RUBIACE^E. CLXXI. PSYCHOTRIA. 



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America, at the river Atabapo. Humb. et Bonpl. This is said 

 to be the same as Palicourea speciosa, by Spreng. 

 Smooth Psychotria. Shrub. 



78 P. HUNDE'NSIS (Willd. in Roem. et Scliultes, syst. 5. p. 

 189.) leaves oblong, acuminated at both ends, rather membran- 

 ous ; stipulas oblong, obtuse ; panicle trichotomously corymbose. 

 \l . S. Native of New Granada, on the banks of the Magda- 

 lena, near Honda, or Hunda. Palicourea mitis is joined with 

 this by Spreng. but for what reason we know not. 



Honda Psychotria. Shrub. 



79 CUMANE'NSIS (Willd. in Roam, et Schultes, syst. 5. p. 191.) 

 leaves oblong ; stipulas ovate, acute ; cymes few-flowered. T? . S. 

 Native of Cumana, Humb. et Bonpl ; and Trinidad, G. Don. 

 Flowers yellow. 



Cumana Psychotria. Clt. 1824. Shrub 10 feet. 



80 P. SESSILIFLOIIA (Willd. in Roem. et Schultes, syst. 5. p. 

 191.) herbaceous ; leaves oblong, acuminated at both ends ; sti- 

 pulas emarginately bidentate ; flowers terminal, crowded, sessile. 

 1. S. Native on the banks of the Orinoco, Humb. et Bonpl. 

 Herb half a foot high. Flowers white. 



Sessile-flowered Psychotria. PI. half a foot. 



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A species native of Panama. 



81 P. FURCA'TA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 512.) smoothish ; branches 

 bifurcate, terete ; branchlets compressed ; peduncles, petioles, 

 and nerves of the leaves roughish ; leaves ovate-oblong, acumi- 

 nated ; stipulas bidentate, small, acute ; heads on short pedun- 

 cles ; pedicels thick, very short ; bracteas 4, linear, spreading, 

 fj . S. Native of Panama, where it was collected by Haenke. 

 Cephae'lis furcata, Bartl. in herb. Haenke. Fruit ovate-globose, 

 compressed, furrowed. Flowers unknown. Habit of Cephce"lis 

 oblonga, but the inflorescence and fruit are like that of P. platy- 

 poda. 



Forked-branched Psychotria. Shrub. 



****** Species natives of Mexico. 



82 P. BIARISTA TA (Bartl. in herb. Haenke, ex D. C. prod. 4. 

 p. 513.) glabrous; branchlets a little compressed; leaves ob- 

 long, or obovale-oblong, attenuated at both ends, coriaceous ; 

 stipulas short, broadly ovate, biaristate, deciduous ; cymes on 

 short peduncles of 3-4 rays, much shorter than the leaves ; fruit 

 nearly globose. Tj . S. Native of Mexico. Leaves 2 inches 

 long, and 9 lines broad. Petioles 1-2 lines long. 



Two-awwerf-stipulated Psychotria. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



83 P. MO'LLIS (Poir. diet. 5. p. 702. 1 Bartl. in herb. Haenke, 

 ex D. C. prod. 4. p. 513.) branchlets nearly terete ; peduncles 

 and nerves of leaves downy ; leaves elliptic-oblong, acuminated 

 at both ends, membranous, when young downy, but in the adult 

 state glabrous above ; stipulas ovate, acutely bidentate ; panicle 

 corymbose, crowded, pedunculate, shorter than the leaves ; co- 

 rolla with a short tube, blunt erect lobes, and a hairy throat. 

 Ij . S. Native of Mexico. Allied to P. hoiizontalis var. ft. 

 P. mollis, Spreng. in herb. Balb. should be excluded from the 

 present order. The plant of Poirett is probably distinct from 

 that of Bartl. 



Soft Psychotria. Shrub. 



84 P. HEBE'CLADA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 513.) branchlets, pe- 

 tioles, panicles, and nerves of leaves downy ; leaves elliptic-ob- 

 long, acuminated at both ends ; stipulas acutely bifid ; panicles 

 erect, ovate, with the rachi compressed, and the branches oppo- 

 site, fj . S. Native of Mexico. P. pubescens, Bartl. in herb. 

 Haenke. It differs from P. pubescens in the stipulas being more 

 acute, in the panicles not being corymbose, in the rachi of the 

 panicles being compressed, and in the bracteoles being shorter. 

