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RUBIACE^E. CLXXI. PSYCHOTRIA. 



bluntly acuminated, downy beneath ; stipulas reniformly cordate, 

 acute, entire ; peduncles very short, axillary, 3-flowered. Tj . S. 

 Native of Guinea. Flowers white. 



Three-flowered Psychotria. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



13 P. MULTIFLORA (Schum. pi. guin. p. 108.) plant shrubby, 

 decumbent or scandent, quite glabrous ; branchlets rather tetra- 

 gonal ; leaves oblong-ovate, attenuated at the apex, on short 

 petioles; stipulas entire, acuminated; panicles axillary, sub- 

 capitate ; peduncles length of the petioles. T? . S. Native of 

 Guinea, at Asiama. Corolla white, downy inside. 



Many-flowered Psychotria. Shrub decumbent. 



14 P. UMBELLA'TA (Schum. pi. guin. p. 108.) shrub much 

 branched, glabrous ; branchlets alternately compressed ; leaves 

 hardly petiolate, lanceolate ; stipulas acuminated, cleft at the 

 apex, deciduous ; peduncles axillary, angular, trifid at the apex, 

 umbelliferous ; berries globose, umbilicate at the apex. T? . S. 

 Native of Guinea. Leaves 2-4 inches long. Peduncles 2 inches 

 long. Corolla white. 



Umbellate-flowered Psychotria. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



15 P. KO'LLY (Schum. pi. guin. p. 110.) shrubby, glabrous; 

 branchlets compressed ; leaves petiolate, ovate-elliptic, acutish, 

 of a different colour beneath ; stipulas ovate, acutish ; corymbs 

 axillary and terminal, fastigiate ; tube of corolla cylindrical. 



>j . S. Native of Guinea, where it is called Kolly-Tjo by the 

 natives. 



Kolly- Tjo Psychotria. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



16 P. OBVALLA'TA (Schum. pi. guin. p. 111.) plant herbace- 

 ous, creeping ; petioles elongated, rather hairy at the apex ; 

 leaves oblong, cordate, obtuse, glabrous ; stipulas ovate, acutish ; 

 peduncles almost axillary, usually 5-flowered ; flowers girded 

 by a foliaceous 4-leaved involucrum. H..S. Native of Guinea, 

 at Aquapim. 



Environed Psychotria. PL creeping. 



* Species natives of Asia. 



17 P. PHILIPPE'NSIS (Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnaea. 4. p. 21.) 

 glabrous and resinous ; branchlets tetragonal ; -leaves obovate, 

 very blunt, petiolate, coriaceous ; stipulas very short, intrafo- 

 liaceous, permanent ; cymes opposite, axillary or supra-axillary, 

 3 times shorter than the leaves, dichotomous ; ovarium cylindri- 

 cal, crowned by the truncate limb of the calyx. I? . S. Native 

 of the Island of Luzon, about Tierra Alta by the sea side. 



Philippine Psychotria. Shrub. 



2. Peduncles terminal. 

 * Species natives of Peru. 



18 P. RETICULA'TA (Ruiz et Pav. 2. p. 56. t. 212. f. b.) plant 

 herbaceous, downy ; branches tetragonal, glabrous ; leaves ovate- 

 lanceolate, acuminated, reticulately veined, rather coriaceous ; 

 stipulas subconcrete at the base, bifid beyond the middle, with 

 the lobes linear-lanceolate and acuminated ; panicles terminal, 

 longer than the leaves, with opposite spreading hairy-velvety 

 branches, and crowded flowers. "If. . S. Native of Peru, on the 

 Andes in groves. Leaves a foot long, downy beneath, and 

 having the nerves purplish. Corolla small, yellow, downy out- 

 side, with a villous throat. 



Reticulated-leaved Psychotria. PL 7 to 8 feet. 



19 P. ACUTIFLORA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 506.) leaves oblong, 

 acuminated, ciliated, downy beneath, rather scabrous above, 

 clothed with hairy tomentum on the mid-rib on both surfaces, as 

 well as the branchlets ; panicles terminal, erect, rather hairy, 

 longer than the leaves, with cymosely bifid branches ; segments 

 of corolla mucronately cuspidate. J? . S. Native of Guayaquil, 

 where it was collected by Hsenke. Guettarda acutiflora, Bartl. 

 in herb. Haenke. Nearly allied to P. deflexa. Stipulas connate, 

 sheathing, ending each in a sublanceolate acumen. 



