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Psychotria viridiflora, var. 2 undulata Kurz, Forest Fl. Brit. Burma, II. 13 



(1877). 

 Psychotria pida Wallich, Cat. No. 8353 (nomen nudum) (1847). 



Yunnan : Szemao forests, alt. 1640 m., A. Henry (No. 12283^; shrub 0.5 m. tall). 



Psychotria straminea Hutchinson, n. sp. 



Frutex usque ad 2.5 m. altus; ramuli breves, complanati, glabri. Folia ovato- 

 lanceolata v. elliptico-lanceolata, basi longe cuneata, apice sensim v. subabrupte 

 acuminata, 10-25 cm. longa, 4-10 cm. lata, membranacea, glabra; costa utrinque 

 fere plana; nervi laterales utrinsecus circiter 8, a costa sub angulo 45°-70° abeuntes, 

 graciles, utrinque prominuli, straminei; nervi tertiarii venaeque vix evoluta; 

 petioli 1-2 cm. longi; stipulae parvae, coriaceae. Cymae terminales, pauciflorae, 

 breviter pedunculatae, 3 cm. longae, glabrae; bracteae minutae, recurvatae; re- 

 ceptaculum 1.5 mm. longum, glabrum; calyx brevissimus, denticulatus, submem- 

 branaceus; coroUae tubus late cylindricus, 3 mm. longus, striatus, fauce villosus; 

 lobi 5, ovati, subacuti, 2.5 mm. longi; stamina inter corollae lobos inserta, e.xserta; 

 filamenta 1.5 mm. longa, glabra; antherae 1 mm. longae; discus crassus, glaber; 

 stylus 2 mm. longus, ad medium bilobus. Fructus viridis (A. Henry), sicco niger, 

 obovoideo-ellipsoideus, basi leviter stipitatus, circiter 1.3 cm. longus, 6-7 mm. 

 diametro; semina dorso ecostata, convexa, facie ventrali concava. 



Yunnan: Mengtsze, mountains to southeast, forests, alt. 1640 m., A. Henry 

 (No. 11138, type; shrub 2 m. tall; flowers white); A. Henry (No. 13461; shrub 

 1.25 m. tall; fruits); A. Henry (No. 11428; fruit green). 



This species bears considerable resemblance to Psychotria montana Blume, 

 from eastern India, but with a smaller and denser inflorescence, subturgid not 

 ridged fruits, and seeds deeply concave on their ventral face. 



CHASALIA Comms. 



Chasalia curviflora Thwaites, Enum. PL Zeylan. 150, 421 (1859). — Kurz, 

 Forest Fl. Brit. Burma, II. 14 (1877). — Hooker f., Fl. Brit. Ind. III. 176 (1880). 



Psychotria curviflora and P. ophioxyloides Wallich in Roxburgh, Fl. hid. II. 



167, 168 (1824). — De Candolle, Prodr. IV. 520 (1830). 

 Chasalia lurida, C. curviflora, C. tetrandra (excl. syn. C. rostrata) and C. San- 



giana Miquel, Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 282 (1856); in Ann. Mus. Lugd.-Bat. IV. 



202, 203 (1869); Fl. Ind. Bat. Suppl. 546 (1860). 

 Psychotria lurida Blume, Bijdr. 959 (1825). — De Candolle, Prodr. IV. 521 



(1830). 

 Psychotria ambigua Wight & Arnott, Prodr. Fl. Ind. 433 (1834). — Wight, 



III. t. 127 (1850). 

 Psychotria tetrandra Blume, Bijdr. 959 (1825). — De Candolle, Prodr. IV. 521 



(1830). 

 Zwardekronia lurida Korthals in Ned. Kruidk. Arch. II. 252 (1849). 

 Ixora attenuata Wallich, Cat. No. 6164 (1828). 



Yunnan : near Manpan, Red River valley, alt. 830 m., A. Henry (No. 10691; 

 shrub 1.7 m. tall; flowers white); Szemao, A. Henry (Nos. 11966, 11966'', 11966.° 

 11966^ 119666, 11966^ 12283); Mengtsze, mountains to southeast, woods, alt, 

 1640 m., A. Henry (No. 10758; shrub 2.5 m. tall; flowers pink). 



SAPROSMA Blume. 



Saprosma ternatum, Hooker f. in Bentham & Hooker f.. Gen. PI. II. 131 

 (1873); FL Brit. Ind. III. 193 (1881). — Kurz, Forest Fl. Brit. Burma, II. 29 (1877). 



