Demrtacanthw] LXI. EUBIACE.E 393 



Damnacanthus indicus, Gserfcn. Assam (Mishmi bills). China. Japan. A small 

 rigid much branched spinous shrub, branchlets pubescent, 1. nearly sessile, ovate, cuspi- 

 date i in. long, spines l-l in., straigbt, slender, interpetiolar (possibly standing in the 

 axils of the minute stipules). Fl. 4-5-merous. white, axillary, solitary or in pairs on 

 short bracteolate pedicels, corolla-tube J in. long, funnel-shaped, throat villous, lobes tri- 

 angular-ovate, valvate in bud. Ovary 2-4-celled, ovules 1 in eacb cell. Possibly a 

 sec. m. 1 ~] ies in Manipur (Watt), 1. lanceolate 1J in. long, spines shorter than 1. 



Gynochthodes macrophylla, Kurz. Sea coast of South Andaman. Malacca. An ever- 

 green climbing shrub, entirely glabrous, 1. coriaceous, elliptic, blade 4-6. narrowed 

 into pet. Jj in. long. Fl. 4-5-merous, unisexual, in short axillary compact cymes or 

 beads, bracts deciduous. Corolla-tube short, throat hairy, lobes valvate, ovary 4-celled. 

 Fr. sea green, fleshy, 1 in. diani.. pyrenes 2-4, papery, 1-seeded. 



Prismatomeris albidiflora, Thw. : Bedd Ic. PI. Or. t. 98; Manual t. 29, fig. 4. Assam, 

 Khasi hills, Chittagbng, Andamans. Tenasserim. Cochinchina. Malay Penins. and 

 Archip. (.'eylou. moist region. A large evergreen shrub, wholly glabrous, branches 



divaricating, branchlets slender 4-gonous, L. coria us. shining, elliptic-lanceolate, 



blade 3-5, p'-t. J-l in. long. Fl. yellowish-white, scented, unisexual. 4-5-merous, 

 fasciculate, rarely in pedunculate umbels, pedicels long, filiform. Corolla-tube 

 cylindric, $-1 in. long, lobes valvate in bud. linear A in. long, ovary 2-celled. Drupe 

 purple, didymous, % in. diam., 2-celled. seeds concave. 



Ccelospermum scandens, Blume. Andamans. Malay Peninsula and Archip. A 

 climbing shrub, glabrous, except the puberulous inflorescence and calyx. L. coriaceous, 

 dark green, ellipt ic, acuminate, blade 3-5. pet. j-1 in. long. Fl. strongly scented, in dense 

 UinbeilifonB pedunculate cymes, forming a terminal thyrsus. Calyx truncate, corolla 

 coriaceous, tube white. \ in. long, glabrous outside, hairy within, segments yellow, 

 narrow, valvate, as long as tube. Ovary 4-celled with 1 ovule, or 2-celled with 2 ovules 

 in each cell. 



27. PSYCHOTRIA, Linn. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. 161. 



Shrubs or small trees, usually glabrous and evergreen, sometimes climbing, 

 rarely herbaceous. Fl. in terminal, rarely axillary, corymbose or panicu- 

 late cymes. Corolla-tube straight, short, lobes 5, rarely 4 or 6, valvate in 

 bud. Ovary 2-celled, style bifid, ovules basal, erect, one in each cell. Drupe 

 with 2 one-seeded plano-convex pyrenes, endocarp thin. Seeds plano-convex, 

 ventrally flat or grooved, embryo small basal. Species about 500, tropics of 

 both Hemispheres. 



A. Pyrenes plano-convex, no dorsal ridges, no ventral groove, albumen 

 strongly ruminated. 



a. Western species. 



1. P. Thwaitesii, Hook. f. ; Trim. Eandb. Ceylon ii. 358. 



A large gregarious shrub, 1. lanceolate or oblanceolate, blade 4-8, petiole 

 \-\ in, long, sec. n. 12-16 pair. PI. greenish, capitate, mixed with rufous 

 hairs, brails sometimes solitary pedunculate, generally in sessile or peduncu- 

 late cymes, the lower branches of which arc whorled. Fr. J— J in. long. 



West side of the Peninsula, in evergreen forests, from the Konkan southwards. Fl. 



March \piil. Ceylon moist region, very com □ to 6,000 ft. 2. P. congesta, Wight 



■ •I Am.; Wight Ic. t. ln:i7 (Grumilea : \ — ibly /'. elongata, Bedd. Manual t. xvii. 

 Nfilgiris, Palnis. Similar, but 1. smaller, sec n. 8-10 pair, fl. shortly pedicelled, crowded, 



cymes often trie hoi ,n-, no hairs among the fl., fr. always crowned by the persistent 



calyx limb, :'■. P. macrocarpa. Hook. f. Tinnevelli Ghats, fr. ellipsoid | in. long, 

 I. P. sublntegra. \V..-t A. Shevagherry and Dindigal Ii ill-. Cymes trichotomous, the 

 lower pair of branches long spreading, rachis arrested. 5. P. truncata, Wall. West 



Bide oi the Peninsula in evergreen forests fr the Konkan southward-. I., broadly 



obovate, blade 6 s . narrowed into i«'t. A~U in. long, gee a. u 16 pair, prominent, 

 stipules large. Lower branches of cyme whorled, fr. not crowned by calyx. 6. P. 

 DaizeUii, Hook. f. Wesl Bide of the Peninsula in evergreen forests from North Konara 



southwards, often gregarious, branchlets Btoul green, 1. obovate or oblant late, 6 L0 



in. long, petiole short stout, lower cyme branches whorled. Fr. black, succulent, 



edible, | in. diam., crowned with tl nlorged calyx.- I- with l dorsal ridge. 7. p. 



elongata, Wil' ht [c. t . 1086 1 Gmmilea l. Nilgirie and She^ agerry hills. Ceylon hills to 



