Damnacanthuh] LXI. EUBIACEiE 393 



Bamnacaaitlius indicus, Ogprtn. Asbam (Mihlimi liills). Cliiiia. Japan. A small 

 rigid nuxcli branched spinous slirnb, branclilets pnboscwit, 1. nearly sessile, ovate, cuspi- 

 date ^ in. long, spines l-l in., straight, slender, interpetiolar (possibly standing in the 

 axils "of the minute stipules). Fl. 4-5-merous, -white, axillary, solitary or in pairs on 

 short bracteolate pedicels, corolla-tTibe I in. long, funnel-shaped, throat villous, lobes tri- 

 angular-ovate, valvate in bud. Ovary 2--4-celled, ovules 1 m each cell. Possibly a 

 second species in Manipur (AVatt), 1. lanceolate IJ in. long, spines shorter than 1. 



Gynochtliodes macrophylla, Kurz. Sea coast of Soutli Andaman. Malacca. An ever- 

 green climbing shrub, entirely glabrous, 1. coriaceous, elliptic, blade 4-6, narrowed 

 into pet. I in. long. Fl. 4-5-merous, unisexual, in short axillary compact cymes or 

 heads, bracts deciduous. Corolla-tube short, throat hairy, lobes valvate, ovary 4-cened. 

 Fr. sea green, fleshy, ^ in. diam., pyrenes 2-4, paper^^, 1-seeded. 



Prismatomeris albidiflora, Thw. ; Bedd Ic PI. Or. t. 98 ; Manual t. 29, fig, 4. Assam, 

 Khasi hills, Ohittagong, Andamans. Tenabserim. Coehinchina. Malay Penins. and 

 Archip. Ceylon, moist region. A large evergreen shrub, wholly glabrous, branches 

 divaiicating, branchlets slender 4-gonoufc., L. coriaceous, shining, elliptic-lanceolate, 

 blade 3-5, iDet. |-1 in. long. Fl. yellowisli-^\ hite, bcented, unisexual, 4-5-merous, 

 lasciculate. rarely in pedunculate umbels, pedicelb long, iilifox'm. Corolla-tube 

 cylindric, |-1 in. long, lobes valvate in bud, linear -J in. long, ovary 2-celled. Drupe 

 purple, didymous, | in. diam., 2-celled, beeds concave. 



Ccelospermum scandens, Blume. Andamans. Malay Peninsula and Archip. A 

 climbing shrub, glabrous, except the puberulous infiorescenee and calyx. L. coriaceous, 

 dark green, elliptic, acuminate, blade 3-5, pet |~1 in. long. Fl. strongly scented, in dense 

 umbelliform pedunculate cymes, forming a terminal thyrsub. Calyx truncate, corolla 

 coriaceous, tube white, J in. long, glabroub outside, hairy within, segments yellow, 

 narrow, valvate, as long as tube. Ovary 4-celled with 1 ovule, or 2-celled with 2 ovules 

 in each cell. 



27, PSYCHOTRIA, Linn. ; M. Brit. Ind. iii. 161. 



Shrubs or small trees, usually glabrous and evergreen, sometimes climbingj 

 rarely berbaceous, Fl. in terminal, rarely axillary, corymbose or panicu- 

 late cymes. Oorolla-tube straight, short, lobes 5, rarely 4 or 6, valvate in 

 bud. Ovary 2-celled, style bifid, ovules basal, erect, one in each cell. Drupe 

 with 2 one-seeded plano-convex pyrenes, endocarp thin. Seeds plano-convex, 

 ventrally fiat or grooved, embryo small basal. Species about 500, tropics of 

 both Hemispheres. 



A. Pyrenes plano-convex, no dorsal ridges, no ventral groove, albumen 

 strongly ruminated. 



a. Western species. 



1. P. Thwaitesii, Hook. f. ; Trim. Handb. Ceylon ii. 358. 



A large gregarious shrub, 1. lanceolate or oblanceolate, blade 4-^8, petiole 

 |-1 in. long, sec. n. 12-16 pair. M. greenish, capitate, mixed with rufous 

 hairs, heads sometimes solitary pedunculate, generally in sessile or peduncu- 

 late cymes, the lower branches of which are whorled. Fr. ^-i in. long. 



West side of the Peninsula, in evergreen forests, from the Konkan southwards. PI. 

 March-April. Ceylon moist region, very common to 6,000 ft. 2. P. congesta, Wight 

 et Am. ; Wight Ic t. 1037 {Grumilea)) possibly P. elongata, Bedd. Manual t. xvii. 

 Nilgiri^, Palnis. Similar, but 1. smaller, sec. n. 8-10 pair, fl. shortly pedicelled, crowded, 

 cymes often trichotomous, no hairs among the fl., fr. always crowned by the persistent 

 calyx-limb.' 3, P. macrocarpa, Hook. f. Tinnevelli G-hats, fr. ellipsoid | in. long. 

 4. P. sulJintegra, W. et A. Shevagherry and Bindigal hills. Cymes trichotomous, the 

 lower pair of branches long spreading, racliis arrested. 5. P. truncata, Wall. West 

 side of the Peninsula in evergreen forests from the Konkan southwards. L. broadly 

 obovate, blade 6-8, narrowed into pet. 4-1^ in. long, sec. n. 14-16 pair, prominent^ 

 stipxiles large. Lower branches of cyme whorled, fr. not crowned by calyx. 6. P. 

 Dalzellii, Hook, f . West side of the Peninsula in evergreen forests from North Kanara 

 southwards, often gregarious, branchlets stout green, I. obovate or oblanceolate, 5-10 

 in. long, petiole short stout, lower cyme branches whorled. Pr. black, succulent, 

 edible, J in. diam., crowned with the enlarged calyx, seeds with 1 dorsal ridge- 7. P. 

 elongata,Wight Ic, 1. 1086 {GrumiUa). Nilgiris and Shevagerry hills- Ceylon hills to 



