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allied. It differs, however, in its larger leaves, which are pale beneath, 
and in being entirely glabrous throughout. 
PSYCHOTRIA PAUCINERVIA sp. nov. 
Frutex scandens, glaber, ramis teretibus, rubro-brunneis ; f oliis 
ellipticis ad oblongo-ellipticis, chartaceis vel subcoriaceis, nitidis, 
olivaceis vel viridis, usque ad 6 cm longis, utrinque subaequaliter 
angustatis, basi acutis, apice prominente acuminatis, nervis utrin- 
que 5 vel 6, tenuibus, distinctis ; stipulis membranaceis, oblongis, 
acuminatis, caducis, 8 ad 10 mm longis; paniculis pedunculatis, 
laxis, diffusis ; f ructibus ovoideis, succulentis, 5 ad 7 mm longis ; 
seminibus plano-convexis, dorso obscurissime 3-sulcato, albumine 
aequabile. 
A scandent, entirely glabrous shrub, the branches terete, about 
2.5 mm in diameter, shining, reddish-brown, slightly wrinkled. 
Leaves elliptic to oblong-elliptic, chartaceous to subcoriaceous, 
olivaceous to greenish when dry, of about the same color on both 
surfaces, shining, 5 to 6 cm long, 2 to 3 cm wide, subequally 
narrowed to the acute base and the prominently acuminate apex, 
the- acumen nearly 1 cm long, blunt to subacute ; lateral nerves 
5 or 6 on each side of the midrib, slender, anastomosing, some- 
what curved and ascending, the reticulations very lax; petioles 
slender, 4 to 8 mm long, stipules caducous, oblong, membrana- 
ceous, acuminate, 8 to 10 mm long. Panicles terminal, peduncled, 
lax, up to 10 cm long, the branches few, the primary ones about 
4 cm long. Fruits succulent and white when fresh, when dry 
dull-brownish, ovoid, 5 to 7 mm long. Seeds plano-convex, the 
back obscurely and shallowly 3-sulcate, the ridges rounded, the 
pyrenes about 3.5 mm long; albumen uniform. 
Luzon, Abra Province, Mount Posuey, Bur. Sci. 27055 Ramos, February 
4, 1917, near the summit of the mountain in forests. 
A species characterized by its few-nerved leaves; long, caducous stipules; 
lax infructescences; and succulent fruits, which are white when fresh, the 
pyrenes being relatively small. In some respects it seems to approach 
Psychotria mindorensis Elm., but it has differently shaped, fewer-nerved 
leaves and does not appear to be especially closely allied to that species. 
[The Philippine Journal of Science, Vol. XII, Sec. C, No. 2, including 
pages 73 to 116, was issued August 14, 1917.] 
