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of the midrib, prominent, spreading, anastomosing ; petioles 3 to 
4 cm long. Infructescences terminal, usually 2 terminating 
each branchlet, 3 to 5 cm in length, unbranched, the fruits 
glomerately crowded at the apices of the peduncles, their pedicels 
2 to 3 mm in length. Fruit black when dry, somewhat fleshy, 
subglobose to obovoid, smooth, 5 to 6 mm long, the pyrenes 
plano-convex, not at all ridged, the albumen ruminate. 
Luzon, Bontoc Subprovince, Mount Masapilid, Bur. Sci. 37854 
Ramos & Edaho, March 15, 1920, in the mossy forests, altitude 
about 1,250 meters. 
This species is very strongly characterized by its relatively 
long petioles, its conspicuously auriculate-cordate leaf bases, 
and by its fruits being glomerately crowded at the apices of 
the peduncles. It is allied to Phsychotria cardiophylla Merr. 
but has very differently shaped, more-numerously nerved leaves. 
PSYCHOTRIA ELLIPTILIMBA sp. nov. § Grumilea. 
Frutex erectus, glaber; foliis chartaceis, ellipticis ad oblongo- 
ellipticis, usque ad 10 cm longis, supra olivaceis, subtus palli- 
dioribus, nitidis, apice rotundatis vel brevissime apiculatis, basi 
obtusis, nervis utrinque circiter 9, perspicuis; infructescentiis 
pedunculatis, trichotomis, fructibus sessilibus in apicem ramis 
primariis fasciculatis dispositis, oblongo-obovoideis, circiter 1 cm 
longis, in siccitate castaneis, leviter rugosis, haud sulcatis; py- 
renis plano-convexis, albumine valde ruminato. 
An erect, glabrous shrub, about 1 m high ( fide Ramos) . Leaves 
chartaceous, elliptic to oblong-elliptic, 6 to 10 cm long, 3 to 4.5 
cm wide, the upper surface olivaceous, the lower paler, shining, 
apex rounded or minutely apiculate, base usually obtuse; pri- 
mary lateral nerves about 9 on each side of the midrib, prominent, 
brownish to reddish-brown on the lower surface when dry, 
curved, scarcely anastomosing, the reticulations obsolete or 
nearly so; petioles 1.3 to 2 cm long; stipules deciduous, the 
stipular scar on the very young branchlets more or less pubes- 
cent. Inflorescences terminal, solitary, peduncled, trichotomous, 
5 to 7 cm long, the peduncles 1.5 to 3 cm long, the primary 
branches 3 to 4 cm in length, each bearing at its tip a fascicle 
of three to six, sessile, oblong-obovoid fruits. Fruits red when 
fresh, castaneous when dry, about 1 cm long, somewhat rugose 
but not at all sulcate. Pyrenes plano-convex, not at all ridged 
or sulcate. Albumen prominently ruminate. 
Catanduanes, Santo Domingo River, Bur. Sci. 30534 Ramos, 
December 5, 1917, on forested slopes at low altitudes. 
