cartilaginous cocci with 3 bold ridges.

Seeds bluntly 5-ridged on the dorsal, broadly grooved on the ventral surface. DC. Prod. IV. 520; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 169. P. microcarpa, Wall. Cat. 8344. Streblosa tortilis, Korth. Kruidk. Arch. II. 246.

PENANG: Wallich 8344; Curtis 405, 1269. SINGAPORE: Lobb. PERAK: King's Collector 710, 2627; Scortechini.-DISTRIB. Sumatra, Forbes 1495.

15. PSYCHOTRIA GRIFFITHII, Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 171. A shrub; glabrous except the puberulous inflorescence; young branches thinner than a goose-quill, terete, of a dark colour when dry. Leaves coriaceous, oblong or elliptic, shortly and somewhat abruptly acuminate, the base cuneate, the edges slightly recurved and pale, both surfaces drying olivaceous-green, shining, the midrib and the 12 to 15 pairs of curved spreading main-nerves distinct; length 6 to 10 in.; breadth 1.75 to 3.5 in.; petiole 4 to 8 in., slightly winged above, stout. Stipules broadly triangular, sub-acute, 2 to 3 in. long. Cymes terminal, solitary, pyramidal, about 1.5 in. long and the same in breadth, on naked compressed peduncles 1.5 in. or more long (lengthening to 2 in. or more in fruit); branches short, stout, puberulous, ebracteolate; the ultimate ones bearing the shortly pedicelled flowers in cymules of three. Flowers 2 in. long. Calyx campanulate, with 5 broadly triangular acute sub-erect teeth. Corolla as long as the calyx, fleshy, tubular, with 5 broad oblong hooded lobes; the tube finely sericeous inside, otherwise glabrous. Anthers 5, broadly oblong, entire, dorsifixed; the filaments thin, compressed, broad. Style short, with 2 broad flat lobes. Fruit elliptic, slightly obovoid, the apex subtruncate, crowned by the remains of the disk and calyx, glabrous, black when dry, 4 in. long and 35 in. broad; with 4 broad vertical ridges, two of them grooved externally and consisting of two ridges united, the other two single; 2-celled, and 2-seeded. Seeds large, the dorsal surface with a single ridge, the ventral flat, not grooved, everywhere smooth.

MALACCA: Griffith (K.D.) 3044; Maingay (K.D.) 918; Hervey ; Derry 367. PERAK: Ridley 2873. SINGAPORE: Ridley 2872, 2873, 6314, 6468, 6556; Hullett 848.

16. PSYCHOTRIA ANGULATA, Korth. in Ned. Kruidk. Arch. II. 243. A shrub 4 to 6 ft. high, glabrous except the inflorescence; young branches pale brown when dry, thinner than a goose-quill, terete. Leaves coriaceous, oblanceolate to oblanceolate-elliptic, the apex shortly and rather abruptly acuminate, the base much narrowed; both surfaces brown when dry, tinged with olivaceous; the upper very shining, the broad midrib and nerves depressed; the lower less shining, the midrib

very prominent, and the 8 to 10 pairs of spreading nerves thin but distinct; length 4 to 6 in.; breadth 1 to 1.75 in.; petiole 2 to 5 in., slightly winged near the apex. Stipules broadly triangular, acute, subacute or bifid, 25 in. long. Cyme solitary, terminal, pyramidal, about 1.5 in. long, on a naked peduncle 1.25 to 3 in. long; branches whorled, shortly bracteolate at their bases, spreading; the ultimate branchlets crowded at their ends with numerous sessile flowers 25 in. long. Calyx pale, widely cupular, 05 in. long, with irregular small teeth. Corolla thick, tubular, its 5 broad lobes with acute inflexed apices; the throat densely sericeous. Anthers elliptic, blunt, on short filaments. Fruit ovoid or narrowly obovoid, pulpy, obscurely ridged, glabrous, crowned by the small calyx, 5 in. long and half as much broad (unripe), 2-celled. Seeds 2, plano-convex. Miq. in Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. IV. 210; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 172. Psychotria, Wall. Cat. 8348. Chasalia perforata, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Suppl. 546.

