360 RubiacecB. \Psychotria. 



in mouth, lobes oval-oblong, obtuse ; berry nearly f in., 

 globular, without a cal.-crown, smooth, white, pyrenes with 

 4 furrows and 5 ribs down the back and 2 shallow furrows 

 on ventral surface, endosperm not ruminate. 



Low country up to 3000ft. or more; common. Fl. Jan.-March; 

 green. , 



Also in India and Malaya. 



The fruit is a white globular berry, not capped with calyx teeth, and 

 when fresh is quite without ribs or furrows, but, when dried and the pulp 

 shrivelled up, it appears strongly 10-ribbed, as in Wight's figure above 

 quoted. 



8. P. IMEoonii, Hk. f. Fl. B. Ind. iii. 170 (1 \ 

 Grumilea Moonii, Thw. Enum. 148. C. P. 585. 

 Fl. B. Ind. iii. 170. 



A large shrub, branchlets glabrous ; 1. 6-8 in., oblong-oval 

 or slightly obovate, tapering to base, abruptly acuminate, 

 acute, glabrous on both sides, thin, lat.-veins numerous, 

 curved, often with glandular pits in axils beneath, petiole |-i 

 in., stip. large, oblong, connate, obtuse, ciliate; fl. sessile, in 

 dense heads, with numerous large rotundate, strongly ciliate, 

 persistent bracts, cymes glabrous, with long opp. branches, 

 the lowest pair strongly deflexed ; cal.-limb large, tubular- 

 cup-shaped, segm. obtuse, strongly ciliate ; berry §-•§■ in., 

 oblong, crowned with large cal.-limb, smooth, pyrenes flat on 

 ventral surface, with 2 broad shallow furrows on back, en- 

 dosperm plane. 



Moist country below 1000 ft.; rare. Reigam Korale (Thwaites); 

 Pahingale, Pasdun Korale. Fl. June, September; white. 

 Endemic. 



9. P. sordida, Thw. Enum. 149 (1859). 

 C P. 333 (355, 1716). 



Fl. B. Ind. iii. 170. 



A much-branched bush, branchlets slender, glabrous or 

 minutely pubescent ; 1. rather small, 2-4 in., lanceolate-oblong, 

 tapering to base, long-acuminate, very acute, glabrous, rather 

 thick, lat. veins horizontal, usually inconspicuous, petiole 

 ^-| in., stip. broad, connate, acute or obtuse ; fl. sessile in 

 clusters of 3, cyme sessile, branches usually 3, short, slender 

 divaricate or deflexed, no bracts; cal.-limb very short or none, 

 segm. small, linear, acute ; cor.-tube inflated, glabrous within; 

 disk very large and prominent ; berry ^-± in., oblong, capped 

 with small cal., pyrenes with 2 deep and wide furrows on back, 

 endosperm plane. 



Upper montane zone; rather common. Fl. Feb.-April; greenish- 

 white. 



