RUBIACEjE. CLXXI. PSYCHOTRIA. 



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Jj . S. Native of Peru, on the Andes in groves. Corolla small, 

 yellow, with a villous throat. Berries size of pepper-corns, 

 purple. 



Repand-leaved Psychotria. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



27 P. FOVEOLA TA (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 59. t. 207. f. b.) 

 leaves narrow-lanceolate, acuminated at both ends, hardly petio- 

 late, with the axils of the upper veins often glandularly foveo- 

 late, but downy on the veins beneath, as well as the branchlets 

 and peduncles ; stipulas oval, deciduous ; panicles pedunculate, 

 having the branchlets drooping while bearing the fruit ; flowers 

 3-5, sessile at the top of each branch of the panicle. fj . S. 

 Native of Peru, on the Andes in groves, at Chinchao and 

 Cuchero, ex Ruiz et Pav. ; and on the mountains about the 

 Guanocco, ex herb. Hsenke. P. foveolata, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 

 743. no. 39. exclusive of the synonymes. Branches rather 

 tetragonal. Corolla small, cream-coloured. Berries ovate, pur- 

 plish-green, ex Bartl, globose and rufous, and about the size of 

 pepper berries. 



/beeo/aie-leaved Psychotria. Tree 18 feet. 



28 P. DIVARICA'TA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 

 362. but not of Willd.) glabrous ; branchlets terete ; leaves lan- 

 ceolate-oblong, acute, narrowed at the base, membranous, foveo- 

 late in the axils of the veins beneath ; panicles pedunculate, 

 rather ovate, with opposite spreading branches ; flowers pedicel- 

 late, tj . S. Native of Peru, on the Andes in temperate 

 places about Quito. Very nearly allied to P. foveolata. There 

 is a variety of this with tetramerous tetrandrous flowers. 



Divaricate Psychotria. Shrub. 



29 P. VJRGA'TA (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 60. t. 209. f. a.) 

 glabrous ; leaves oblong or elliptic, acuminated, coriaceous, re- 

 ticulately-veined beneath ; stipulas bluntly bifid, length of the 

 petioles ; cymes on short peduncles, trichotomous, crowded with 

 flowers ; flowers almost sessile, on the tops of the branches of 

 the cyme ; fruit oval. Tj . S. Native of Peru, on the Andes in 

 cold mountain forests. Leaves 4 inches long, with red nerves, 

 and reflexed margins, bitter, and supplying a yellow colour when 

 dried. Corollas sulphur-coloured, with a villous throat. Berries 

 ovate, deep blue, size of peas. P. virgata Jamaicensis, Spreng. 

 syst. 1. p. 742. is perhaps a very distinct species from the pre- 

 sent. 



Tmiggy Psychotria. Shrub 9 to 10 feet. 



30 P. CUNEIFOLIA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 507.) glabrous ; leaves 

 obovate, cuneated at the base, and ending in a short cuspidate 

 point at the apex ; stipulas small, deciduous ; panicles erect, 

 shorter than the leaves, with opposite branches, fj . S. Native 

 of Peru, at Guayaquil. P. glabrata, Bartl. in herb. Haenke, but 

 notofSwartz. Flowers unknown. Berries ovate-globose, 10- 

 striped in the dried state. Seeds semi-ovate. 



Wedge-leaved Psychotria. Shrub. 



31 P. H;ENKEA'NA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 507.) glabrous; leaves 

 oval-oblong, acuminated at both ends ; stipulas bifid on both 

 sides, acuminated ; peduncles a little shorter than the leaves ; 

 cymes contracted, fj . S. Native of Guayaquil, and probably 

 of Mexico. P. pedunculata, Bartl. in herb. Haenke. Allied to 

 P. pedunculata, Swartz, but differs in the stipulas being much 

 more acuminated, in the leaves being narrower, and more acu- 

 minated at both ends. Cymes obconical. Flowers and fruit un- 

 known. 



Hcenke's Psychotria. Shrub. 



32 P. TRIFIDA (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 60. t. 209. f. b.) 

 smoothish ; branchlets bluntly tetragonal ; leaves lanceolate, 

 acuminated, shining above, but downy along the nerves and 

 veins beneath ; stipulas connate at the base, acutely bifid at the 

 apex ; cymes sessile, tripartite, with the branches again trifid ; 

 flowers sessile, by threes at the tops of the branchlets of the 

 cyme ; corollas downy ; berries roundish-turbinate. f? . S. Na- 



tive of the Andes of Peru, in mountain groves. Leaves 3 inches 

 long. Throat of corolla villous. Berries black. 

