LXL RUBIACE^E [Psychotria 



^refii forests of Xortli Kauara. A small slirub, 1. lanceolate or oblanceolate, blade 

 4-5, narro^\ ed into peti«jle ^ in. long. C^^mes tricbotomons pedunculate, sometimes 

 compact, calyx truncate, corolla ^--| m. long. Fruiting cymes bright yellow (Talbot) 



h. Eastern specie^, 



9. P. adenophylla, Wall , including P. connata^ Kurz. 



An evergreen perfectly glabrous shrub, 1. thinly coriaceous, elliptic-lanceo- 

 late, blade 4-G, narrowed into petiole | in. long, sec. n. arching, 16-18 pair, 

 stipules connate, sheathing, those sheathing the peduncle at the uppermost 

 pair of leaves truncate. El. white, in small short-peduncled or almost sessile 

 cymes, arranged in an elongate narrow thyrsus. Fr. purplish-black, \ in, 

 diani. 



Kha&i hills, Cliittagong^ Andamans. Bbamo, in low evergreen forest (M. Hill.). Pegu 

 Yoma and Tenas&erim. Fl. H. S. 10. P. tylopliora, Kurz. Nicobars. Similar, but tr. 

 ellipsoid, nearly ^ in, long. 11, P. peadula, Hook. f. Andamans. Thyrsus in fr. very 

 long, pendulous, f r. \ in. broad, broader than long crowned by the 5-tootbed calyx-limb. 

 12 P. platyneura, Ivurz. Andamans. L. elliptic-lanceolate, 6-7 in. long, sec. n. 18-22 

 pair, cymes trichotomous, branches spreading, fr. slightly obovoid, J in. long. 



B. Pyrenes plano-convex, dorsal ridges none or very slight, frequently a 

 T-shaped ventral groove, albumen uniform.^ Eastern species. 



18. P. calocarpa, Kur2*(including P. viridifiora, Kurz F. Fl. ii. 12, not Beinw.) Nepal. 

 Sikkim, to 8,000 ft, Assam, Kbasi hills, Cachar, Chittagong. Pegu and Tenasserim. 

 Perak. A shrub, almost herbaceous, ^^oungest shoots minutely puberulous. L. mem- 

 branous, lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, margins often crenate or undulate, blade 5-7,. 

 pet. ^-2 in. long, stipules | in. diam. Cymes small axillary and terminal, calyx-teeth 

 1 mear, ciliate. Fr. | in, long, succulent, orange or red, pj^renes with 3 or 4 slight dorsal 

 ridges 14. P. Tliomsom, Hook, f Khasi hills, 1. similar, cymes terminal, trichotomous, 

 elongate, pedunculate, calyx-teeth short triangular. 15. P. denticulata, "Wall. Nepal 

 Sikkim 2-6,000 ft. Assam, Bhutan. Khasx hills, Manipur. Tenasserim. L. elliptic 

 or obovate, blade 5-8, pet. ^-| in., stipules | in. long. Cymes terminal and axillary^ 

 peduncles 2-4 in. long, branches whorled or opposite. 16. P. siUietensis, Hook. f. 

 Assam, Khasi hills, Cachar. L. elongate-elliptic, underside as well as cymes often 

 minutely puberulous, blade 8-14, pet. stout, ^~1 in. long, sec. n. 15-20 pair, prominent^ 

 stipules 1 in. diam. Cymes terminal and axillary, peduncles 1-2 in. long, bracts 

 minute caducous. Fr. J-4 in. diam., pyrenes smooth on back, with a deep T-shaped 

 ventral groove. Resembles in appearance P. fulva. 17. P. montana, Blume (P. vtri- 

 dissima, Kurz). Assam, Silhet. Thaukyeghat forests, Tenasserim. Java. A small 

 glabrous shrub, I. membranous, elliptic-lanceolate, blade 3-7, pet. slender, 1-2 in. long^ 

 sec. n. 8-10 pair, slender. Cymes terminal and axillary, branches slender, often whorled,, 

 corolla f jy in. long. Pr. red J- in. long. 



C. Pyrenes with sharp ridges on the back, albumen usually uniform. 

 a. Western species and species of both peninsulas. 



18, P. sarmentosa, Blume ; Wight Ic. t. 1038 ; Trimen Handb. Ceylon 



A large evergreen glabrous shrub, climbing by adventitious rootlets, stems 



sarmentose with long internodes, 1. lanceolate, or elliptic-lanceolate, blade 2-3, 



pet. |-| in. long, sec. n. faint, stipules sheathing. Cymes trichotomous lax, 



branches divaricate. l^L green, calyx hairy, corolla-tube with a dense belt of 



yellow hairs in mouth, fr. pure white, nearly | in. diam., pyrenes with 5 obtuse 



ribs on the back. 



West side of the Peninsula from Coorg southwards. Tenasserim. FL Feb. -April. 

 Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. Ceylon, common in the low country, 19. P. 



1 The albumen ruminated by the intrusion of the testa is nevertheless uniform or 

 homogeneous. I use the term *' uniform " in contradistinction to " ruminated," because 

 it is generally understoody though it is not logical. 