Acute-flowered Psychotria. Shrub. 



20 P. PILC-SA (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 60. t. 208. f. a.) 

 sufFruticose, pilose ; branches tetragonal ; leaves oblong, acumi- 

 nated at both ends ; stipulas bifid, with lanceolate acute lobes, 

 which are about the length of the petioles ; panicles short, ter- 

 minal, on short peduncles, with opposite branches ; bracteas lan- 

 ceolate, acute, ciliated ; teeth of calyx acute. ^ S. Native 

 of Peru, on the Andes in humid parts of forests. Leaves 4 

 inches long. Inflorescence as in Asperula. Bracteas bluish. 

 Peduncles hairy. Berries blue, about the size of peas. 



Pilose Psychotria. Shrub 2 feet. 



21 P. CYMOSA (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 59. t. 206. f. b.) 

 suffrmicose, glabrous ; branches compressedly tetragonal ; leaves 

 oblong-lanceolate, acute, shining above ; stipulas bipartite, with 

 the lobes linear-subulate and distant ; cymes terminal, on short 

 peduncles, of 5 rays ; segments of the calyx long, subulate ; tube 

 of corolla villous at the base; berries oval. Jj . S. Native of 

 Peru, in groves on the Andes. Leaves 6 inches long. Peduncles 

 compressed. Corolla purplish. Berries violaceous. Calyx 

 almost as in Geophila. 



Cymose-fiowered Psychotria. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



22 P. MAGNOLIJEFO'LIA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. 

 p. 360. but not of Willd.) glabrous ; branchlets compressed ; 

 leaves elliptic, bluntish at both ends, rather membranous; stipu- 

 las oblong, obtuse, length of the petioles ; cymes pedunculate, 

 of 4 spreading rays ; flowers sessile, usually by threes. Tj . S. 

 Native about Quito. Fruit unknown. Said to be allied to P. 

 ardisicefolia. Leaves 7-8 inches long and 4-5 broad, on petioles 

 8-9 lines long. 



Magnolia-leaved Psychotria. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



23 P. GLOMERA'TA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 

 362.) glabrous ; branchlets compressed ; leaves oblong or ob- 

 ovate-oblong, acute, narrowed at the base, membranous ; stipulas 

 lanceolate, acuminated, ciliated ; panicles pedunculate, very 

 simple, spreading ; flowers disposed in verticillate heaps, sessile; 

 fruit nearly globose. J? . S. Native of Peru. Said to be allied 

 to P. ardisicefolia, but the inflorescence is different. Sprengel 

 asserts this species to be a native of New Granada and Brazil, 

 but without giving any authority for so stating. 



Heaped-fiowered Psychotria. Shrub. 



24 P. RUGULOSA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 556.) 

 glabrous ; branches compressed ; leaves lanceolate, long-acumi- 

 nated, rather coriaceous, narrowed at the base, a little wrinkled, 

 fbveolate in the axils of the veins beneath ; stipulas lanceolate, 

 acuminated ; panicles pedunculate, having the lower branches 4 

 in a whorl, and spreading ; fruit nearly globose, didymous. tj . 

 S. Native of the temperate parts of Peru. 



Wrinkled-]ea.ved Psychotria. Shrub. 



25 P. VI'RIDIS (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 61. t. 210. f. b.) 

 glabrous ; branchlets somewhat tetragonal ; leaves oblong, acu- 

 minated, foveolate in the axils of the veins beneath at the base ; 

 stipulas connate, lanceolate, caducous, one-half longer than the 

 petioles ; panicles pedunculate, terminal, with opposite branches ; 

 flowers crowded, sessile ; berry globose, fj . S. Native of 

 Peru, in groves on the Andes. Palicurea viridis, Roem. et 

 Schultes, syst. 5. p. 195. Corollas small, green, with a hairy 

 throat. Anthers inclosed. This has nothing to do with Pali- 

 curea tinctoria, with which it has been confounded by Sprengel. 

 Leaves 3-4 inches long. 



Green- flowered Psychotria. Shrub 6 to 7 feet. 



26 P. REPA'NDA (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 61.) glabrous; 

 branches somewhat tetragonal, leafy at the top ; leaves lanceo- 

 late-oblong, repand ; stipulas connate at the base, lanceolate, 

 ciliated on the back and margins, caducous ; panicles terminal, 

 with brachiate compressed branches ; bracteoles ovate, acute ; 

 flowers sessile, on the tops of the branches of the panicle. 



