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RUBIACE.E. CLXXI. PSYCHOTRIA. 



smoothish ; leaves narrow-lanceolate, acuminated at both ends, 

 membranous ; stipulas rather concrete, bidentate on both sides ; 

 cymes pedunculate, terminal : with the branchlets slender, oppo- 

 site or verticillate, downy ; flowers tetrandrous, rarely pentan- 

 drous ; calyx 5-lobed ; fruit globose, ribless. T? . S. Native 

 of tropical Brazil. 



Var. ft, extratropica (Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnasa. 4. p. 22.) 

 cymes quite glabrous ; flowers triandrous or tetrandrous ; caly- 

 cine teeth unequal. Jj . S. Native of the south of Brazil, 

 without the tropic. Perhaps a proper species. 



Smooth-fruited Psychotria. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



39 P. NiTiDULA (Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnaea. 4. p. 25.) 

 quite glabrous ; leaves lanceolate, acuminated, on very short 

 petioles ; stipulas triangular, acute, at length bifid, permanent ; 

 cymes terminal, pedunculate, length of leaves of 5 compressed 

 rays, 4 of them in a whorl, and the other in the centre of these 

 4 ; calyx acutely 5-toothed. Jj . S. Native of tropical Brazil. 

 Leaves 3-4 inches long, and 10-18 lines broad. Flowers small, 

 pedicellate. Fruit unknown. 



Shining-leaved Psychotria. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



40 P. FORMOSA (Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnaea. 4. p. 21.) 

 leaves glabrous, obovate or elliptic, short-acuminated, cuneated 

 at the base, of the consistence of parchment ; stipulas ovate, 

 acute, small, deciduous ; panicles terminal, pedunculate, loose, 

 longer than the leaves, downy or hairy ; lobes of the corolla 

 acute, bearded at the apex. T; S. Native of tropical Brazil. 

 Very like P. dlba, and the cicatrices of the stipulas are beset with 

 rufous villi, as in it. 



Beautiful Psychotria. 'Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 



41 P. CUSPIDA'TA (Bred, ex Willd. in Roem. et Schultes, 

 syst. 5. p. 192.) smooth and glabrous; leaves oval, cuneated at 

 the base, acuminated at the apex, scrobiculately villous in the 

 axils when old ; stipulas bidentate, truncate ; panicles terminal, 

 pedunculate, 3 times shorter than the leaves, with compressed 

 branches, which are dilated at the ramifications. Tj . S. Na- 

 tive of tropical Brazil, and at Caraccas. Allied to P. nonatehol- 

 des and P. cornifolia. 



Cuspidated-leaved Psychotria. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



42 P. NONATELIO!DES (Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnaea. 4. p. 26.) 

 smooth and glabrous ; branchlets compressed ; leaves lanceolate, 

 acute at the base, and long-acuminated at the apex, membran- 

 ous ; stipulas 2-lobed, permanent ; cymes racemose, terminal, 

 one-half shorter than the leaves ; pedicels 3-flowered : middle 

 flower and one of the lateral ones tribracteate. I? . S. Native 

 of tropical Brazil, and at Caraccas. P. involucrata, Willd. 

 herb. Fruit unknown. Habit of P. cornifolia. 



Nonatelia-like Psychotria. Shrub. 



43 P. NOXIA (St. Hil. pi. rem. bras. p. 234. t. 21. f. a.) 

 branchlets compressed, furnished with 2 rows of hairs ; leaves 

 lanceolate, acuminated, on short petioles, approximate, glabrous; 

 stipulas short, bipartite ; flowers 2-4 in a fascicle, sessile, brac- 

 teate, terminal, and axillary ; bracteas acuminated, ciliated ; 

 fruit elliptic. J? . S. Native of Brazil, in the province of 

 Minas Geraes. This species is supposed to be hurtful to ani- 

 mals who eat it. 



Hurtful Psychotria. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



44 P. ELLIPTICA (Ker. bot. reg. t. 607. but not of Willd.) 

 glabrous ; leaves elliptic, attenuated at both ends, shining, mem- 

 branous ; stipulas sheathing, ovate, rather erosely fringed, deci- 

 duous; cymes terminal, sessile, tripartite, with trichotomously 

 panicled branches, shorter than the leaves. Tj . S. Native of 

 Brazil. Flowers short, white. Calyx cup-shaped, slightly 

 toothed. 



Elliptic-leaved Psychotria. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1821. Sh. 

 3-4 feet. 



