Psychotria.'} Rubiacece. 359 



glabrous above, softly hairy beneath, petiole \-\ in., very 

 hairy, stip. large, connate, oblong, obtuse, pilose ; fl. sessile in 

 small round heads, cymes large, peduncled or sessile, lax, 

 very hairy, branches long, whorled, divaricate ; cal.-limb large, 

 erect, very hairy, segm. short, obtuse, glabrous within ; berry 

 f in., broadly ovoid, crowned with cal.-limb, very hairy, 

 pyrenes without furrows, endosperm ruminate. 



Var. j3 affinis, Hk. f. I. c. Grumilea affinis, Thw. 1. c. C. P. 2706. 

 L. smaller, linear-lanceolate, less hairy beneath ; cal.- 

 segm. acute. 



Moist low country by streams; rare. Ambagamuwa ; Ratnapura; 

 var. /3, Hewesse; Palabadala; Kitulgala. Fl. Feb.-April; green. 



Endemic. 



Wight's specimens, which were without fruit and hence misled him 

 as to the genus, were communicated to him by Col. Thacker (and also 

 collected by himself) in April, 1836. 



6. P. elong-ata, Hk.f. Fl. B. Ind. iii. 163 (i{ 

 Grumilea elongata, Wight, Thw. Enum. 147. C. P. 1719. 

 Fl. B. Ind. iii. 163. Wight, Ic. t. 1036. 



A shrub, twigs very smooth ; 1. 3-4J in., obovate-oval, 

 obtuse at base, suddenly and shortly acuminate, acute, 

 glabrous, lat. veins numerous, 12-16 on each side, parallel, 

 prominent, usually with deep glandular pits in the axils 

 beneath, petiole \ in., stout, stip. short, pubescent, partially 

 persistent ; fl. nearly sessile, small, in dense clusters, cymes 

 pedunculate, narrow, branches short, opposite, peduncle with 

 2 large sheathing stipular bracts at base ; cal.-segm. tri- 

 angular, acute, caducous ; cor.-lobes rather shorter than wide 

 tube ; berry i in., ovoid or slightly pyriform, without a cap 

 of cal.-limb, faintly vertically 10-ribbed, pyrene without fur 

 rows, endosperm ruminate. 



Montane zone to 7000 ft. ; common. Fl. Feb.-April; white. 

 Also in mountains of S. India. 



7. P. sarmentosa, Bl. Bijdr. 964 (1826). Wal-^onika, S. 



P. scandens, Moon Cat. 14. Thw. Enum. 148. C. P. 1712. 

 Fl. B. Ind. iii. 165. Wight, Ic. t. 1038. 



A shrub, climbing by adventitious rootlets, stems sarmen- 

 tose, cylindrical, smooth, with long internodes ; 1. rather 

 small, 2^-3 in., oval or oval-lanceolate, rounded or acute at 

 base, shortly acuminate, subacute, glabrous, lat. veins few, 

 faintly marked, petiole \ in., stip. connate and sheathing, 

 acute ; fl. small, shortly stalked, cymes lax, corymbose, 

 branches opposite, divaricate ; cal. pilose, segm. broadly 

 triangular, acute ; cor.-tube with a ring of dense yellow hairs 



