into the stout petiole, flowers in dense 

 peduncled heads mixed with large villous-edged bracts, fruit narrowly ovoid. 



CEYLON ; Keigam Corle, at no great elevation, Walker, Thwaites. 



Branches stout, ultimate compressed. Leaves 5-7 by l-2 in., greenish or 

 reddish when dry; nerves 12-14 pair, stout, much arched; stipules oblong, connate, 

 ciliate. Cymes of 3-5 terminal stout branches 1 in. long, each bearing a subglobose 

 head ^-| in. diam., the main peduncle suppressed, the lateral deflexed, the central 

 simple or 3-chotomous ; bracteoles large, rounded, coriaceous, persistent, hairs rufous ; 

 flowers sessile. Calyx-limb tubular, 5-toothed. ciliate. Fruit ^ in., crowned with the 

 cupular calyx-limb, nearly circular in section with 4 broad shallow furrows. Seeds 

 plano-convex; albumen equable. 



32. P. sordida, Thw. Enum. 149 ; glabrous, leaves petioled lanceolate or 

 oblong-lanceolate caudate-acuminate, nerves very faint, stipules ovate, flowers 

 3-4-nate in small peduncled deflexed heads, fruit oblong, calyx-limb obsolete. 



CEYLON ; central province, alt. 4-8000 ft., Walker, Thwaites. 



Branches slender, ultimate-compressed. Leaves 35 by f 1^ in., pale or dark 

 brown when dry, coriaceous ; nerves 6-8 pair, sometimes hardly visible ; petiole 

 in. ; stipules acute. Cymes of 3-5 short stout branches ^-f in. long, the main 

 peduncle short or ; bracteoles minute, caducous ; flowers minute, sessile. Calyx 

 with a funnel-shaped 5-toothed limb. Corolla-tube short, broad, glabrous within and 

 without. Fruit 5 in. ; pyrenes with broad shallow dorsal furrows. 



* Cymes not capitate. 



33. P. long'ipetiolata, Thw. Enum. 149; glabrous, leaves long- 

 petioled elliptic-oblong or ovate-oblong acuminate base rounded or cordate, 

 cymes terminal peduncled, lower branches whorled trichotomous few-flowered,, 

 fruit ovoid crowned with the minute calyx- teeth. 



CEYLON; Saflragan district, alt. 3-4000 ft., Thwaites. 



Leaves 5-6 by 1^2 in., yellowish when dry, midrib stout; nerves 6-10 pair, very 

 spreading; petiole 1-lf in., slender; stipules oblong, acute. Cymes small, about 1 

 in. broad, nearly glabrous ; bracts minute, caducous ; flowers very small. Calyx-tube 

 obconic ; teeth triangular. Corolla-tube very short. Fruit ^ in. ; pyrenes dorsally 

 compressed, with very broad shallow lateral furrows. The specimens are not copious. 



34. P. plurivenia, Thw. Enum. 147 ; glabrous, leaves narrowly oblan- 

 ceolate acute narrowed into a very short petiole, marginal nerves very numerous 

 slender horizontal, fruit fusiform. 



CEYLON ; Hewahette. in the central province, alt. 3-4000 ft., Thwaites. 



Branches slender. Leaves 3-4 by |-1 in., dark green and wrinkled when dry, 

 margin thickened and often yellowish ; nerves 30-40 pair, slender and undulating, 

 hardly distinguishable from the veins ; stipules lanceolate,' in. Cymes very sparingly 

 branched, glabrous, trichotomous ; bracteoles minute ; flowers ternate, shortly pedi- 

 celled. Calyx-teeth lanceolate, exceeding the very short corolla-tube, which is hairy 

 within. Seed " furrowed," Thwaites. I have seen a single specimen without fruit. 



36. P. filipes, Hook.f. ; glabrous, leaves oblanceolate acuminate narrowed 

 into a very short petiole, nerves numerous, stipules broad, cymes terminal 

 irregularly branched peduncles and pedicels very slender, fruit oblong or sub- 

 fusiform truncate. ? P. bisulcata, var. ., Thw. Enum. 148. 



CEYLON ; Hantani, alt. 3000 ft., Gardner. 



Branches pale. Leaves 5-7 by 1-lf in., yellowish-green when dry; nerves 15-20- 



