Morinda] LXIX. RUBIACEZ. 493 
centre ; the limb cupuliform, truncate, fleshy, hard, loosely surrounding 
the corolla-tube, herbaceous-green ; corolla resembling a jessamine in 
shape as well as fragrance, fleshy, rigid, herbaceous-green outside ; the 
lobes snow-white inside, spreading in a stellate manner during the time 
of flowering, at length reflexed ; fruit rather dry, the syncarpium 
an inch in diameter. At the borders of forests close to the river 
Delamboa ; fl. Jan. 1855 ; also by the Ambaca road at Camilungo ; fr. 
Sept. 1855. No. 4758. An evergreen climbing shrub with white 
fragrant flowers ; at Sange, fr. August 1855. CoLL. Carp. 656. An 
evergreen climbing shrub; flowers very fragrant with an aroma like 
that of a jessamine. In wooded situations near Sange ; fr. July 1857. 
Cou, Carp, 657. These specimens from the carpological collection 
must also be compared with the previous species. 
39. MYRSTIPHYLLUM P. Browne, Hist. Jam. p. 152 (1756). 
Psychotrophum P. Browne, i.c., p. 160, pro parte, t. 17, f. 2. 
Psychotria L. Syst. Nat., edit. 10, ii. p. 929 (1759); Benth. & 
Hook. f. Gen. Pl. ii, p. 123, excl. syn. part.  Myrstiphyllon 
Adans. Fam. Pl. ii. p. 505 (1763). Chasallia vel Chassalia 
Comm. ex Poir. in Dict. Se. Nat. viii. p. 198 (1817). Chasalia 
DC. Prodr. iv. p. 531 (1830); Benth. & Hook. f., Jc., p. 126. 
1. M. cristatum. 
Psychotria cristata Hiern in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. p. 205. 
Gotunco A.tTo.—A shrub, rather an undershrub and tortuously 
sarmentose on the ground with erect branches when growing in very 
shady situations, but in open and less shady places climbing on trees 
though to no great height; leaves fleshy-coriaceous, brittle, very 
glossy above ; flowers white; pedicels fleshy, ventricosely jointed, 
pale-rosy ; calyx green; corolla pentamerous, the tube gibbous, fleshy ; 
the throat naked ; the lobes induplicate-angular towards the apex ; 
anthers 5, deep-violet in colour, at length exserted in consequence of 
the turning back of the corolla-limb which is spotted with yellow 
inside ; filaments inserted at the middle of the corolla-tube ; style 1, 
terminating in a bifurcate stigma ; the lobes rather thick, yellowish, 
subspathulate. In forests and their densely bushy outskirts, amongst 
the eastern mountains of Queta, Jipepe ; not yet in full fl. end of Dec, 
1855. No. 3200. A shrub climbing widely but not high; berries of 
a green-violet colour when not quite ripe. In thickets near Banza 
in Sobato Bumba, rather rare; fr. July 1855. No. 3201. A low 
prostrate shrub; flowering branchlets ascending ; flowers cymose, 
milk-white ; peduncles rosy, fleshy ; berries turning black-blue, as 
large as a good-sized pea, apparently 2-seeded. Capopa; fr. April 
1856. Cox. Carp. 645. 
2. M. nigropunctatum. 
Psychotria nigropunctata Hiern in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. iii. p. 207. 
Pungo ANpDonGo.—A low little shrub; stem ascending; leaves 
subcoriaceous, rather glossy ; flowers whitish. In very shady parts of 
Mata de Pungo, sparingly ; f. Dec. 1856, No. 3195. Our specimens 
differ a little from the type by the extremities of the stem and lower 
face of the leaves being minutely puberulous, etc. 
3. M. reptans. 
Psychotria reptans Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. p. 418 (1849) ; 
Hiern, lc., p. 211. 
