458 lüN. Urban: 



4,5—6 mm. crassis, dorso depresse 10 — 11-costatis; endospermio dorso 

 profunde 4 — 5-sulcato, ventre 2 — 3-siilcato. 



Hab. in Cuba prov. Oriente in campo La Gloria in parte australi 

 Sierra Moa, m. Dec. fruct: Shafer n. 8148. 



Obs. Verisimiliter ex affinitate Ps. tenuifoliae Sw. 



PsycLotria lasioplithalma Griseb.! PI. Wright. II in Mem. 

 A^ner. Acad. of Arts and Sc. II ser. vol. VIII 2. (1862) p. 508 (descr. 

 baccae et Wright nr. 1626 exceptis) et Cat. ciib. p. 135 (p.p-). 



Psychotria glaucescens glab?'a A. Rieh, in Sagra Cuh. XI (1850) 

 p. 26, — non H.B.K. 



Psychotria celastroides Griseb. f PL Wright. II (1862) p. 508 (p.p-), 

 — non Flora (1861) p. 341. 



Psychotria marginata Sauv. Cub. (1869) p. 69 n. 1076, — non Sw. 



Eami hornotini glabri. Stipulae interpetiolares ovatae usque lanceo- 

 latae acuminatae plus minus filiformi-productae, acumine nunc integre mmc 

 apice bifido, ad basin inter sese breviter connatae, 5 — 8 mm. longae, deci- 

 duae. Folia petiolis 8^ — 20 mm. longis breviter pilosulis, valde variabilia, 

 elliptica usque oblongo-lanceolata, nunc obovata v. ovata, inferne sensim v. 

 cuneatim angustata, apice acute acuminata, subtus praesertim ad nervum 

 medium breviter pilosula et optime domatiata. Inflorescentiae pannicu- 

 latae trichotomae plus minus pilosulae; bracteae inferiores lineari- filiformes 

 V. lanceolato-subulatae 2 — 3 mm. longae; pedicelli 1 — 4mm. longi. Calycis 

 limbus supra ovarium er. 0,5 mm. longa productus; dentes parvi v. minuti 

 trianguläres v. late trianguläres. Corolla alba (ex Linden), 5 mm. longa, 

 extrinsecus glabra; lobi tubo paullo breviores. Baccae (e specim. Wright. 

 n. 1275) globulosae, 4,5 — 5 mm. diametro, 8 — 11-costatae. Endosper- 

 mium dorso profunde 3 — 5-sulcatum, ventre obsoletius 2-sulcatum. 



Hab. in Cuba: Wright n. 1275, 2735, in sylvis ad Monteverde: 

 Wright n. 1274 (typus), prope Santiago in montibus Nimauima 800 m. 

 alt, m. Aug. flor.: Linden n. 2110, 2097. 



Obs. ' Ps. glaucescens H. B. K.! [= Ps. horizontalis Sw.!) foliis breviter 

 V. brevissime petiolatis, nervo medio supra sulcato, stipulis et praesertim 

 calycis lobis lanceolatis v. subulatis facile distinguenda est. — • Ps. celastroides 

 Griseb.! (e Jamaica) glabritie, stipulis, foliis 3 — 6 mm. longe petiolatis, 

 plicatis, bracteis infimis late triangularibus er. 1 mm. longis, floribus sessilibus 

 V. subsessilibus , baccis omnino discrepat. — Ps. marginata Sw., arctius affinis, 

 stipulis ovali-oblongis apice obtusis integris, foliis 5 — 10 mm. longe petio- 

 latis, ellipticis usque lanceolatis, nervis lateralibus numerosioribus (utrocpie 

 latere er. 12), fructibus minoribus recedit. 



Geisebach citirt 1861 in der Elora of the Brit. West Ind. Isl. 

 p. 342 zu seiner Psychotria foetida als Synonym Ps. foetens Sw. (1788) 

 quoad speciraen Shakespeare in Hb. Banks, während die Ps. foetens 

 des SwAETz'schen Herbars in Stockholm nach ihm zu Ps. Brownei 

 Spreng. (1825) gehören sollte. Die SnAKESPEABE'sche Pflanze, die Swaetz 



