x, c, 2 Merrill: Studies on Philippine Rubiaceae, II 129 
sima Elm., differing in its puberulent entirely different inflorescences, and 
P. pi-peri Merr., differing from the latter in its much fewer nerved leaves; 
it is apparently much more closely allied to P. piperi than to P. ramosis- 
sima. Possibly a Grumilea rather than a Psychotria, but the fruits are 
unknown. 
PSYCHOTRIA PAUCI FLORA Bartl. ex DC. Prodr. 4 (1830) 522. 
Luzon, Haenke. 
I have examined the type of this species in the Prague herbarium, but 
from the description, a carbon rubbing to show the form and venation of 
the leaves, and my critical notes on the type, I am unable to refer to it a 
single specimen in our abundant material of Psychotria and Grumilea. I 
have no notes on the seeds, other than that the pyrenes are prominently 
3- or 4-ridged, and hence cannot at this time determine whether it is a 
Psychotria or a Grumilea. It is characterized by its sessile infructescence 
which is about 2 cm in length and with but about 6 fruits. The characters 
of the fruit are similar to those of Psychotria manillensis Bartl., and the 
leaves resemble a small-leaved form of the same species, but have closer, 
more numerous nerves, 10 to 12 on each side of the midrib. 
SPECIES OF PSYCHOTRIA EXCLUDED OK EXCLUDED FROM THE PHILIPPINE FLORA 
Psychotria andamanica Kurz; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 112. 
Psychotria angulata Korth.; F.-Vill. 1. c. 
Psychotria divergens Kurz; F.-Vill. I. c. 
Psychotria Mariana Bartl.; F.-Vill. 1. c. 
Psychotria sulcata Wall.; F.-Vill. 1. c. 
The above species were admitted to the Philippine Flora by F.-Villar, 
Novissima Appendix, ed. 3, Blanco Flora de Filipinas, through erroneous 
identifications; none of the species have been found in the Archipelago. 
Psychotria philippensis Cham. & Schlecht. in Linnaea 4 (1829) 21; 
DC. Prodr. 4 (1830) 505; Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. 2 (1856) 282; F.-Vill. Novis. 
App. (1880) 112; Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 1 (1906) 22—Scyphiphora hydro- 
phyllacea Gaertn. 
I have examined the type of Psychotria philippensis C. & S., in the 
Berlin herbarium, and it is Gaertner’s species. 
GRUMILEA Gaertner 
This genus was proposed in the year 1788 for a Ceylon plant, 
Grumilea nigra Gaertn., and regarding the species Trimen 3 
states that Psychotria thwaitesii Hook. f. (1880) is almost cer- 
tainly the same as Gaertner’s Grumilea nigra. The genus is 
distinguished from Psychotria on the basis of its ruminated 
seeds, and, so far as our abundant Philippine material shows, 
this character is distinctly constant. On the other hand, how- 
ever, in both Psychotria proper and in Grumilea, we have, as 
to habit, vines, undershrubs, shrubs, and small trees, and as 
to fruit characters plants presenting entirely smooth fruits, 
pyrenes, and seeds through slightly to prominently ridged or 
Fl. Ceyl. 2 (1894) 358. 
