RUBIACE&. CLXXIII. PALICOUREA. 



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lanceolate lobes, fj . S. Native of St. Domingo. Psychotria 

 tabernsefolia, Poir. diet. 5. p. 704. Flowers cream-coloured, 

 hardly half an inch long. 



Tent-leaved Palicourea. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



4 P. HEBEA'NTHA (D. C. 1. c.) glabrous; branches terete; 

 leaves elliptic-oblong, acuminated, acute at the base; stipulas 

 twin on both sides, acute, small, hardly joined by a ligula ; pa- 

 nicles pedunculate, terminal ; peduncles trichotomous, com- 

 pressed ; corollas bluntly 4-cleft, clothed with powdery tomen- 

 tum. Jj S. Native of Brazil. 



Hairy-florvered Palicourea. Shrub. 



5 P. MARCGRAVII (St. Hil. pi. rem. bras. p. 281. t. 22. f. A.) 

 branchlets somewhat tetragonal ; leaves oblong, acuminated, 

 bluntish at the base, on short petioles ; stipulas trifid ? ; cymes 

 pedunculate, downy ; rachis and branches angular ; corollas cy- 

 lindrical, with 5 very short blunt teeth, clothed with papillose 

 tomentum. fj . S. Native of Brazil, on the edges of woods. 

 Erva do rato, Marcg. bras. 60. f. 2. Galvania, no. 2. Veil. mss. 

 ex St. Hil. Galvania Velldsii, Roem. et Schultes, syst. 5. p. 193. 

 Peduncles of a coppery scarlet colour. Corollas of a yellowish 

 copper colour at the base, and purple at the apex. 



Var. j3, pubescens (D. C. prod. 4. p. 525.) leaves downy be- 

 i neath. I? . S. Native along with the species. St. Hil. 1. c. 

 i and Cham, et Schlecht. in Linneea. vol. 4. 



Marcgrave's Palicourea. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



6 P. APICA'TA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 367. t. 

 285.) glabrous ; branches terete ; leaves oblong, short-acumi- 

 nated, narrow at the base, coriaceous ; stipulas connate, biden- 

 tate, longer than the petioles ; panicles cymose, sessile ; corolla 

 glabrous ; fruit rather turbinate, crowned by a permanent urceo- 

 lus. Tj . S. Native of Caraccas, on Mount Silla de Caraccas. 

 Psychotria lineata, Willd. in Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 5. p. 191. 

 Corolla evidently ventricose at the base. Fruit sometimes 3- 

 celled, and the stigma trifid. 



Crowned-fruited Palicourea. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1824. Shrub 

 4 to 6 feet. 



7 P. PAVE'TTA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 525.) glabrous ; branches 

 terete ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, thin, nerved ; sti- 

 pulas membranous, bidentate ; corymbs terminal, pedunculate, 

 with brachiate trichotomous branches ; corolla funnel-shaped, 

 curved a little ; anthers inclosed ; fruit roundish, didymous. 



fy . S. Native of Jamaica, on the mountains in woods. Psy- 

 chotria Pavetta, Swartz, prod. 45. Lam. ill. t. 161. f. 3. Pa- 

 vetta pentandra, Swartz, fl. ind. occ. 1. p. 233. Cestrum ner- 

 vosum, Mill. diet. Sloane, hist. jam. 2. t. 202. f. 2. Plum. ed. 

 Burm. t. 156. f. 1. Flowers white, very sweet-scented, with 

 spreading acute lobes. This is certainly not a species of Pavetta, 

 from the style not being exserted, nor a Psychotria, from the 

 tube of the corolla being elongated and a little curved. 

 Pavetta-Mke Palicourea. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



8 P. TINCTORIA (Roam, et Schultes, syst. 5. p. 194.) glabrous; 

 leaves oblong, acuminated, coriaceous, foveolate in the axils of 

 the veins beneath ; stipulas lanceolate, connate at the base ; pa- 

 nicles on short peduncles, sub-corymbose, brachiate ; throat of 

 the corolla bearded; filaments hairy; fruit roundish. Tj . S. 

 Native of Peru, in forests on the Andes, ex Ruiz et Pav. ; and 

 at Guayaquil, ex Hsenke. Psychotria tinctoria, Ruiz, et Pav. fl. 

 per. 2. p. 62. t. 211. f. a. Spreng. syst. 1. p. 745. exclusive of 

 the synonyme of Bartl. in herb. Hsenke. Stipulas glandular at 

 the base. Peduncles rather tetragonal. Bracteas small, acute. 

 Flowers sessile, usually by threes. Calyx yellowish. Corollas 

 white or cream-coloured, with a reflexed limb. Fruit globose, 

 rufescent. This species yields a red dye. 



