172 LXXV. RUBIACEJE. (J. D. Hooker.) [Psychotria. 



dry ; midrib stout ; nerves stout on both surfaces, obliquely arching ; petiole |-1 in. ; 

 stipules \-^ in., "fleshy" (Griffith), ovate-cordate or -lanceolate, entire or 2-fid. 

 Cymes short ; peduncle 2 in. or less ; branches usually whorled, sometimes irregu- 

 larly alternate, very short and stout ; flowers subsessile. Calyx obconic, limb broad ; 

 teeth 5, triangular. Corolla-tube broad, mouth villous. Fruit in. long and upwards, 

 shining ; dorsal ridge of pyrenes very strong and furrows broad and deep. Seed flat 

 ventrally. 



40. P. ang ulata, Korth. in Ned. Kruidk. Arch. ii. 243 ; glabrous, leaves 

 obovate cuneate-obovate or oblanceolate rarely elliptic acute or abruptly acumi- 

 nate coriaceous narrowed into the short or long petiole, cymes terminal peduncled, 

 branches stout whorled, bracts persistent, flowers subcapitate, fruit shortly 

 ellipsoid truncate, calyx-limb persistent. Miq. in Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iv. 

 210. Psychotria, Wall. Cat. 8348. Chasalia perforata, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 

 Suppl. 546. 



TENASSERIM; Mergui, Griffith, Heifer. MALACCA, Griffith. SINGAPORE, Wallich. 

 PENANG, Porter. DISTRIB. Banca, Java, Borneo. 



Branches rather rough. Leaves 4-8 by 2-2| in., rather shining, pale greenish 

 when dry, or dark ; nerves slender, arching ; petiole 3 in. ; stipules, upper ovate 

 connate, lower rounded and cuspidate. Cymes very variable ; peduncle 3 in. and less, 

 stout, branches very stout ; bracts broadly ovate, coriaceous ; bracteoles small or ; 

 flowers sessile. Calyx-limb truncate. Corolla-tithe very short, throat woolly. Fruit 

 \ in., dorsal ridge of pyrenes rounded. Seed flat ventrally. 



41. P. symploeifolia, Kurz For. Fl. ii. 11 ; glabrous, leaves small 

 obovate or elliptic-obovate or -lanceolate caudate-acuminate narrowed into a 

 short petiole, nerves 6-10 pair, stipules acuminate, cymes terminal peduncled, 

 branches slender trichotomous, fruit ellipsoid, calyx-limb minute. Psychotria, 

 Wall. Cat. 8357 ; Herb, Ind. Or. H.f. $ T. n. 27. Morinda ? Wall. Cat. 8428. 



KHASIA MTS., alt. 3-6000 ft., abundant, De Silva, &c. ; MARTABAN HILLS, alt. 

 5-7000 ft., Kurz. 



A shrub or small tree, branches slender. Leaves 3-5 by 1-1^ in., green when dry 

 with pale midrib nerves and sometimes margins ; petiole \-^ in. ; stipules 5 in. and 

 less, ovate, acute or with subulate points. Cymes very variable, rarely sessile; 

 branches opposite, usually long, spreading, slender and trichotomously divided at 

 the top with short divisions ; bracts, bracteoles, and flowers very small. Calyx-teeth 

 triangular. Corolla-tube short, throat villous. Fruit % in., sometimes truncate, not 

 deeply ridged and furrowed. Seed flat ventrally. This is the Eastern representative 

 of the Western P. bisulcata. Kurz's Martaban specimens have much shorter and 

 stouter cyme-branches than the Khasian. 



42. P. Kelferiana, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1872, ii. 314; For. Fl. ii. 

 11 ; hirsute, leaves large broadly elliptic or lanceolate acuminate base narrowed 

 into a long or short petiole, flowers in dense heads, mixed with hirsute per- 

 sistent bracteoles in axillary or terminal peduncled or subsessile cymes, fruit 

 ovoid crowned by the dilated calyx-limb. Psychotria, Wall. Cat. 8368. 



EASTERN PENINSULA; from Pegu, McClelland, to Tenasserim, the Andaman Islands, 

 Singapore, and Penang, Wallich, &c. 



An erect shrub; branches stout. Leaves very variable, 5-10 by 2-5 in., red- 

 brown when dry, rather membranous; nerves 12-15 pair, oblique or very spreading; 

 petiole ^~2 in. ; stipules 1 in., lanceolate, acuminate, 2-cleft, hirsute. Cymes very 

 variable; heads of flowers 1-1 in. diam. ; peduncle very stout; bracts large, de- 

 ciduous, and numerous small bracteoles hirsute. Calyx minute, teeth lanceolate. 

 Corolla-tube short, glabrous, throat villous. Fruit hirsute or glabrate ; pyrenes with 

 a broad dorsal ridge and 2 lateral shallow furrows. Seed flat ventrally. 



43. P. nicobarica, Kurz in Land. Journ. Bot. 1875, 328 j shoots petioles 

 and nerves beneath pubescent or glabrate, leaves large broadly elliptic acute, 



