35 8 Rubiacece. [Psychotria^ 



3. P. Gardneri, Hk.f. in Fl. B. Ind. iii. 161 (1880). 

 Grumilea Gardneri, Thw. Enum. 147. C. P. 1718. 

 Fl. B. Ind. iii. 161. 



A shrub, twigs glabrous; 1. large, 6-9 in., obovate-oblong,. 

 very much tapering to base, very abruptly narrowed into a 

 long tail-like end, obtuse at apex, margins narrowly recurved, 

 glabrous, lat. veins numerous, fine, distinct, petiole obscure, 

 stip. ovate, obtuse, quickly falling; fl. sessile, in small heads, 

 cymes large, paniculate with whorled branches, bracts con- 

 spicuous, short, broad, rounded ; cal.-limb very short, segm. 

 obscure ; berry small, \ in., ovoid, black, pyrenes without 

 furrows, endosperm ruminate. 



Lower montane zone ; rare. Ramboda (Gardner) ; about Balangoda* 

 abundant. Fl. white. 

 Endemic. 



4. P. Thwaitesii, Hk. f. Fl. B. Ind. iii. 162 (1* 

 Grumilea nigra, Gaertn.(?), Arn. Pug. 25. G. nudiflora, Thw. Enum.. 

 147 (non W. and A.). C. P. 18. 

 Fl. B. Ind. iii. 162. 



A shrub, branchlets stout, glabrous, 1. rather large, 4-9 in., 

 oblong-lanceolate, often somewhat obovate, acute at base, 

 acuminate, acute at apex, glabrous, midrib very strong, lat. 

 veins distinct, petiole \-\ in., stip. broadly oval, obtuse ; fl. 

 nearly sessile, with brown hair at their base, in small round 

 heads, cymes small, long-stalked, pyramidal, with whorled 

 branches ; cal.-limb deciduous, segm. obscure, broad ; cor.- 

 tube very short ; berry rather large, f-| in., broadly ovoid, 

 without cal.-limb, pyrenes without furrows, endosperm much 

 ruminated. 



Var. /3 coronata, Hk.f. I.e. 



L. smaller and broader ; cal.-segm. ovate, acute, persistent 

 and crowning the fruit. 



Moist region, from about 1000 to 6000 ft.; very common in damp 

 forests. Var. /3 at the higher elevations. Fl. Jan. -March ; greenish. 



Also in S. India. 



This is almost certainly Grumilea nigra, Gaertn. Fruct. i. 138 and t. 

 28, and the type of that genus (now combined with Psychotria). He 

 gives ' Kogdala ' as the Sinhalese name. 



Var. /3 is very close to P. congesta, W. and A., of the Nilgiri Hills. 



5. P. Wig-htiana, Hk.f. Fl. B. Ind. iii. 167 (ii 

 Lasianthus? dubius, Wight in Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. vi. 516. Gru- 

 milea Wightiana, Thw. Enum. 148. C. P. 586. 

 Fl. B. Ind. iii. 167. 



A small shrub, branchlets stout, roughly hairy ; 1. large, 

 5-9 in., oval or lanceolate, acute at base, acuminate, acute, 