 Flowers unknown. Berries globose, compressed, downy, crowned, 

 striated in the dry state. 



Hairy-branched Psychotria. Shrub. 



85 P. AURE'OLA (Bartl. in herb. Haenke, ex D. C. prod. 4. p. 

 513.) clothed with velvety down ; branchlets from compressed to 

 terete ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, attenuated at both ends : veins 

 parallel, and are as well as the nerve yellowish ; stipulas broad, 

 ovate, drawn out each into a setaceous acumen at the apex, which 

 is sometimes undivided, and sometimes biaristate ; corymbs pe- 

 dunculate, trichotomous ; calyx 5-toothed, and are, as well as the 

 corollas, downy. Ij . S. Native of Mexico. Branches and 

 leaves yellowish in the dried state. Leaves 2 or Zy inches long, 

 and 9-10 lines broad. Petioles a line long. 



Golden Psychotria. Shrub. 



86 P. SCABRIU'SCUIA (Bartl. in herb. Haenke, ex D. C. prod. 



4. p. 513.) branchlets a little compressed ; young leaves and pe- 

 duncles clothed with very fine down ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, 

 attenuated at both ends, at length glabrous on the upper surface ; 

 stipulas ovate, biaristate, shorter than the petioles ; corymbs 

 trichotomous, pedunculate, shorter than the leaves ; fruit glo- 

 bosely didymous. Tj . S. Native of Mexico, about Acapulco. 

 Allied to P. aureola. Peduncles often changed into lateral elon- 

 gated pseudo-axillary branches. 



Roughish Psychotria. Shrub. 



87 P. MEXICA'NA (Willd. in Roem. et Schultes, syst. 5. p. 

 192.) leaves oblong, acuminated at both ends, rather membra- 

 nous ; stipulas bipartite, acute ; panicles narrow, terminal. fy . 



5. Native of Mexico. Humb. et Bonpl. This plant is re- 

 ferred to Palicourea fastigiata by Sprengel, who is probably 

 correct. 



Mexican Psychotria. Shrub. 



88 P. PADIFO'LIA (Willd. in Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 5. p. 189.) 

 leaves oblong, acuminated, pilose on the veins beneath ; stipulas 

 bipartite, linear-subulate ; panicles corymbose, terminal. \j . S. 

 Native of Mexico, about Xalappa. Humb. et Bonpl. 



Bird-cherry -leaved Psychotria. Shrub. 



* A species native of Florida. 



89 P. LANCEOLA'TA (Nutt. in Sill. amer. journ. 5. p. 290.) 

 branches and under sides of leaves clothed with rusty down ; 

 leaves lanceolate, acuminated at both ends"; stipulas stem-clasp- 

 ing, roundish, deciduous, sphacelate ; corymbs terminal, tricho- 

 tomous from the base. ^ S. Native of Eastern Florida. 

 Leaves 2-3 inches long. Berries ovate, red. 



Lanceolate-leaved Psychotria. Shrub. 



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A species native of the Bahamas. 



90 P. UNDA TA (Jacq. hort. schcenbr. 3. p. 5. t. 260. fragm. 

 101.) glabrous; leaves oval-lanceolate or oblong, acuminated at 

 both ends, undulated ; stipulas connate, ovate, deciduous, a little 

 shorter than the petioles ; cymes terminal, sessile, tripartite, with 

 trichotomous branches ; corolla with a naked throat, but the 

 tube is villous at the origin of the filaments. T? . S. Native 

 of the Bahama Islands. Leaves acute at both ends, wavy, 

 shining above, 3-4 inches long. Corollas white, with reflexed 

 segments. Berries small, roundish, red. 



JFay-leaved Psychotria. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1823. Shrub 

 3 to 4 feet. 



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Species natives of the West India Islands. 



91 P. FLORIBU'NDA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 

 359.) glabrous; branchlets compressed ; leaves elliptic-oblong, 

 acuminated at both ends, coriaceous ; stipulas oblong, obtuse ; 

 cymes pedunculate, of 6 rays, much branched, diffuse: the rays 

 again divided into 4-5 rays ; bracteas and calycine teeth hairy ; 

 stamens length of the lobes of the corolla. Jj . S. Native of 

 South America, in the province of Carthagena near Turbaco ? ex 



