Plate 479. 
PSYCHOTRIA CYANOCOCCA. 
The desire after novelties in all classes of the vegetable 
kingdom has led to the introduction of plants remarkable for 
various characters, some for the gorgeousness or singularity of 
their flowers, some for the size or variegation of their leaves, and 
others for the brilliant colouring of their fruits. Solanums are 
largely used for the decoration of houses. The Aucuba comes into 
use largely for the same purpose, and the plant which we now 
figure will we doubt not be found an acceptable addition to those 
previously in cultivation, from the eminently beautiful colour of 
its berries. 
We are indebted to Mr. William Bull, of Chelsea, for the 
opportunity of figuring this plant. It was sent to him from 
Chontales in Nicaragua, by Dr. Seeman, the distinguished 
botanist, who in writing of it says, after alluding to the fact 
that many hunters after novelties have hitherto considered 
the Psychotria unworthy of attention : “ If one could but dig up 
one of the numerous bushy specimens crowded with fruit by 
which I am here surrounded, and send it to one of the horticul- 
tural shows, I have no doubt what the Floral Committee would 
be forced to do ; remember also that they fruit in the depth of 
winter, when colour is highly acceptable, and you will have no 
reason to grudge it a place in your collection.” 
Neither the foliage nor flower of this Psycliotria are of any mo- 
ment, but the berries are of the most intense ultramarine blue; 
they are produced in clusters of about thirty-five or forty, and 
