£66 pentAndria monogyntA. Psychotriet. 



small bractes, slightly pubescent. — Calyx truncate, obscurely five- 

 k>bed — Corotla larger than in any of the other species described 

 Iieie, inftmdibulifbrm.— - Tube cylindric, villous from the middle of 

 the inside to the throat; lacinioe of the border linear-lanceolate, 

 sprea^m**. — Stamina exserted. — Stigma two-lobed under the throat. 

 — Berry obovate, as large as a cherry-stone, orange-coloured. 



9. P. denticutata, Wall* 



Stem adscending with a creeping base. Leaves ovate, short, acumi- 

 nate. Stipules ovate, sub-cordate, with dentate apex. Panicle termi- 

 nal, cymose, with numerous very small Jlowers. Seeds hemispheric. 



I have only found this in the forest of Sanko in Nipal, blossom- 

 ing in the rainy season, and ripening its fruit in October. 



Stem adscending, creeping at the base, round, as thick a3 a swan's 

 quill, purplish, smooth, one or two feet long, undivided or sparingly 

 dichotomous ; its upper extremity compressed. — Leaves ovate, or 

 sub-obovate, with a short, broad acumen, coriaceous, from six to nine 

 inches lonr, base tapering, upper surface dark green, shining, under 

 one pallid, marked with very numerous, closely approximated nerves 

 and reticulate veins; their margins sub-cartilaginous. Petiol round, 

 slightly furrowed, above half an inch long.— Stipules ovate, with 

 a sub-cordate base, somewhat fleshy, marked at the apex with two 

 or three unequal, subulate teeth, gibbous, pubescent on the out- 

 side, villous within at the base, nearly equalling the petiols. Panicle 

 terminal, broad-ovate, cymose, pubescent, peduncled, erect, consist- 

 ing of very numerous, extremely small flowers. Bractes small, lan- 

 ceolate. Calyx with five subulate teeth. Corolla sub-rotate, with 

 a slightly hairy throat. Berry (not quite ripe,) globular, two-ce!3ed g 

 two-seededj, purple, of the size of a small currant. Seeds semi-glo- 

 bular, as in my P. sphaerocarpa. 



10. P. adenophylla, Wall. 



Shrubby, smooth. Leaves lanceolate* acuminate, shining, glan° 

 dlular. Stipules ovate, obtuse, with connate bases. Racemes tet a 

 minalj, cvlindric. Throat of the corolla, villous. 



