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PSYCHOTRIA CASTANEA sp nov. § Grumilea. 
Frutex erectus, glaber, ramulis tenuibus, brunneis vel rubro- 
brunneis; foliis anguste lanceolatis, chartaceis, usque ad 10 cm 
longis, in siccitate utrinque castaneis, utrinque subaequaliter 
angustatis et acuminatis, nervis utrinque circiter 13, tenuibus, 
reticuiis obscuris vel subobsoletis ; fructibus fasciculatis, sessi- 
libus vel breviter pedicellatis, castaneis, ellipsoideis, laevis, cir- 
citer 7.5 mm longis, haud sulcatis; seminibus plano-convexis, 
albumine ruminato. 
An erect, glabrous shrub, the branchlets brown or reddish- 
brown, terete, smooth. Leaves chartaceous, castaneous and 
slightly shining when dry, both surfaces of the same color, 6 to 
10 cm long, 1 to 2 cm wide, narrowly lanceolate, subequally 
narrowed to the acuminate base and apex; lateral nerves about 
13 on each side of the midrib, slender, the reticulations lax, 
obscure, sometimes nearly obsolete; petioles slender, 1 to 1.5 
cm long ; stipules sheathing, about 5 mm long. Fruits terminal, 
ellipsoid, fascicled, sessile or shortly pedicelled, castaneous when 
dry, smooth, not at all sulcate, about 7.5 mm long, the pericarp 
rather brittle; seeds plano-convex, not sulcate; albumen ru- 
minate. 
Luzon, Ilocos Norte Province, Mount Nagapatan, Bur. Sci. 
33212 Ramos (type), August 8, 1918, on dry slopes, altitude 
about 700 meters, fruits sessile; between Bangui and Claveria, 
Bur. Sci. 33061 Ramos, August 30, 1918, fruits shortly pedicelled. 
The striking character of this species consists in the sessile or 
shortly pedicelled fruits which are borne in terminal fascicles 
of from two to five fruits each ; these fascicles sometimes become 
lateral by the growth of young shoots after anthesis. It is other- 
wise strongly characterized by its castaneous, narrowly lanceolate 
leaves. Its alliance is with Psychotria ( Grumilea ) fasciculi- 
flora Merr., from which it is readily distinguished by its much 
smaller, fewer-nerved leaves. 
PSYCHOTRIA CARDIOPHYLLA sp. nov. § Grumilea. 
Frutex erectus, plus minu'sve castaneo-pubescens ; foliis oblongo- 
ellipticis ad obovatis, usque ad 18 cm longis, subcoriaceis, 
obtuse acuminatis, basi perspicue cordatis, in siccitate pallidis 
vel subtus brunneis, nervis utrinque circiter 16, valde perspi- 
cuis, curvatis, anastomosantibus, petiolis castaneo-pubescens, 
1.5 ad 3 cm longis; inflorescentiis terminalibus, e basi 3-ramosis, 
ramis 3 cm longis, fructibus junioribus obovoideis, circiter 8 
mm longis, laevis, haud sulcatis, subcapitato dispositis. 
