174 The Philip2nne Journal of Science 1917 
PSYCHOTRIA Linnaeus 
PSYCHOTRIA DEPAUPERATA sp. nov. 
Frutex erectus, circiter 0.5 m altus, ramosus, partibus junior- 
ibus et subtus foliis ad costa f errugineo-pubescentibus ; foliis 
anguste oblongis ad oblongo-lanceolatis, usque ad 7 cm longis, 
utrinque subaequaliter angustatis, acutis vel obscure acuminatis, 
nervis tenuibus, utrinque circiter 10 ; fructibus in axillis superior- 
ibus, solitariis, obovoideis, obscure sulcatis, glabris, circiter 6 cm 
longis; seminibus concavo-convexis, albumine aequabile. 
An erect, much-branched undershrub about 0.5 m high, the 
branchlets, petioles, and midribs on the lower surface of the 
leaves ferruginous-pubescent. Branches terete, grayish or 
brownish. Leaves firmly chartaceous, narrowly oblong to oblong- 
lanceolate, 3 to 7 cm long, 10 to 17 mm wide, subequally narrowed 
to the acute base and apex, or the apex slightly acuminate, sub- 
olivaceous when dry, the upper surface glabrous, shining, the 
lower much paler, ferruginous-pubescent on the midrib, other- 
wise glabrous; lateral nerves about 10 on each side of the midrib, 
slender; petioles ferruginous-pubescent, about 5 mm long. 
Fruits in the uppermost axils, solitary, glabrous, yellow when 
fresh, brown when dry, narrowly obovoid, about 6 mm long, 
apex rounded, base cuneate, obscurely sulcate when dry; seeds 
concavo-convex, the back with 3 or 4 shallow longitudinal ridges, 
the albumen not at all ruminate; pedicels about 6 mm long, 
recurved, sparingly pubescent. 
Alabat, back of Sangirin, Merrill 10^87, December 23, 1916, on dry 
ridges in virgin forest, altitude about 100 meters; of very local occurrence. 
The alliance of this species is manifestly with Psychotria linearis Bartl. 
{Aryiaracaryus longifolius Elm.), from which it is at once distinguished 
by its entirely differently shaped leaves. 
PSYCHOTRIA SAMARENSIS sp. nov. 
Arbor circiter 5 m alta, ramulis subtus foliis et inflorescentiis 
prominente ferrugineo-pubescentibus ; foliis oblongis, fifmiter 
chartaceis, usque ad 15 cm longis, utrinque subaequaliter angus- 
tatis, apice acuminatis, basi acutis, supra in siccitate castaneis, 
subtus pallidioribus, nervis utrinque 10 ad 12; infructescentiis 
5 ad 7 cm longis, breviter pedunculatis vel e basi ramosis; fruc- 
tibus sessilibus, anguste obovoideis, baud sulcatis, leviter pubes- 
centibus; seminibus plano-convexis. 
A tree about 5 m high, the branchlets, lower surface of the 
leaves, petioles, and inflorescences prominently ferruginous- 
pubescent. Branches terete, slender, glabrous, smooth, pale- 
brownish when dry. Leaves firmly chartaceous, oblong, 11 to 
