RUBIACEAE. — PSYCHOTRIA 415 



Yunnan: Szemao, mountains to east, alt. 1300 m., A. Henry (No. 12069; 

 12069*, type; slender shrub, 1 m. tall; flowers white) ; Szemao, forests, A. Henry 

 (No. 12069^; 12069<^; fruits red). 



Very similar to the East Indian P. juha Hamilton, but with usually longer 

 petioles, a shorter peduncle, a denser inflorescence with the flowers in a single 

 cluster, and shorter and relatively broader fruits. 



Psychotria siamica Hutchinson, n. comb. 

 Cephaelis siamica Craib in Keio Bull. Misc. Inform. 1911, 395. 



Yunnan : Yuanchiang, ravine, alt. 1470 m., A. Henry (No. 11589; shrub 0.75 m. 

 tall; flowers; No. 11589"*; fruits); Szemao, forests to south, alt. 1640 m., A. Henry 

 (No. 12368*). Kwangsi: Lungchou, H. B. Morse (No. 704; shrub with green 

 flowers). 



Psychotria Henryi L6veilld in Fedde, Rep. Sp. Nov. XIII. 179 (1914). 



Yunnan : Szemao, forests, alt. 1320 m., A. Henry (No. 12146; spreading shrub 

 1 m. tall; flowers white; No. 12146''; fruits red; No. 12146'^). 



Very similar to P. sulcata Wallich from eastern India, but the midrib of the 

 leaves glabrous below and not closely hairy as in that species, and the stipules are 

 very small and caducous. 



Psychotria symplocifolia Kurz, Forest Ft. Brit. Burma, II. 11 (1877). — Hooker 

 f.. Ft. Brit. Ind. III. 172 (1880). 



Psychotria sp. WalHch, Cat. No. 8357 (1828). — Hooker f. & Thomson, Herb. 



Ind. Or. No. 27 ex Hooker f., Fl. Brit. Ind. III. 172 (pro s>Tion.) (1880). 

 Morinda sp.? WaUich, Cat. No. 8428 (nomen nudum) (1828). 



Yunnan: Szemao, mountains to east, alt. 1460 m., A. Henry (No. 12065; 

 shrub 1.7 m. tafl; flowers white; No. 12065"; No. 12065*'; fruits red). 



Psychotria pilifera Hutchinson, n. sp. 



Suffrutex 0.75-1.75 m. altus; rami parce foliati, circiter 4 mm. crassi, pihs arti- 

 culatis longissimis dense induti. Folia longe petiolata, elhptica v. elliptico-obo- 

 vata, basi breviter v. longe cuneata, apice acuta v. breviter acuminata, 12-17 cm. 

 longa, 4. .5-9. 5 cm. lata, membranaceo-chartacea, utrinque pilis longis appressis 

 articulatisinduta; nervi laterales utrinsecus 8-10, a costasub angulo 45° abcuntes, 

 prope marginem elongati et crenulati, utrinque prominuli; potioli 3-5 cm. longi, 

 complanati, circiter 2.5 mm. lati, dense hirsuti; stipulae subdeciduae, magnae, 

 latae, longe caudato-acuminatae, pilosae, usque ad 2 cm. longac. Flores non visi. 

 Infructescentia pedunculata, axillaris, sublaxe cymoso-paniculata; pedunculus 

 3-5 cm. longus, dense hirsutus; bracteae lineari-lanccolatao, acuminatae, usque 

 ad 1 cm. longae, parce ciliatae; fructus ruber, oblongo-cllipsoideus, calycis lobis 

 lineari-lanceolatis supernc ciliatis 1.5 mm. longis persistentibua coronatus, costatus, 

 glaber, circiter 1 cm. longus, 4-5 mm. latus; semina nigra, dorso leviter bisulcata, 

 facie ventrali leviter concava, 5-6 mm. longa. 



Yunnan: Mengtsze, forests to southeast, alt. 1640 m., A. Henry (No. 11409; 

 shrub 0.75 m. tall; fruits red); A. Henry (No. 13307, type; shrub 1.75 m. tall; 

 No. 13308). 



Related to P. Helferiana Kurz, from Tenasserim, but with much longer petioles, 

 longer cuneate leaves clothed with remarkably long articulated hairs. 



Psychotria calocarpa Kurz in Jour. As. Soc. Bengal, XLI. pt. 2, 315 (1872); 

 Forest Fl. Brit. Burma, II. 9 (1877). — Hooker f., Fl. Brit. Ind. III. 173 (1880). 



Psychotria asiatica Wallich in Roxburgh, FL Ind. II. 160 (non Linnaeus, nee 

 Roxburgh) (1824). — Walhch, Cat. No. 8331 (1828). 