45 P. CH^ENOTRICHA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 509.) quite glabrous ; 



branchlets compressed ; leaves elliptic, acuminated at both ends, 

 smooth ; stipulas short, bifid at both sides ; corymbs terminal, 

 sessile, with umbellate branches, much shorter than the leaves, each 

 branch bearing 4-5 flowers at the apex ; corollas glabrous on the 

 outside, but villous in the throat. fj . S. Native of Brazil, at 

 Bahia, in sand by the sea-side, where it was collected by Salz- 

 mann. Flowers cream-coloured. Anthers copper-coloured, 

 sessile in the throat of the corolla among the villi. Style a little 

 exserted. 



Gaping-haired Psychotria. Shrub. 



46 P. BARBIFLORA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 509.) quite glabrous ; 

 branchlets compressed ; leaves oval-ovate, acute at the base, 

 acuminated at the apex, shining above ; stipulas combined at the 

 base, biaristate ; peduncles terminal, very short, densely corym- 

 bose at the apex, bracteate under the flowers ; corolla glabrous 

 outside, with the lobes of the limb hairy above. Fj . S. Native 

 of Brazil, on hills about Bahia, where it was collected by Salz- 

 mann. Style exserted. Anthers inclosed. Fruit black, globose, 

 a little furrowed. 



Bearded-flowered Psychotria. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



47 P. BAHIE'NSIS (D. C. prod. 4. p. 509.) quite glabrous ; 

 leaves elliptic, attenuated at the base, acuminated at the apex, 

 shining above ; stipulas rather concrete at the base, and furnished 

 with 2 ligulae on both sides, lanceolate, acuminated; peduncles 

 terminal, one-half shorter than the leaves, racemosely corymbose 

 at ths apex ; corollas beardless. fj . S. Native of Brazil, 

 about Bahia, where it was collected by Salzmann. Shrub 3 feet 

 high. Flowers white, probably dioecious. Branches compressed. 



Var. a, styldsa (D. C. 1. c.) style exserted ; anthers inclosed ; 

 fruit globose, sub-didymous, hardly furrowed. 



Var. fl, stammea (D. C. 1. c.) style inclosed ; anthers ex- 

 serted. Perhaps a proper species, or the male variety of the 

 preceding. 



Bahia Psychotria. Shrub 3 feet. 



48 P.? SAMBU'CINA (Link, in Roam, et Schultes, syst. 5. p. 

 188.) glabrous: leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, petiolate ; 

 stipulas deciduous ; branches of the panicle glabrous, verticillate, 

 3 times shorter than the leaves. fj . S. Native of Brazil. 

 Leaves a span long, and 3-4 inches broad, of a livid black colour 

 in the dried state. 



Elder-like Psychotria. Shrub. 



49 P. LONGIFOLIA (Hoffmans. ex Willd. in Rcem. et Schultes, 

 syst. 5. p. 190.) leaves ovate-oblong, acuminated, cuneately at- 

 tenuated at the base ; stipulas bifid ; panicles terminal. Tj . S. 

 Native of Brazil. Leaves a foot long. Perhaps the same as 

 P. racembsa. 



Long-leaved Psychotria. Shrub. 



50 P. GRANDIFOLIA (Hoffinans. ex Willd. in Room, et Schultes, 

 syst. 5. p. 190.) leaves ovate, acute; stipulas bifid, obtuse; 

 flowers panicled. Pj . S. Native of Brazil. Leaves half a foot 

 long. Corollas yellow. Very like P. latifolia, but differs in 

 the form of the stipulas. 



Great-leaved Psychfctria. Shrub. 



* * * Species natives of Guiana. 



51 P. MAPU V RIA (Roem. et Schultes, syst. 5. p. 187.) gla- 

 brous ; leaves obovate, each ending in a short blunt acumen, 

 cuneated at the base ; stipulas ovate-roundish, deciduous ; pani- 

 cles terminal, shorter than the leaves ; fruit ovate-globose, stri- 

 ated, fj . S. Native of French Guiana, on the banks of rivers. 

 Mapouria Guianensis, Aubl. guian. 1. p. 175. t. 67. Simira 

 nitida, Poir. diet. 7. p. 196. P. nitida, Willd. spec. 1. p. 963. 

 Leaves 8 inches long, and 4-5 broad. Corollas white, having 

 the limb longer than the tube. Stamens filiform, exserted. 

 Stigma bilamellate. 



Mapuria Psychotria. Shrub 7 to 8 feet. 



