170 Lxxv. EUBiAOE-ai. (J. D. Hooker.) [Fsychotria. 



Sect. III. Seeds with one obtuse dorsal ridge and 2 dorsal broad shallow 

 furrows. 



* Cymes capitate. 



SI. P. ItXoonii, Thw. Emwm. 148 (Grumilea) ; glabrous, leaves elliptic or 

 elliptic-lanceolate acuminate narrowed into the stout petiole, flowers in dense 

 peduncled heads mixed with large viUous-edged bracts, fruit narrowly ovoid. 



CEYioisr ; Eeigam Corle, at no great elevation, Walker, Thwaites. 



Branches stout, ultimate compressed. Leaves 5-7 by 1^2J in., greenish or 

 reddish when dry; nerves 12-14 pair, stout, much arched; stipules oblong, connate, 

 ciliate. Cymes of 3-5 terminal stout branches 1 in. long, each bearing a subglobose- 

 head ^— J in. diam., the main peduncle suppressed, the lateral deflexed, the central 

 simple or 3-chotomous ; bracteoles large, rounded, coriaceous, persistent, hairs rufous ; 

 Bowers sessile. Cah/x-Umh tubular, 5-toothed, ciliate. Fruit ^ in., crowned with the- 

 cupula! calyx-limb, nearly circular in section with 4 broad shallow furrows. Seedt 

 plano-convex ; albumen equable. 



33. P. sordida, Thw. Enum. 149 ; glabrous, leaves petioled lanceolate or 

 oblong-lanceolate caudate-acuminate, nerves very faint, stipules ovate, flowers 

 3-4rnate in small peduncled deflexed heads, fruit oblong, calyx-limb obsolete. 



Ceylon ; central province, alt. 4-8000 ft., WalJcer, Thwaites. 



Branches slender, ultimate-compressed. Leaves 3-5 by f-lj in., pale or dark 

 brown when dry, coriaceous; nerves 6-8 pair, sometimes hardly visible; petiole ^ 

 in. ; stipiiles acute. Cymes of 3-5 short stout branches \-% in. long, the main 

 peduncle short or 0; bracteoles minute, caducous; flowers minute, sessile. Oalyie 

 with a funnel-shaped 6-toothed limb. Corolla-tube short, broad, glabrous within and 

 without. Fruit j in. ; pyrenes with broad shallow dorsal furrows. 



** Cymes not capitate. 



33. P. long'ipetiolata, Thw. Enum. 149; glabrous, leaves long- 

 petioled elliptic-oblong or ovate-oblong acuminate base rounded or cordate, 

 cymes terminal peduncled, lower branches whorled trichotomous few-flowered,, 

 fruit ovoid crowned with the minute calyx-teeth. 



Getlon ; Saffragan district, alt. 3-4000 ft., Thwaites. 



Leaves 5-6 by l:J-2 in., yellowish when dry, midrib stout; nerves 6-10 pair, very 

 spreading; petiole 1-1 f in., slender; stipules oblong, acute. Cymes small, about IJ. 

 in. broad, nearly glabrous ; bracts minute, caducous ; flowers very small. Calyx-tube- 

 obconic ; teeth triangular. Corolla-tube very' short. , Fruit g- in. ; pyrenes dorsally 

 compressed, with very broad shallow lateral furrows. — The specimens are not copious. 



34. P. plurivenia, Thw. Enum. 147 ; glabrous, leaves narrowly oblan- 

 ceolate acute narrowed into a very short petiole, marginal nerves very numerous 

 slender horizontal, fruit fusiform. 



Ceylon ; Hewahette, in the central province, alt. 3-4000 ft., Thwaites. 



Branches slender. Leaves 3-4 by f-1 in., dark green and wrinkled when dry,, 

 margin thickened and often yellowish; nerves 30-40 pair, slender and undulating,, 

 hardly distinguishable from the veins ; stipules lanceolate, ^ in. Cymes very sparingly 

 branched, glabrous,- trichotomous ; bracteoles minute ; flowers ternate, shortly pedi- 

 celled. Calyx-teeth lanceolate, exceeding the very short corolla-tube, which is hairy 

 within. Seed " furrowed," Thwaites. — I have seen a single specimen without fruit. 



35. P. filipes, Hoohf. ; glabrous, leaves oblanceolate acuminate narrowed 

 into a very short petiole, nerves numerous, stipules broad, cymes terminal 

 irregularly branched peduncles and pedicels very slender, fruit oblong or sub- 

 fusiform truncate. ? P. bisulcata, var. 0., Thw. Enum. 148. 



Ceylon ; Hantani, alt. 3000 ft., Gardner. 



Branches pale. Leaves 5-7 by 1-1| in., yeUowish-greeu when dry; nerves 15-20' 



