Ad cognitionem generis Psychotriae additamenta. 4o5 



3 — 6 cm. longis, bracteis inferioribus vix semilunaribus filiformi-acu- 

 minatis, vix 0,7 mm. lougis, deciduis, superioribus breviter triangulari- 

 bus 0,5 mm. longis, pedicellis friict. subnullis v. usque 3 mm. longis; 

 calycis limbo 0,3 — 0,4 mm. longo, brevissime imdulato-denticiilato; 

 baccis globulosis v. globosis, 5 mm. diametro, dorso obsolete et appla- 

 nato-costatis; endospermio dorso profunde et anguste 4-sulcato, ventre 

 2- V. sub-4-sulcato. 



Faramea enjthrocarpa Gnseb.f Cat. cub. (1866) p.134, — 7ion 

 Psijchotria erytkrocarpa Schlecht. 



Psychotria carthagenensis for'ma Griseb.I I.e. p. 136. 



Psychotria laurifolia Sauv. Cub. (1869) n.l074 iJ.69 (p. p.), — 

 iion Siv. 



Hab. in Cuba occ: Wright n. 2730, 2746 (tjpus), 2748 (p. p.). 



Eorma foliis majoribus 12 — 25 cm. longis, 4 — 7 cm. latis, in- 

 florescentiis usque 12 cm. longe pedunculatis, ipsis usque 10 cm. longis 

 ramulis earum plus minus pilosulis. 



Hab. in insula Pinos prope Cubam circa N^ueva Gerona, m. Jun. 

 flor., m. Jan. fruct: Curtiss n. 287. 



Obs. I. Ps. cartliagenensis Jacq. (e Nova Granata) foliorum forma friic- 

 tuumque toto coelo abhorret. — Ps. laurifolia Sw. (ex Hispaniola) stipulis 

 integris, foliis bene petiolatis utrinque acuminatis nervosis veuosis certe 

 recedit. 



Obs. II. Ps. carthagenensis forma alia Griseb. I.e. p. 136, quoadplantam 

 Wright n. 2748, praeter alias notas ob placentas crassas superne bifurcatas 

 ovulis plnribus solemniter aliformi-marginatis obsitas ad hoc genus omnino 

 non pertinere potest. Nil aliud est nisi Chimarrhis cymosa Jacq. var. inicro- 

 carpa Urb. Symb. I p. 411. 



Psychotria Earlei Urb. (n. sp.) ramis hornotinis glabris usque 

 5 mm. crassis; stipulis late ovatis apice acute bidentatis (dentibus 

 nunc brevibus acutis nunc longioribus lanceolato-subulatis patulis), 

 7 — 9 mm. longis, nigrescentibus, coriaceis, intra petiolos usque supra 

 medium coalitis, mox deciduis; foliis 5 — 15 mm. longe petiolatis, eUip- 

 ticis V. elliptico-oblongis, utrinque subaequaliter angustatis, basi paullo 

 in petiolum protractis, apice brevissime et obtuse acuminatis, 10 — 

 15 cm. longis, 3,5 — 6 cm. latis, nervo medio latiusculo supra promi- 

 nente et solemniter longiti'orsujn sulcato, lateralibus utroque latere 

 12 — 14 sub angulo 70 — 80'* abeuntibus supra leviter impressis, non 

 anastomosantibus, subtus obsolete et tenuissime anastomosanti-con- 

 junctis, margine angustissime recurvatis v. revolutis, coriaceis, supra 

 opacis, subtus nitidulis, in sicco olivaceis v, subsanguineis, subtus ad 

 axillas nervorum breviter barbatis; inflorescentia terminali, sed ramis 

 basi proximis in statu fructifero saepe longe superata, 3 — 11 cm. longe 

 pedunculata, corymbosa 3- v. 4-toma, 5 — 9 cm. longa, bracteis semi- 



