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PSYCHQTRI A IXOROiDES Bartl. ex DC. Prodr. 4 (1830) 522; Miq. FI. 
Ind. Bat. 2 (1856) 290; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 112; Elm. Leafl. 
Philip. Bot. 3 (1911) 1021. 
Psychotria sarmentosa F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 112; Vid. Rev. PI. 
Vase. Filip. (1886) 157; Elm. Leafl. Filip. Bot. 1 (1906) 24; Merr. 
in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 135, 2 (1907) Bot. 306, non 
Blume. 
Luzon, Haenke, Bur. Sci. 21181 Escritor, Phil. PI. 336 Ramos, Bur. Sci. 
267b, 137U7 Ramos, For. Bur. 20027 Topacio, Merrill 3253, 3887, Whitford 
135, 253. Polillo, Bur. Sci. 10221 McGregor, Bur. Sci. 9056 Robinson. 
Mindoro, Merrill 5683, For. Bur. 990b, 11033, 12073 Merritt. Palawan, 
Merrill 837. Leyte, Elmer 7112, Piper 502, mostly distributed as P. sar- 
mentosa Blume. 
I have examined the type of Bartling’s species in the Prague herbarium, 
and have before me an excellent carbon rubbing showing the form and 
venation of the leaves, with critical notes regarding indumentum, etc., and 
am confident that my present interpretation of the species is correct. The 
Prague specimen presents only immature flowers, although the fruits are 
described as globose. The species, as here interpreted, is very similar to 
Psychotria sarmentosa Hooker f., and perhaps is the form described under 
that name by Hooker. The seeds are not at all ruminate, while in Psycho- 
tria sarmentosa Blume the seeds are ruminate, and K. Schuman has placed 
Blume’s species in the genus Grumilea as G. sarmentosa (Blume) K. Sch. 
in Engl. & Prantl Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4 4 (1891) 116. 
PSYCHOTRIA MINDORENSIS Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 3 (1911) 1031. 
Luzon, For. Bur. 19933 Mendoza, Bur. Sci. 13322 Ramos. Mindoro, 
McGregor 812. Sibuyan, Elmer 12332. Negros, For. Bur. 13592 Meyer 
& Foxworthy. Leyte, Wenzel 279. Mindanao, Bur. Sci. 15890 Fenix, Mrs. 
Clemens b97, s. n. 
A variable species as to leaf form, allied to P. ixoroides Bartl., but the 
leaves larger, rounded to somewhat cordate, not attenuate at the base, 
short-petioled. 
PSYCHOTRIA MEMBRANIFOLIA Bartl. ex DC. Prodr. 4 (1830) 522; 
F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 112. 
Chasalia mevibranif olia Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 3 (1911) 1032; 5 (1913) 
1856. 
This species was based on a Philippine specimen collected by Haenke, 
and I have examined the type in the Prague herbarium. It is well matched 
by numerous specimens, and in all characters is a Psychotria and not a 
Chasalia; the seeds are not ruminate. In Chasalia the pyrenes and seeds 
are concavo-convex, not at all ridged on the back, and lunate in cross 
section. Thus character does not absolutely separate Chasalia from Psycho- 
tria, the genera being further distinguished by the elongated and curved 
corolla-tubes in Chasalia. Psychotria membranifolia Bartl. is represented 
by the following specimens: 
Luzon, Province of Ilocos Norte, Bur. Sci. 76b0 Ramos: Province of 
Laguna, Los Banos, Elmer, For. Bur. 11967 Tamesis, Baker 3359: Prov- 
ince of Albay, Bur. Sci. 6b3b Robinson. Mindoro, For. Bur. 3662, 11382 
Merritt. Negros, For. Bur. 7290 Everett, Bur. Sci. 7326 Celestino. Bili- 
