394 LXI. RUBIACEiE [Psychotria 



7,000 ft., 1. oblanceolate, blade 4-5, pet. stout J in. long. Fl. white in narrow elongate 

 cymes, branches short opposite. 8. P. nudiflora, W. et A. (P. flavida, Talbot List (1894) 

 113). West side of the Peninsula from the Konkan southwards, abundant in ever- 

 green forests of North Kanara. A small shrub, 1. lanceolate or oblanceolate, blade 

 4-5, narrowed into petiole \ in. long. Cymes trichotomous pedunculate, sometimes 

 compact, calyx truncate, corolla \-\ in. long. Fruiting cymes bright yellow (Talbot) 



b. Eastern species. 



9. P. adenophylla, Wall., including P. connata, Kurz. 



An evergreen perfectly glabrous shrub, 1. thinly coriaceous, elliptic-lanceo- 

 late, blade 4-6, narrowed into petiole ^ in. long, sec. n. arching, 16-18 pair, 

 stipules connate, sheathing, those sheathing the peduncle at the uppermost 

 pair of leaves truncate. Fl. white, in small short-peduncled or almost sessile 

 cymes, arranged in an elongate narrow thyrsus. Fr. purplish-black, i in. 

 diam. 



Khasi hills, Chittagong, Andamans. Bhamo, in low evergreen forest (M. Hill.). Pegu 

 Yoma and Tenasserim. Fl. H. S. 10. P. tylopnora, Kurz. Nicobars. Similar, but fr. 

 ellipsoid, nearly A in. long. 11. P. pendula, Hook. f. Andamans. Thyrsus in fr. very 

 long, pendulous, fr. J in. broad, broader than long crowned by the 5-toothed calyx-limb. 

 12. P. platyneura, Kurz. Andamans. L. elliptic-lanceolate, 6-7 in. long, sec. n. 18-22 

 pair, cymes trichotomous, branches spreading, fr. slightly obovoid, J in. long. 



B. Pyrenes plano-convex, dorsal ridges none or very slight, frequently a 

 T-shaped ventral groove, albumen uniform. 1 Eastern species. 



13. P. calocarpa, Kurz](including P. viridiflora, Kurz F. Fl. ii. 12, not Eeinw.) Nepal.. 

 Sikkim, to 3,000 ft. Assam, Khasi hills, Cachar, Chittagong. Pegu and Tenasserim. 

 Perak. A shrub, almost herbaceous, youngest shoots minutely puberulous. L. mem- 

 branous, lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, margins often crenate or undulate, blade 5-7, 

 pet. J-2 in. long, stipules J in. diam. Cj'mes small axillary and terminal, calyx-teeth 

 linear, ciliate. Fr. J in. long, succulent, orange or red, pyrenes with 3 or 4 slight dorsal 

 ridges. 14. P. Thomsoni, Hook, f . Khasi hills, 1. similar, cymes terminal, trichotomous, 

 elongate, pedunculate, calyx-teeth short triangular. 15. P. denticulata, "Wall. Nepal. 

 Sikkim 2-6,000 ft. Assam, Bhutan. Khasi hills, Manipur. Tenasserim. L. elliptic 

 or obovate, blade 5-8, pet. J-| in., stipules f in. long. Cymes terminal and axillary, 

 peduncles 2-4 in. long, branches whorled or opposite. 16. P. siUietensiB, Hook. f. 

 Assam, Khasi hills, Cachar. L. elongate-elliptic, underside as well as cymes often 

 minutely puberulous, blade 8-14, pet. stout, |-1 in. long, sec. n. 15-20 pair, prominent, 

 stipules 1 in. diam. Cymes terminal and axillary, peduncles 1-2 in. long, bracts 

 minute caducous. Fr. J-i in. diam., pyrenes smooth on back, with a deep T-shaped 

 ventral groove. Kesembles in appearance P. fulva. 17. P. montana, Blume {P. viri- 

 dissima, Kurz). Assam, Silhet. Thaukyeghat forests, Tenasserim. Java. A small 

 glabrous shrub, 1. membranous, elliptic-lanceolate, blade 3-7, pet. slender, 1-2 in. long, 

 sec. n. 8-10 pair, slender. Cymes terminal and axillary, branches slender, often whorled, 

 corolla <fa in. long. Fr. red J in. long. 



C. Pyrenes with sharp ridges on the back, albumen usually uniform. 

 a. Western species and species of both peninsulas. 



18. P. sarmentosa, Blume ; Wight Ic. t. 1038 ; Trimen Handb. Ceylon 

 ii. 359. 



A large evergreen glabrous shrub, climbing by adventitious rootlets, stems 

 sarmentose with long internodes, 1. lanceolate, or elliptic-lanceolate, blade 2-3, 

 pet. \-\ in. long, sec. n. faint, stipules sheathing. Cymes trichotomous lax, 

 branches divaricate. Fl. green, calyx hairy, corolla-tube with a dense belt of 

 yellow hairs in mouth, fr. pure white, nearly i in. diam., pyrenes with 5 obtuse 

 ribs on the back. 



West side of the Peninsula from Coorg southwards. Tenasserim. Fl. Feb.-April. 

 Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. Ceylon, common in the low country. 19. P. 



1 The albumen ruminated by the intrusion of the testa is nevertheless uniform or 

 homogeneous. I use the term " uniform " in contradistinction to " ruminated," because 

 it is generally understood, though it is not logical. 



