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 acumi♦nate, 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, $370.-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, 1.5 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 35 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.