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Of the other STxectiizhrc Pst/chairia, three belong toBalieomea,«a.i P.ciMfoUa is Hudgea 

 c«r«tea;' several West Indian species of authors are unknown to nae, and their descripliou 

 too incomplete to be recognized: viz. P. laxa and involucra,ta,'^m., both neither foimd in 

 his own nor in the Banksiau collections ; P. Saliisiam, DC, and P. congesta, Spreng. : all 

 ' these came from Jamaica. 



47. PALICOUKEA, AuU. 



Character of Paychotria, but corolla oblique, often gibbous at the base or lobes unequal. 

 — Flowers in terminal, corymbifomi, or th/rsoid panicles. 



Sect. 1. CaocoTHYKSUS. — Pyrence i-cristate, involute at the commissure. Albumen 

 campylospermoiis, overlapping the projection of the pyrence. 



* Stipules persistent, 2 on each side, all united in a basilar sheath ; flowers pedicellate . 



140. P. umbellata, DC. Glabrous; intemodes cylindrical, uppermost tetragonal; 

 leaves papery-membranaceous, elliptical-oblong or ovate, pojntleted, petioled : stipules short, 

 subulate, as long as their sheath; panicle corymbifonn ; porolla poiedery-glabrescent, 

 (2"'-3"' long) : tube clavate-cylindrical.— A shrub ; leaves shining above : stipules 1'" long ; 

 panicle l"-2" diam. : flowers white. — Hab. Trinidad 1, Pd., Cr. ; [Guiana !, Miii. in PL 

 ffostm.']. 



141. P. crocea, DC. Glabrous ; iuternod'es cylindrical, or the uppermost snbtetra- 

 gonal ; leaves chartaceous, elliptical or lanceolate-oblong, pointed, petioled ; primary veins 



■ regularly curved : stipules linear-acuminate, longer than their very short sheath ; panicle 

 pyramidal, rarely corymbiform : branches orange-coloured ; corolla glabrous (4"'-B"' long) : 

 tube clavate-cylindrical; berry ovate-rouudish, laterally subcompressed. — Br. Jam. t. 13. 



f.\,i: analyt. — Psychotria, Sie. — A shrub ; stipules l"'-2"' long ; corolla orange-co- 



■ loured ; stamens and style either exserted or subiiicluded, according to sexual distinctions of 

 the flowers, as in Psychotria. 



a. Leaves elliptical or elliptical-oblong ; corolla 4'" long, much gibbous at the base. — 

 P. croceoides. Ham. ? . . 



;8. tenuiflora. leaves elliptical-lanceolate or lanceolate-oblong : stipules 1'" long ■ corolla 

 4'" long, slightly gibbous at the base. — Probably P. coccinea, DC. 



y. riparia, Benth. ! Panicle corymbiform ; corolla 6'" long, gibbous at the base. — 

 P. aurauiiaea, Mig J P. crocea, Mey.JBsseq. I 



Hab. Jamaica!, all coll. (o, /8) ; St. Vincent !, Guild.; Trinidad !, Lochh., Sieb. Fr. 28; 

 [Cuba I ^ iff), Haiti ! (^8), Portorico ! (o, i8), French islands ! (o, 7) ; Guiana ! (o, 7), Vene- 

 zuela !, New Granada 1]. 



142. P. alpina, DC. Intemodes tetragonal, at length rounded on the angles ; leaves 

 chartaceous, elliptical-ohloDg, pointed, pilose on the ribs beneath, or glabresceut, petioled : 

 primary veiils parallel, slightly curved : stipules lanceolate-linear or linear, nearly as long 

 as the produced sheath ; panicle pyramidal ; corolla glabrous {rarely downy); (6"'-8"' ( 

 long): tube subcylindrical, gibbous at the base: lobes. ovate, short; berry ovate-conical, ' 

 laterally subcompressed. — Psyclrotria, Sw. I P. mexicana, Benth. ! P. crocea, Schlechtend. 

 in PI. Schiedel—k. shrub, 5'-10' high; stipules l"'-2i"' long: sheath l"'-2"! long; 

 corolla purplish-yellow (or " white ") ; berry 3'" diam. — Hab. Jamaica !, all coU., common 

 in the eastern mountains ; Dominica I, Imr. ; [Cuba ! : a form with shaggy flowers, i. e. 

 P. eriantha, DC. ; Mexico I to Ecuador !]. 



143. P. pulchra, Gr. {n.sp). Glabrous; intemodes cylindrical, smooth : leaves char- 

 taceous, elliptical-oblong or lanceolate-oblong, pointleted, petioled : primary veins curved : 

 stipules lanceolate-linear, longer than the short sheath; panicle lax, corymbiform ; corolla 

 glabrous (l"-li" long) : tube subcylindrical, ventricose-gibT)ous at the base, 6 times as loug 

 as tlie oblong; revolute-spreading lobes.— A beautiful shrub, 6' high, the summit of which is 

 drooping (At.) -. confounded by Swartz (in the Bks. Coll.) with the preceding, but habit of a 

 slender-flowered Eamelia ; stipules 1'" long; flowers ofteu aboriiive; corolla rosy; style 

 long-exserted : Btigma minute, emarginate.- Hab. Jamaica !, aU coll., m the woods of the 

 interior, Manchester, S. Anns, at 180O'-S0O0' ait. 



