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RUBIACEjE. CLXXI. PSYCHOTRIA. CLXXII. ANTONIA. CLXXIII. PALICOUREA. 



shorter than the leaves, twice trifid ; flowers sessile in the forks, 

 and on the tops of the branchlets of the cyme ; limb of the calyx 

 campanulate, truncate, or bluntly toothed, and at length cleft 

 irregularly. T? . S. Native of Marianne Island. Corolla short, 

 campanulate, but obovate in the bud state. Fruit unknown. 

 Marianne Psychotria. Shrub. 



175 P. MEMBRANIFOLIA (Bartl. in herb. Hsenke, ex D. C. 

 prod. 4. p. 522.) glabrous ; leaves ovate-oblong and oval, short- 

 acuminated, membranous, veiny beneath ; stipulas membranous, 

 acutely bidentate, erose ; panicles terminal, contracted, corymb- 

 formed, almost sessile, much shorter than the leaves ; anthers 

 exserted. fj . S. Native of the Islands of Luzon and Sozogon, 

 in the Philippine Archipelago. The leaves in the specimens 

 from the Island of Luzon are more oblong and more acuminated 

 at both ends than those from Sozogon. 



Membrane-leaved Psycliotria. Shrub. 



176 P. LINEA'RIS (Bartl. in herb. Haenke, ex D, C. prod. 4. 

 p. 522.) branches terete, and are, as well as the panicles, petioles, 

 and leaves, especially on the nerves on the under surfaces, beset 

 with rusty hairs ; leaves long-linear, glabrous above ; stipulas 

 membranous, ovate, acuminated, caducous ; flowers crowded in 

 terminal fascicles, on short pedicels ; calyx rather truncate ; 

 corolla villous ; fruit obovate. Tj . S. Native of the Island of 

 Manilla, near Sozogon. 



Linear-leaved Psychotria. Shrub. 



177 P. MANILLE'NSIS (Bartl. in herb. Hasnke, ex D.C. prod. 4. 

 p. 522.) glabrous ; branchlets rather compressed ; leaves elliptic- 

 oblong, acuminated, attenuated at the base, rather coriaceous, of 

 a different colour beneath ; stipulas ovate, acute, combined into 

 a short ring at the base, deciduous ; corymbs tripartite, hardly 

 pedunculate, with elongated branches, which are twice trifid at 

 the apex ; fruit ovate-oblong. Ij . S. Native of the Island of 

 Manilla, near Sozogon. 



Manilla Psychotria. Shrub. 



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Species natives of Australia. 



178 P. COLLINA (Labill. sert. caled. p. 47. t. 47.) glabrous; 

 branches nearly terete ; leaves lanceolate-oblong, attenuated at 

 both ends ; stipulas ovate, caducous ; corymbs terminal, on short 

 peduncles, shorter than the leaves, trichotomous ; peduncles 

 compressed ; style bifid beyond the middle ; berries roundish. 



*2 . S. Native of New Caledonia. 

 Hill Psychotria. Shrub. 



179 P. LONICEROIDES (Sieb. nov. holl. exsic. no. 263.) every 

 part of the plant is clothed with rusty hairs ; leaves elliptic or 

 oblong, acutish at both ends ; stipulas lanceolate, acuminated, 

 deciduous ; panicles terminal, a little shorter than the leaves, 

 with opposite distant branches, which are trifid, or twice tri- 

 fid at the apex, with a sessile flower in each fork ; bracteas 

 ovate, acute ; berries ovate, crowned by the 5-toothed calyx. 

 Jj . S. Native of New Holland. It is very like P. hirsuta of 

 Svvartz, with which it is joined by Sprengel, in his cur. post., but 

 is still very distinct. 



Honeysuckle-like Psychotria. Shrub. 



180 P. SPECIOSA (Forst. prod. no. 89.) arboreous; leaves ob- 

 long-lanceolate ; involucrum terminal, usually 3-flowered. T? . S. 

 Native of Otaheite. Cephse'lis speciosa, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 749. 



Shony Psychotria. Shrub. 



181 P. DAPHNOIDES (Cunningh. in bot. mag. 3228.) shrub 

 dichotomous, glabrous ; branches very leafy at ends ; leaves ob- 

 ovate ; stipulas nearly orbicular, bidentate, small ; corymbs ter- 

 minal, few-flowered ; mouth of corolla villous. Tj . G. Native 

 of New Holland. Flowers pure white. 



Daphne-like Psychotria. Fl. April. Clt. 1829. Shrub. 