 Trifid-cymed Psychotria. Tree 18 feet. 



33 P. CAPITA'TA (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 59. t. 206. f. a.) 

 smoothish ; branchlets slightly tetragonal ; leaves oblong, acu- 

 minated, very veiny, downy beneath ; stipulas bifid, obtuse ; 

 panicles shorter than the leaves, ovate, terminal, on short pe- 

 duncles ; peduncles bracteate, opposite ; flowers crowded. Tj . S. 

 Native of Peru, on the Andes in groves. Cephae'lis Peruviana, 

 Spreng. syst. 1. p. 749. Stipulas hispid, glandular on the inner 

 side at the base. Bracteas lanceolate ; bracteoles ovate, acute. 

 Berries ovate, blackish, umbilicate. 



Capitate- flowered Psychotria. Shrub 9 to 10 feet. 



34 P. VIILOSA (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 59. t. 207. f. a.) 

 branchlets, peduncles, petioles, and nerves of leaves clothed with 

 rufous villi ; leaves attenuated at both ends, glabrous above in 

 the adult state, downy on the nerves beneath ; stipulas ovate- 

 oblong, acute, caducous; panicles pedunculate, with the branches 

 and branchlets opposite ; flowers by threes, glabrous. ^ . S. 

 Native of the Andes of Peru, in mountain groves. Bartl. in 

 herb. Hsenke. Knots of branches pilose. Leaves 4-5 inches 

 long. Bracteas small, acuminated. Berries red, globose, rather 

 compressed, size of small peas. Allied to P. micrantha and P. 

 hirsuta. 



Villous Psychotria. Shrub 9 to 10 feet. 



35 P. MICRA'NTHA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 

 363. t. 284.) hairy from rufescent villi ; branchlets terete ; leaves 

 obovate-elliptic, acuminated, cuneated at the base, rather coria- 

 ceous ; stipulas oblong, awnedly bidentate ; cyme,s pedunculate, 

 of 6 rays, diffuse ; flowers glomerate ; corollas hairy on the out- 

 side ; fruit globosely elliptic, hairy. Jj S. Native of Peru, 

 ex Kunth ; or at the river Magdalena, ex Willd. P. rufescens, 

 Willd. in Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 5. p. 192. but not of Kunth. 



Small-flowered Psychotria. Shrub. 



36 P. SUBTOMENTOSA (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 61. t. 210. 

 f. a.) clothed with downy tomentum ; branchlets bluntly tetra- 

 gonal ; leaves lanceolate-oblong, acute ; stipulas connate at the 

 base, acutely bifid at the apex ; corymbs pedunculate, trifid, 

 bearing almost sessile crowded flowers at the tops of the branch- 

 lets ; corollas hairy. Jj . S. Native of the Andes of Peru, in 

 mountain groves. Leaves 3 inches long, white beneath. Sti- 

 pulas glandular. Calyx and corolla blue. Bracteas subulate. 

 Cephases subtomentosa, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 749. 



Subtomentose Psychotria. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



* * Species natives of Brazil. 



37 P. A'LBA (Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 58. t. 205. f. a.) 

 smoothish ; branchlets compressed ; leaves elliptic-oblong, acute 

 at both ends, beset with rows of hairs along the nerves beneath, 

 and often foveolate in the axils of the nerves ; stipulas ovate- 

 oblong, undivided, rather concrete ; panicles pedunculate, ter- 

 minal, shorter than the leaves, with the branches opposite ; calyx 

 short, truncate ; berries ovate. ^ . S. Native of South America, 

 especially in tropical Brazil, Guayaquil, and Andes of Peru. 

 Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnaea. 4. p. 19. P. ardisiaefolia, H. B. 

 et Kunth, nov. gen. amer, 3. p. 359. Bartl. in herb. Hsenke. 

 P. densiflora, Willd. in Roem. et Schultes, syst. 5. p. 189. P. 

 patula, Willd. in Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 5. p. 189. P. ardisise- 

 folia, P. patula, and P. alba, Spreng. Leaves 6-8 inches long. 

 Stipulas obovate, hairy at the base. Bracteas conniving, ovate, 

 acute. Flowers and berries white. 



Var. ft, tonsa (Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnasa. 4. p. 19.) leaves 

 glabrous, nearly obovate, few-veined, f? . S. Native of Brazil, 

 near Rio Janeiro. 



J/iite-betried Psychotria. Shrub 12 feet. 



38 P. LEIOCA'RPA (Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnaea. 4. p. 22.) 

 4 F 2 