Var. /3 ; leaves ovate. \ . S. Native about Guayaquil, ex 

 Haenke. 



Dyers' Palicourea. Tree 18 to 28 feet. 



9 P. XANTHINA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 525.) glabrous ; branches 

 terete ; leaves ovate or oval -lanceolate, acute at the base, acumi- 

 nated at the apex, membranous, on short petioles ; stipulas 

 very short, somewhat bidentate ; corymbs pedunculate, terminal, 

 rarely axillary, trichotomous, bractless ; corollas downy on the 

 outside, curved ; anthers a little exserted. J? . S. Native of 

 French Guiana, where it was collected by Patris. Branches 

 and peduncles yellow. Berries nearly globose, didymous, 

 ribbed. 



Yellow Palicourea. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



10 P. pONicEA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 526.) glabrous ; branchlets 

 nearly terete, rufescent ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute, shining 

 on botli surfaces ; stipulas twin on both sides, subulate, con- 

 nected by a short ligula ; panicles corymbose, pedunculate, of a 

 scarlet colour ; corollas urceolate ; berries roundish, didymous. 

 fy . S. Native of Peru, in forests on the Andes. Psychotria 

 punicea, Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 62. t. 42. f. a. Leaves 9 

 inches long, undulated. Bracteas subulate. Flowers glomerate. 

 Corolla of a purplish scarlet colour, with a short tube, and ovate 

 acute segments. 



Scarlet-corymbeA Palicourea. Shrub 6 feet. 



11 P. CROCEA (Rcem. et Schultes. syst. 5. p. 193.) glabrous ; 

 leaves ovate or oval-lanceolate, acuminated, stiffish ; stipulas 

 connected by a short ligula, twin on both sides, linear, acumi- 

 nated, one half shorter than the petioles ; panicles corymbose, 

 terminal ; corollas obconically tubular ; anthers exserted from 

 the tube, but shorter than the limb ; berries rather didymous. 

 Jj . S. Native of Porto-Rico, Trinidad, Cuba, Guadaloupe, 

 &c. Psychotria crocea, Swartz, fl. ind. occ. p. 429. Sieb. fl. 

 trin. no. 28. Meyer, esseq. 1. p. 105.? Browne, jam. t. 13. 

 f. 1. Leaves with prominent veins. Panicles and peduncles 

 saffron coloured. 



tfajfron-coloured-panicled Palicourea. Fl. June, July. Clt. 

 1823. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



12 P. PEDUNCULOSA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 526.) glabrous; leaves 

 elliptic-oblong, acuminated at both ends, and somewhat cuspi- 

 date at the apex, stiffish ; stipulas oval, deciduous ; panicles 

 corymbose, on long peduncles, with opposite branches ; corolla 

 funnel-shaped, glabrous, with revolute lobes ; fruit ovate-glo- 

 bose. Pj . S. Native of French Guiana, where it was collected 

 by Patris. Psychotria pedunculosa, Rich, act. soc. hist. nat. 

 par. 1792. p. 107.? Palicurea Cayennensis, Desv. in Ham. 

 prod. fl. ind. occ. p. 29.? 



Long-peduncled Palicourea. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



13 P. CHIONA'NIHA (D. C. 1. c.) glabrous; leaves ovate, 

 ending in a short point at the apex, hardly acute at the base, 

 stiffish ; stipulas oval, at length deciduous ; panicles corymbose, 

 pedunculate, shorter than the leaves, with opposite branches ; 

 corolla funnel-shaped, glabrous on the outside ; anthers ex- 

 serted ; fruit obovate, pear-shaped, ribbed, tj . S. Native of 

 Brazil, about Bahia, where it was gathered by Salzmann, 

 G. Don, &c. Corollas snow-white, tubular, with linear-lan- 

 ceolate lobes, and a villous throat. Stigma bifid. Lobes com- 

 pressed. 



Snow-flowered Palicourea. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



14 P. UMBELLA'TA (D. C. 1. c.) glabrous ; branches trigonal 

 or tetragonal ; leaves elliptic-oblong, acuminated, attenuated at 

 the base, stiff, nerved, on short petioles ; stipulas connected, 

 sheathing, short, coriaceous, with 2 short teeth on both sides ; 

 corymbs pedunculate, sub-umbellate, composed of 5-7 branches, 

 which rise almost from the same point, and are corymbosely 

 branched at their tops ; calyx acutely 5-toothed. ^ . S. Na- 

 tive of French Guiana, where it was collected by Patris. On 

 the same branch there is often opposite leaves, or 3-4 in a whorl. 

 Stigma 3-cleft in many of the flowers. 



Umbellate-corymbed Palicourea. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



