17.5 Merrill: Studies on Philippine Rubiaceae, IV 449 
This species is well characterized by its vegetative and inflores- 
cent characters. In the texture and color of its leaves it 
somewhat resembles Psychotria subsessiliflora Elm., but is not 
closely allied to that species, differing radically in leaf form and 
in its inflorescent characters. 
PSYCHOTRIA FENICIS sp. nov. 
Frutex erectus, glaber, 1 ad 2 m altus ; foliis coriaceis, oblongo- 
ellipticis ad elliptico-ovatis, usque ad 15 cm longis, utrinque subae- 
qualiter angustatis, basi acutis, apice breviter acuminatis ; 
nervis lateralibus utrinque circiter 15, perspicuis, patulis, leviter 
curvatis, distincte anastomosantibus, reticulis distinctis; infruc- 
tescentiis terminalibus, solitariis, brevibus, 2 ad 2.5 cm longis, 
e basi ramosis ; fructibus paucis, obovoideis, circiter 9 mm longis, 
breviter pedicellatis, in siccitate rugosis ; pyrenis plano-convexis, 
leviter sulcatis, seminibus obscure bicarinatis, albumine aequa- 
bile. 
An erect, glabrous shrub, 1 to 2 m high. Leaves coriaceous, 
oblong-elliptic to elliptic-ovate, 11 to 15 cm long, 5 to 7 cm wide, 
subequally narrowed to the acute base and the rather shortly 
acuminate apex, somewhat shining, somewhat reddish-brown 
when dry, of about the same color on both surfaces, beneath 
usually pustulate; lateral nerves about 15 on each side of the 
midrib, spreading, slightly curved, distinctly anastomosing, prom- 
inent on both surfaces, the reticulations distinct; petioles 1 
to 2 cm long. Panicles short, simple or branched from the base, 
2.5 cm long or less, the basal branches 13 mm long or less. 
Fruits obovoid, about 9 mm long, greenish-yellow when fresh, 
when dry brown, rugose, their pedicels about 2 mm long. 
Pyrenes shallowly ridged. Seeds obscurely bicarinate, the al- 
bumen uniform. 
Luzon, Pangasinan Province, Mount San Isidro, Labrador, 
Bur. Sci. 2881k (type), 29967 Fenix, November 4 and 9, 1917, 
on forested slopes and ridges, altitude 200 to 400 meters. 
The species is well characterized by its short inflorescences, 
and rather thickly coriaceous, usually pustulate leaves. It is 
perhaps as closely allied to Psychotria gitingensis Elm. as any 
other species but is remote from it in vegetative, inflorescent, 
and fruit characters. 
PSYCHOTRIA HETEROMERA sp. nov. § Grumilea. 
Frutex erectus, perspicue ferrugineo- ad castaneo-ciliatus ; 
foliis chartaceis ad subcoriaceis, oblongo-ellipticis ad oblongo- 