MALACCA: Griffith (K.D.) 3037. PROVINCE WELLESLEY: Ridley 7026. JOHORE: Ridley 11161. SINGAPORE: Ridley 2867. PAHANG: Ridley 1353. PENANG Curtis 14, 726; King's Collector 1683. PERAK : King's Collector 4170.-DISTRIB. Burma.

17. PSYCHOTRIA HELFERIANA, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng., 1872, II. 314. A shrub; the whole plant more or less rusty-pubescent; young branches as thick as a goose-quill or thicker, the pubescence dense and deciduous. Leaves thickly membranous, elliptic or oblongelliptic, rarely obovate-elliptic, the apex acuminate, the base usually cuneate but sometimes rounded; both surfaces dark brown when dry, the lower somewhat tinged with red and less hairy than the upper; the hairs on both adpressed and very numerous on the stout midrib, less so on the 9 to 16 pairs of spreading curved main-nerves; length 6 to 12 in.; breadth 2.5 to 4.5 in.; petioles 1 to 1.75 in. Stipules broadly ovate to oblong-lanceolate, often as much as 1 in. long, the apex acuminately bifid. Flowers 2 in. long, numerous, mixed with many unequal bracteoles mostly longer than themselves, all acuminate and some of them bifid and crowded in dense pedunculate capitula in a few-branched axillary cyme usually shorter than the leaf-petioles. Calyx-tube narrowly campanulate, with 5 lanceolate erect lobes nearly as long as itself, everywhere pilose. Corolla similar to the calyx, but smaller and less hairy. Stamens almost sessile; anthers broad, blunt. Fruit ovoid or ellipsoid, somewhat compressed and boldly 8-ridged, crowned by the lobes of the calyx, 3 in. long and 2 in. in diam. Kurz For. Fl. Burm. II. 11: Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 172.

SINGAPORE: Wallich 8368; Goodenough 184; Maingay (K.D.) 921. MALACCA: Maingay (K.D.) 921; Ridley 184; Lobb. JOHORE: Ridley

11159; King; Hullett 507. PERAK: King's Collector 4345, 4661. -DISTRIB. Burma.

VAR. diffusa, King & Gamble. Capitula in spreading pedunculate panicles several inches in diain.

PERAK: Scortechini 400. JOHORE: Ridley 3732. SINGAPORE: Hullett.

VAR. angustifolia, King & Gamble. Leaves elliptic-oblong or oblong, not more than 2 in. in width; capitulum solitary, sessile.

SINGAPORE: King.-DISTRIB. Andamans.

VAR. glabra, King & Gamble. Leaves glabrous.
PERAK: Wray 1963.

18. PSYCHOTRIA MONTANA, Blume Bijdr. 960. A stout glabrous shrub; young branches half as thick as a goose-quill, angled, brown when dry. Leaves thinly membranous, on rather long petioles, elliptic or ellipticoblong, acuminate, the base cuneate; both surfaces greenish or olivaceous-brown when dry, the lower the paler; main-nerves 7 to 8 pairs (rarely 10 pairs) curving upwards, pale and bold like the midrib on the lower surface, faint on the upper; length 5 to 8 in.; breadth 1.75 to 35 in.; petioles 4 to 1.25 in., winged near the apex. Stipules connate by their short broad bases, the apices caudate-acuminate, curved. Cymes terminal, paniculate, on angled peduncles 5 to 1.25 in. in length; branches spreading, angled, bearing numerous shortly pedicelled flowers in cymules of three. Flowers 25 in. long. Calyx cupular with 5 broad spreading triangular teeth. Corolla with subcampanulate tube having a broad band of hairs inside in the upper half; the lobes of the mouth 5, broad, acute, reflexed. Fruit ellipsoidovoid to ellipsoid, boldly 4-ridged, glabrous, 25 to 3 in. long. Seeds: the dorsal surface with a single ridge, the ventral deeply concave, grooved. DC. Prod. IV. 521; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 174. P. viridissima, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1872, II. 315; For. Fl. Burm. II. 13. Chasalia montana, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 281. C. expansa, var. montana, Miq. MS. Psychotria, Wall. Cat. 8371, 8378, and Rubiacea, 8339. Coffea tabaccifolia, Wall. Cat. 8334.