 Cult. All the species of Psychotria are of the most easy cul- 

 ture and propagation. They grow best in a mixture of loam, 



peat and sand ; and cuttings will strike root readily, if planted in 

 sand, with a hand-glass over them. Some of them bear handsome 

 foliage, but the flowers of all are insignificant. 



CLXXII. ANTO'NIA (named in compliment to the Arch- 

 duke Antony of Austria, a promoter of botany). Pohl, pi. 

 bras. 2. p. 13. t. 109. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx with an oblong- 

 cylindrical tube, which is covered by scales, and a 5-parted limb. 

 Corolla funnel-shaped, with a bearded throat, and a 5-parted 

 limb; segments lanceolate, acute, at length reflexed. Stamens 

 5, exserted, bearded at the base. Style long, filiform, thickened 

 towards the apex ; stigma bifid, obtuse. Berries oblong, 2- 

 celled. Shrub middle-sized. Leaves decussately opposite. Sti- 

 pulas interpetiolar. Cymes terminal, many-flowered. Flowers 

 by threes, white. 



1 A. ovA v TA(Pohl, I.e. 2. p. 14. t. 109.) leaves ovate-elliptic, 

 quite glabrous, as well as the branches. Tj . S. Native of Bra- 

 zil, among bushes in dry places, about Joze de Tocantins, in the 

 province of Goyaz. 



Ovate-leaved Antonia. Shrub 5 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Psychotria above. 



CLXXIII. PALICOITREA (Aublet does not give the mean- 

 ing of this word). Aubl. guian. 1. p. 173. t. 66. H. B. et 

 Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 365. St. Hil. pi. rem. bras. p. 230. 

 D. C. prod. 4. p. 524. Palicurea ad Galvania, Rcem.et Schultes, 

 syst. 5. p. 11. Galvania, Veil. etVand. fl. bras, et Roem. script, 

 p. 89. t. 6. f. 7. Stephanium, Schreb. gen. no. 308. Psycho- 

 tria species, Juss. Willd Psychotria species, Galvania, and 

 Colladonia, Spreng. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. All as in Psychotria, but 

 differing in the corolla being tubular, nearly cylindrical, curved or 

 gibbous on one side at the base, shortly 5-cleft at the apex, and 

 bearded beneath the middle inside. Teeth of the calyx and lobes 

 of the corolla sometimes rather unequal. Glabrous shrubs, all 

 natives of America. Leaves opposite, rarely verticillate, usually 

 large. Stipulas connected in various ways. Panicles terminal, 

 sometimes elongated, sometimes thyrsoid, and sometimes cy- 

 mose, sessile, but usually pedunculate. Corollas yellow or 

 white. Anthers exserted or inclosed, either inserted in the bot- 

 tom, middle, or upper part of the tube of the corolla. Flowers 

 variable, rarely with a 3-celled ovarium and 3-lobed stigma. 

 1. Flowers corymbose or cymose. 



1 P. SELLOWIA'NA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 525.) glabrous; branches 

 terete ; leaves elliptic, acute at both ends, with undulated mar- 

 gins, on long petioles ; stipulas bluntly bidentate, with a large 

 blunt recess ; panicles cymose, fastigiate, with angularly com- 

 pressed branches ; corollas glabrous ; stamens inclosed ; fruit 

 roundish-ovate. fj . S. Native of Brazil, about Rio Janeiro, 

 where it was collected by Sello. P. fastigiata, Cham. et. Schlecht. 

 in Linnaea. 4. p. 16. but not of Kunth. 



Sello's Palicourea. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 



2 P. FASTIGIA'TA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 368. 

 but not of St. Hil.) glabrous ; branchlets rather tetragonal ; 

 leaves elliptic, or ovate-oblong, acuminated, acute at the base, 

 membranous ; stipulas bidentate ; corymbs pedunculate ; flowers 

 on long pedicels, somewhat fastigiate, glabrous ; fruit ovate, 

 nearly globose, fj . S. Native on the banks of the Orinoco, 

 near Atures. Psychotria fastigiata, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 742. 

 exclusive of the synonyme of Willd. 



Fastigiate-fiovrereA Palicourea. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 



3 P. TABERNJEFOLIA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 525.) glabrous ; 

 branches terete ; leaves large, soft, lanceolate, acuminated, petio- 

 late ; stipulas unknown ; panicles almost cymose, short ; seg- 

 ments of the calyx subulate ; tube of the corolla slender, with 



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