172 LXXT. EUBiACEiE. (J. D. Hooker.) [Psyehotria. . 



■ dry ; midrib stout ; nerves stout on both surfaces, obliquely arching ; petiole g-1 in. ; 

 stipules J-J in., "fleshy" (Grriffith), ovate-cordate or -lanceolate, entire or 2-fid. 

 Cymes short; peduncle 2 in. or less; branches usually whorled, sometimes irregu- 

 larly alternate, very short and stout ; flowers subsessile. Cah/x obconic, limb broad ; 

 (teeth 5, triangular. Corolla-tube broad, mouth villous. Fruit i in. long and upvrards, 

 shining ; dorsal ridge of pyrenes very strong and furrows broad and deep. Seed flat 

 ventraUy. 



40. P. ang'ulata, Korth. in Ned. Kruidh. Arch. ii. 243 ; glabrous, leaves 

 obovate cuneate-obovate or oblanceolate rarely elliptic acute or abruptly acumi- 

 jnate coriaceous narrowed into the short or long petiole, cymes terminal peduncled, 

 branches stout whorled, bracts persistent, flowers subcapitate, fruit shortly 

 ellipsoid truncate, calyx-limb persistent. Miq. in Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iv. 

 210. Psyehotria, Wall. Cat. 8348. Chasalia perforata, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 

 -Siippl. 546. 



Tenasserim; Mergui, Griffith, Heifer. Malacca, Griffith. Singapore, Wallioh, 

 Penans, Porter. — Disteie. Banca, Java, Borneo. 



Branches rather rough. Leaves 4-8 by 2-2J in., rather shining, pale greenish 

 "when dry, or dark ; nerves slender, arching ; petiole ^— | in. ; stipules, upper ovate 

 -connate, lower rounded and cuspidate. Cymes very variable ; peduncle 3 in. and less, 

 stout, branches very stout ; bracts broadly ovate, coriaceous ; bracteoles small or ; 

 ilowers sessile. Calyx-limb truncate. Corolla-tvhe very short, throat woolly. Fruit 

 i in., dorsal ridge of pyrenes rounded. Seed flat ventraUy. 



41. P. symplocifolia, Kun For. Fl. ii. 11 ; glabrous, leaves small 

 obovate or elliptic-obovate or -lanceolate caudate-acuminate narrowed into a 

 short petiole, nerves 6-10 pair, stipules acuminate, cymes terminal peduncled, 

 branches slender trichotomous, fruit ellipsoid, calyx-Umb minute. Psyehotria, 

 Wall. Cat. 8357 ; Serb. Ind. Or. H.f. $■ T. n. 27. Morinda ? Wall. Cat. 8428. 



Khasia Mts., alt. 3-6000 ft., abundant, De Silva, &c. ; Maetaban Hilib, alt, 

 6-7000 ft., Kurz. 



A shrub or small tree, branches slender. Leaves 3-5 by 1-lJ in., green when dry 

 with pale midrib nerves and sometimes margins ; petiole J-J in. ; stipules J in. and 

 less, ovate, acute or with subulate points. Cymes very variable, rarely sessile; 

 branches opposite, usually long, spreading, slender and trichotomously divided at 

 the top with short divisions ; bracts, bracteoles, and flowers very small. Calyx-teeth 

 triangular. Corolla-tube short, throat villous. Fruit J in., sometimes truncate, not 

 •deeply ridged and furrowed. Seed flat ventraUy. — This is the Eastern representative 

 of the Western P. bisulcata. Kurz's Martaban specimens have much shorter and 

 stouter cyme-branches than the Xhasian. 



42. P. Kelferiana, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1872, ii. 314 ; For. Fl. ii. 

 11 ; hirsute, leaves large broadly elliptic or lanceolate acuminate base narrowed 

 into a long or short petiole, flowers in dense heads, mixed with hirsute per- 

 sistent bracteoles in axillary or terminal peduncled or subsessUe cymes, fruit 

 ovoid crowned by the dilated calyx-limb. Psyehotria, Wall. Cat. 8368. 



Eastern Peninsula; from Pegu, M'Clelland, to Tenasserim, the Andaman Islands, 

 •'Singapore, and Penang, Wallich, &c. 



An erect shrub ; branches stout. Leaves very variable, 5-10 by 2-5 in., red- 

 brown when dry, rather membranous ; nerves 12-15 pair, oblique or very spreading ; 

 .petiole ^2 in. ; stipules 1 in., lanceolate, acuminate, 2-cleft, hirsute. Cymes very 

 variable ; heads of flowers 1-1 J in. diam. ; peduncle very stout ; bracts large, de- 

 ciduous, and numerous small bracteoles hirsute. Calyx minute, teeth lanceolate. 

 Corolla-tube short, glabrous, throat villous. Fruit hirsute or glabrate ; pyrenes with 

 a broad dorsal ridge and 2 lateral shallow furrows. Seed flat ventraUy. 



43. P, nicobarica, Kurz in Land. Journ. Bot. 1875, 328 ; shoots petioles 

 and nerves beneath pubescent or glabrate, leaves large broadly elliptic acute, 