PERAK: Scortechini; Ridley, 2922; King's Collector, 452, 2190; Wray 276.-DISTRIB. Sumatra, Forbes 1566, 1862, 2201, 2241, 2330. JAVA: Blume; Forbes 271, 759, &c. Burma; Assam; Sylhet (Griffith, K.D.) 3047.

VAR. brevipetiolata, King & Gamble. Leaves with petioles 2 to .4 in. long.

PERAK: Scortechini 277, 1513; Wray 1628, 2289; King's Collector 389, 922, 1954, 2190, 4707, 6111, 8596. SELANGOR: Ridley 10583. PAHANG Ridley 5831. MALACCA: on Mt. Ophir, Hullett 762

19. PSYCHOTRIA VIRIDIFLORA, Reinw. ex Blume Bijdr. 965. A small tree or a bush, all parts, except the inflorescence, glabrous; young branches thinner than a goose-quill, dark brown. Leaves membranous, oblong-elliptic to oblanceolate-elliptic, shortly and stoutly acuminate, the base much narrowed; both surfaces brown when dry; main-nerves 8 to 14 pairs, curved, spreading, rather faint on both surfaces; length 3.5 to 8 in.; breadth 1.25 to 2.5 in.; petiole 4 to 75 in. occasionally as much as 1.25 in. long. Stipules broadly oblong, narrowed to the apex, but not acute, 3 to 5 in. long, deciduous. Cymes on naked peduncles (3 to 1.5 in. long) in broad panicles 1 to 2 in. long and as much wide (more when in fruit); branches divaricating, puberulous, with small broad bracteoles. Flowers in small cymes, on the ultimate branches, •1 in. long, on short pedicels, glabrous outside. Calyx cupular with irregular, short, sharp teeth. Corolla longer than the calyx, widely tubular, with 5 broad sub-acute lobes; the throat sericeous. Anthers 5, oblong, blunt, attached by short filaments in the throat. Fruit elliptic, with a wide shallow areola on the apex, the sides with 10 bold vertical ridges (2 of them double), glabrous, about 25 in. long and 2 in. in diam. Seeds plano-convex, the convexity deeply 5-grooved, the ventral surface flat. P. sulcata, Wall. Cat. 8370; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 168. P. Jackii, Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 167.

MALACCA: Griffith (K.D.) 3021; Goodenough 1878; Derry 457, 1224; Ridley 1600. PANGKORE: Curtis 1369. TRANG: Wray 2778. NEGRI SEMBILAN: Ridley 1930. SELANGOR Ridley 7434. PERAK: Scortechini; Ridley 2919, 3067; Wray 290, 2027, 2778, 2956; King's Collector 2655, 4275, 4374, 5964, 6327, 7224. PENANG: Wallich 8343, 8370.-DISTRIB. Burma, Helfer & Griffith (K.D.) 3040; Sumatra, Forbes; Java, Blume; Borneo, Beccari; Motley; Haviland.

