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pubescent outside, tlie t\ibe short, 2 nun. long, the lobes 5, imbricate, narrowly 
oblong’, about 8 nun. long, 2 nun. wide. Stamens 5, inserted on the throat of the 
corolla; tilaments short, llattened, glabrous; anthers 8 mm. long, linear, sagitate 
at the base. Ovary 2-celled, each cell 1-ovuled; stjde mimitely ])ubescent below. 
(2764 Meyer) February, 1905. In forests at 700 m. Ixora -meyeri Elmer in 
1. Psychotria bataanensis Elmer, n. sp. in herb. 
A shrub 1 to 2 in. high, the branches gray or brown, glabrous, the younger 
parts rather densely dark brown pubescent. Leaves olilong-obovate, opposite the 
apex rounded, strongly narrowed below to the nai’rowly subtruncate somewhat 
cordate or auriculate base, 7 to 1.3 cm. long, 2.5 to 6 cm. wide, brownish when 
dry, glabrous and somewhat shining above, pubescent or puberulent on the nerves 
beneath, subcoriaceous ; nerves very prominent beneath, about 20 on each side 
of the midrib, parallel, slightly curved upwards, anastomosing near the margin, 
the reticulations not prominent; petioles 1.5 to 2.5 cm. long, pubescent; stipules 
subglabrous, rigid, acute, deciduous, about 8 mm. long. Inflorescence terminal, 
dense, about 1 cm. long in anthesis, 2 to 3 cm. long in infrutescence, the branches 
densely brown pubescent. Flowers white. Calj’x pubesc'ent, turbinate, 3 mm. 
long, somewhat obscurely 4-toothed. Corolla glabrous except the pilose throat, 
subcampanulate, the segments 4, obtuse, thick. Stamens 4; filaments about 1 mm. 
long, glabrous; anthers 1 mm. long, broad; style short, glabrous; fruit red, 
2-celled obovoid, about 6 mm. long, 4 mm. in diameter, obscurely ridged, somervhat 
pubescent, clustered at the ends of the 1 to 1.5 cm. long peduncles; pyrenes one 
in each cell, the base pointed, the apex rounded, the ventral surface flat, the 
dorsal surface 3 to 5 ridged. 
(3180, 3765 Merrill) Octobei’, January; (214 WhUford) May; (2078 Borden) 
November; {11)08 Ahern’s collector) July; (0080 Elmer) Novemlier. On exposed 
ridges in the mossy forest 700 to 1,100 m. 
2. Psychotria diffusa Merrill, sp. nov. 
Subscandent. Branches dark brown, glabrous, striate, shining, the younger 
parts with few scattered more or less crisped hairs. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, 
glabrous, or the younger ones with few crisped hairs on the midrib beneath, 4 to 
9 cm. long, 1 to 3.5 cm. wide, long acuminate, the base acute, submembranous, 
somewhat shining; nerves about 6 on each side of the midrib, somewhat prom- 
inent beneath, the reticulations lax; petioles slender, about 5 mm. long; stipules 
broad, membranous, deciduous, 5 to 8 mm. long. Inflorescence terminal, lax, 
spreading, 15 cm. long or often very much shorter, the axis and branches with 
few crisped hairs, becoming glabrous or jiearly so, the latter slender, spreading 
or ascending, subtended by small ovate bracts. Flowers small, greenish, fragrant. 
Sessile or short pediceled in clusters of threes at the ends of the ultimate branch- 
lets, subtended by small bracteoles. Calyx glabrous, 2 mm. long, with 5 small 
teeth. Corolla about 1.3 mm. long, glabrous outside, tidmlar, cleft to about the 
middle into 5 acute lobes. Stamens 5, the anthers less than 0.5 mm. long. 
Ovary 2-celled, each cell 1-ovuled; style glabrous about 1 mm. long, slightly 
thickened above, the stigma slightly bilobed. Fruit narrowly obovoid, white 
when mature, glabrous, 3 to 4 mm. long, 2-celled, each cell 1 -seeded, or by abor- 
tion 1-celled and 1-seeded; seed flattened on the ventral stu’faoe, convex on the 
dorsal surface, slightly rugose, not or very obscurely 2 to 3 ridged. 
(152, 1187, 1208 lYliilford) IMay, March; (0811 Elmer) November. Also 
No. 6258 Elmer, Sablan, Province of Benguet, Luzon, Apiil, 1904, and No. 930 
Whitford, Mount Banahao, Province of Tayabas, Luzon, October, 1904. On exposed 
ridges in the mossy forest above 1,100 m. Identified by Mr. Elmer in herb, as 
Psychotria celastroides Griseb., a IVest Indian species. 
herb. 
20. PSYCHOTRIA Linn. 
