Psychotria.] Rubiacece. 361 



Endemic. 



Varies a good deal in shape of leaves ; at the higher elevations they 

 are often smaller, broadly oval, less acuminate, coriaceous with recurved 

 margins. 



10. P. long-epetiolata, Thw. Enum. 149 (1859). 

 C. P. 2707. 



Fl. B. Ind. iii. 170. 



A shrub, branchlets glabrous; 1. 3^-6 in., oval or oblong- 

 oval, rounded and often unequal or acute at base, abruptly 

 acuminate, acute, glabrous and shining, petiole very long, 

 \\-2 in., stip. oblong, acute, deciduous ; fl. on short ped., 

 cymes pedunculate, pyramidal, branches whorled ; cal.-limb 

 short, spreading, segm. broad, obtuse ; cor. -tube very short, 

 with a ring of hair in throat; disk large; berry \ in., oblong- 

 ovoid, pyrenes very widely and deeply 2-grooved on back. 



Lower montane zone, 3000-4000 ft. ; very rare. Diyabetane, Sabara- 

 gamuwa; Pitigala-Kande, near Balangoda. Fl. March and Sept.; green. 

 Endemic. 

 The leaves dry yellow. 



11. P. plurivenia, Thw. Enum. 149 (1859). 

 C. P. 2652. 



Fl. B. Ind. iii. 170. 



A shrub, with slender divaricate glabrous branchlets; 1. small, 

 2-4 in., oblong, acute at both ends, glabrous, lat. veins numer- 

 ous, fine, nearly horizontal, united by an intramarginal one, 

 petiole short, stip. tapering into long filiform point, deciduous; 

 fl. on short, slender ped., usually in pairs, cymes very lax, with 

 long filiform spreading branches, few-fid. ; cal.-limb short, 

 segm. rather long, linear-lanceolate, acute; cor.-tube hairy at 

 mouth, lobes long, oblong, acute; berry nearly \ in., oblong, 

 crowned with erect cal.-segm., pyrenes broadly 2-furrowed on 

 back. 



Lower montane zone, 3000-4000 ft. ; very rare. I have only seen the 

 C. P. specimens collected in Hewahette Dist. in 1852. Fl. Oct.; white. 

 Endemic. 



\i. P. filipes, Hk.f. Fl. B. hid. iii. 170 (li 



/'. bisulcata, var. ft, Thw. Enum. 148. C. P. 1720. 



Fl. B. Ind. iii. 170. 



A shrub, branchlets glabrous, 1. 2^-6% in., linear-lanceolate, 

 tapering to base, acuminate, acute, glabrous, not thick, lat. 

 veins numerous, 10-20 or more, petiole very short, stip. broad, 



duous; fl. on slender ped., cymes small, lax, with slender 

 irregular branches ; cal.-limb cup-shaped, nearly truncate ; 

 berry ;- . in, oblong, truncate, pyrenes with 2 deep furrows 

 •on back. 