20. PSYCHOTRIA BIRCHIANA, n. sp., King & Gamble. Herbaceous; woody at the base; all parts softly rusty-pubescent; stems 6 to 18 in. high, thinner than a goose-quill, their pubescence crisped, dense, coarse, and entirely or partly deciduous. Leaves thickly membranous, elliptic to elliptic-oblong, sometimes sub-obovate, acute, the base rounded or minutely cordate or sometimes cuneate; both surfaces brown when dry, the lower sometimes paler and with fewer hairs; the midrib prominent and very hairy on both sides, the 10 to 12 pairs of rather faint little-curved spreading main-nerves less hairy than the midrib; length 3.5 to 5 in.; breadth 1.5 to 2.25 in.; petiole 5 to 1 in., covered with coarse tomentum mixed with ovate-acuminate scales. Stipules oblong-ovate, acuminate, 5 to 75 in. long. Cymes pedunculate, solitary, terminal, spreading, 15 to 2 in. across, and about as long, the branches spreading, bracteate at the divisions, the bracts lanceolate,

acute, reflexed, 2 or 3 in. long; the peduncle 1.5 to 2.5 in. long, scaly, tomentose; ultimate branches short, bearing at their apices dense capitules of small sub-sessile flowers, mixed with short broad bracteoles. Flowers about 1 in. long. Calyx cupular-campanulate, pubescent; the mouth wide and with 5 blunt, triangular, spreading lobes.. Corolla exceeding the calyx, widely tubular, with 5 or 6 short inflexed teeth, glabrous inside, hairy outside. Anthers oblong, blunt at each end, the filaments short. Fruit ellipsoid, tapering equally to each end, boldly 10-ridged, somewhat compressed, crowned by the hairy calyxlobes, otherwise sub-glabrous, 25 to 3 in. long and 2 in. across. Seeds with 5 dorsal ridges, the ventral surface plane.

PERAK, on Birch's Hill, elev. 4,000 feet: Scortechini 258; Wray 1; King's Collector 2134, 2950, 7348. SELANGOR: Ridley 7432.

The flowers are described as white, and the ripe fruit as cherry red. Named in honour of Mr. Birch, a British civil officer, who was murdered by the aborigines in Perak.

21. PSYCHOTRIA FULVA, Buch.-Ham. ex. Wall. Cat. 8366, excl. B. A shrub; young branches thinner than a goose-quill, dark brown when dry, bearing a few scattered coarse hairs. Leaves thickly membranous, elliptic, shortly acuminate and tapering almost equally to the base; upper surface without hairs except a few on the midrib near the base, under surface with dark cinereous pubescence on the midrib and 15 to 18 pairs of sub-horizontal slightly curved main-nerves; length 5 to 7 in., breadth 1·75 to 3.5 in.; petioles 1.25 to 24 in., coarsely .and deciduously pubescent. Stipules membranous, broadly oblong, the apex deeply and acuminately bifid, the edges coarsely ciliate; length about 1 in. Cymes pedunculate, axillary, trichotomous, the flowers in condensed capitular cymes at the ends of the short branches, enveloped when in bud in 2 or 3 large deciduous bracts; in fruit about 2 in. across and less in length; peduncles about 2 in. long; branches about 5 in. long, horizontal; all, like the short flower pedicels, coarsely rusty-pubescent. Calyx cupular, with 5 deep, spreading, narrow, acuminate lobes. Corolla not seen. Fruit narrowly elliptic, somewhat compressed, tapering slightly to each end, the apex crowned by the erect connivent calyxlobes, boldly but somewhat unequally 12-ridged, glabrous, 45 in. long and 25 in. in diam. Seeds 5-ridged on the dorsal, the ventral surface flat. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 169, excl. syn. P. monticola, Kurz. Psychotria, Wall. Cat. 8337; Griff. Notulæ, IV. 268; Ic. Pl. Asiat. t. 479, f. 2.

PERAK, On Ulu Batung Padang: Wray 1615.--DISTRIB. E. Bengal, Griffith (K.D.) 3022, 3034, 3035, 3036; Khasia, Hook f. & Thoms. 14. P. monticola, Kurz, a Burmese plant, has been reduced to P. fulva, Buch.-Ham., but in my opinion it is quite distinct.