166 LxxT. RUBiACEs;. (J. D. Hooker.) [Psycliotria. 



Moon. Cat. 14. P. oliovata, Wall. Cat. 8380. ' Grumilea Junghuhniajia, Miq, 

 m. Ind. Bat. ii. 296. Psycliotria Nov. Sp., Miq. in PI. Rohen. n. 809. Psy- 

 cliotria Sp., Wedl. Cat. 8382, ? 8381, P 8384. 



Western Peninsula, from Canara southwards. Ceylon, ascending to 4000 ft. 

 Eastern Peninstii.a, from Tenasserim sonth-wards to Singapore and Penang. — Disthib. 

 Malay Archipelago. 



A twining shrub, 10 ft. and upwards ; branches slender, smooth pale. Leaves 2J- 

 3^ by J-IJ in., greenish or yellowish when dry, thin or coriaceous, base far produced 

 on the petiole, nerves faint, veins inconspicuous ; stipules ovate, caducous. Cymes 

 broad, 2-3 in. diam., rachis and braiiches angled; bracteoles caducous. Flowersverj 

 small, greenish. Calyx-teeth minute. Corolla-Me ^ in., villous within. Fruit ^ in.,, 

 white, fleshy. Seed dorsally 4-grooved, ventraUy concave ; albumen equable. — Some 

 of Wallich's 8381 and 8384 are no doubt young states (flowerless) of tlus, or possibly 

 of P. poh/oarpa. 



18. P. IMCain^ayi, Sook.f.; climbing, shoots petioles and cymes hairy,, 

 leaves elliptic-lanceolate acuminate at both ends, nerves 8-10 pair, stipules per- 

 sistent connate membranous toothed, cymes axillary small peduncled, fruit 

 broadly elhp^soid 8-grooved, calyz-limb large, lobes broad recurved. 



Singapore, Maiiigay. 



Branches slender, smooth. Leaves 2-3 by \-'l\ in., rather thin, narrowed into the- 

 very short slender petiole ; nerves faint ; stipules pubescent. Cymes almost tomen- 

 tose ; peduncle slender, compressed ; branches few, opposite ; bracts linear, persistent. 

 Fruit subsessile, J in. long ; calyx-limb cupular, pubescent. Seed as in P. sarmentosa. 



19. P. ovoidea, Wall. Cat. 8383 ; climbing and rooting, branches leaves 

 beneath and cymes villous, leaves petioled elliptic or ovate cuspidate, nerves 5-0 

 pair, cymes terminal small sessile or pedunded umbellately branched, flowers 

 Buhcapitate, fruit small pedicelled ellipsoid 8-grooved, calyx-limb ■with erect 

 acute teeth. 



Singapore, Wallich; Malacca, Maingay (Kew Distrib. 923). — Disteib. Malay 

 Archipelago ? 



Branches slender; pubescence spreading, dart, rufous when dry. Leaves 1^-2^ 

 in., brown especially beneath when dry, coriaceous, margin often recurved, base acute 

 cfttuSB or Bubcordate, nerves strong beneath ; petiole ^-^ in. ; stipules connate, cadu- 

 •cous. Cymes with spreading stout compressed branches ; peduncle 1 in. or less ; 

 bracteoles elongate, linear, very persistent, tomentose ; flowers very small. Corolla- 

 tube pubescent, villous within. Fruit ^ in., pubescent ; calyx-limb cupular. Seed as 

 in the section, 



' 20. P. morindseflora, Wall. Cat. 8438, A. B. 0. m pari; climbing, 

 rooting, quite glabrous, leaves petioled elliptic obtusely acuminate shining, 

 nerves 5-7 pair, cymes terminal subsessile and pedicelled small, flowers capitate 

 at the end of the short branches, fruit small ellipsoid 8-grooved, calyx-limb small. 

 ? Psychotria, Wall. Cat. 8355. 



Penang and Sinbapohe, Wallich, Porter. 



Branches smooth, slender, dark brown when dry. Leaves 3-5 by 1^-2 in., coria- 

 ceous, usually red-brown when dry, base acute, nerves slender ; petiole J-f in. ; 

 stipules connate, caducous. Cymes with few short or long spreading compressed naked 

 branches bearing globose heads ^ in. diam. of small flowers ; bracts and bracteoles- 

 linear, caducous. Calyx-limb truncate, obscurely toothed. Corolla-lube glabrous,, 

 mouth villous. Fruit ^ in. long, sessile or peduncled. Seed as in the section. — 

 Amongst 'Wallich's specimens are some with sessile and others with pedicelled fruit ; 

 it is possible that these may belong to different species. His No. 8353 from Singapore 

 has narrow oblong-lanceolate leaves, very long (4-5 in.) peduncles, bearing a puberu- 

 lous umbel of 6-10 rays, each ray bearing a head of sessile flowers + in. di&m. 



