nate, much narrowed at the base into the broad petiole; both surfaces brown when dry, the upper slightly olivaceous; the midrib broad, channelled on the upper surface, main-nerves 5 to 10 pairs, spreading, thin, distinct on the lower surface; length 3 to 4.5 in.; breadth 1.5 to 2.5 in.; petiole 5 to 1.5 in. long, slightly winged above. Stipules broadly ovate, sub-acute or blunt, sub-tubular, sometimes bifid, 2 to 4 in. long. Cymes umbellate, solitary or terminal, pedunculate, as long as or longer than the leaves (including the compressed naked 1 to 2 in. long peduncle); primary branches long, spreading; the ultimate umbels with broad-based subulate unequal bracteoles. Flowers 2 to 25 in. long, sessile or on short pedicels; bracts 25 in. long. Calyx-tube obconic, its teeth triangular. Corolla longer than the calyx, shortly and widely tubular, deeply divided into 5 broad lobes thickened near the apex, the apex itself sharp and inflexed, glabrous inside except for the ring of hair in the throat at the insertion of the short filaments. Anthers elliptic, blunt, entire. Fruit ellipsoid, compressed, with 10 obtuse vertical ridges (2 of them double), glabrescent, crowned by the rather large calyx; length 4 in. ; breadth 25 in. Seeds 2, plano-convex, the dorsal surface with 4 blunt ridges, the ventral surface plane.

MALACCA Maingay (K.D.) 920. SINGAPORE: Ridley 2870. PERAK: Scortechini 2034; King's Collector 3049, 4591, 10723. SELANGOR: Ridley 7425. PANGKORE: Curtis 1621.

7. PSYCHOTRIA SCORTECHINII, n. sp., King & Gamble. A climber, all parts glabrous; young branches pale brown, thicker than a crowquill, terete, smooth. Leaves membranous, ovate-lanceolate or narrowly elliptic, acuminate, the base narrowed or rarely rounded; both surfaces brown when dry (the lower slightly paler), the midrib prominent; mainnerves 5 or 6 pairs, curved, spreading, not prominent; length 2.5 to 4 in.; breadth 1 to 1.5 in.; petiole 15 to 2 in. Stipules oblong, acute, connate at their bases, 15 to 2 in. long, caducous. Cymes paniculate, solitary, terminal, rarely axillary, spreading, lax, cymosely branched, in flower as long as or nearly as long as the leaves, in fruit longer, the branches bracteolate, angled, divaricating. Flowers on the ultimate branchlets in threes, 15 in. long, on short pedicels, each with a bracteole at the base. Calyx cupular, with 5 short acute teeth. Corolla longer than the calyx, cylindric, with short triangular lobes, the throat with tufts of yellowish hairs between the 5 stamens. Anthers on short filaments. Style cylindric, stigma 2-lobed. Fruit narrowly ellipsoid, tapering to each end, sometimes clavate, slightly compressed, 8-ridged (2 being double), crowned by the calyx, 35 in. long and 2 in. in diam. Seeds with 3 broad dorsal ridges, ventral surface plane.

PERAK 5373.

Scortechini 311, 404, 426; King's Collector 897, 2566,

This closely resembles P. laxiflora, Bl., but has 5-merous flowers and longer, less clavate fruit.

8. PSYCHOTRIA PILULIFERA, n. sp., King & Gamble. A small tree or climber; all parts except the inflorescence glabrous; young branches about as thick as a crow-quill, terete, pale brown when dry. Leaves coriaceous, narrowly elliptic, much tapered to both ends; both surfaces olivaceous when dry, the lower slightly the paler; main-nerves 6 or 7 pairs, inconspicuous, the midrib bold beneath when dry; length 2.5 to 3.5 in.; breadth 75 to 1 in.; petiole 35 to 4 in. long, slender. Inflorescence a terminal, few-branched, puberulous panicle of condensed 8-10flowered globular cymes. Flowers and their short pedicels minutely tomentose. Calyx shortly campanulate, the mouth with 5 spreading triangular acute lobes. Corolla tubular; the lobes oblong, broad, with small inflexed apices. Anthers 5, attached to the throat by short filaments surrounded by coarse hair. Fruit sub-globose, with 10 bold vertical ridges (2 of them double), crowned by the small calyx, 2 long and 15 in. in diam. Seeds with 3 bold ridges on the dorsal surface; ventral surface plane.

PERAK, at elevations of 3,000 to 5,000 feet: Wray 287, 398, 434, 946,

3870.

9. PSYCHOTRIA OVOIDEA, Wall. Cat. 8383. A slender woody climber, 20 to 40 feet long; stems thinner than a goose-quill, densely rustypubescent. Leaves with recurved margins, coriaceous, ovate- or elliptic-lanceolate, shortly acuminate, the base cuneate or rounded, sometimes minutely cordate; upper surface olivaceous when dry, glabrous, the main-nerves depressed; the lower brown, pubescent on the stout midrib and 5 to 7 pairs of prominent curved ascending mainnerves, puberulous on the interspaces; length 1.5 to 2.5 in.; breadth 85 to 1.25 in.; petioles 15 to 25 in. long. Stipules connate, ovate-lanceolate, 25 in. long, caducous. Cymes 75 to 2 in. in diam., trichotomous, solitary, terminal, rusty-pubescent, on angled peduncles 5 to 1 in. long. Flowers about 15 in. long, on short pedicels, crowded in dense cymes. at the ends of the branches and mixed with linear bracteoles. Calyx campanulate, with 5 spreading acute teeth. Corolla twice as long as the calyx, salver-shaped, with 5 lobes, the tube villous inside. Fruit ovoid-globose, 15 in. long, the apex crowned by the calyx, the sides with 6 faint vertical ridges. Seeds faintly 3-ridged on the dorsal surface; the ventral surface broad, flat. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 166.

SINGAPORE: Wallich, Seeman 2348. MALACCA Maingay (K.D.) 923; Ridley 97, 8407.

10. PSYCHOTRIA RIDLEYI, n. sp., King & Gamble. A small shrub; all parts glabrous except the inflorescence; stems half as thick as a goose-quill, terete, greenish when dry. Leaves membranous, oblongto elliptic-oblanceolate, the apex abruptly and very shortly acuminate, the base much narrowed, both surfaces pale olivaceous when dry, the midrib rather prominent, the upper sometimes with scattered minute, adpressed white hairs; main-nerves 7 to 9 pairs, slightly curved, spreading, faint on both surfaces; length 3 to 5.5 in.; breadth 1.25 to 2.25 in.; petioles 4 to 8 in. long, winged near the apex. Stipules broadly ovate, subacute, 1 in. long. Cyme on a peduncle about 1 in. long (longer in fruit), corymbosely branched, the bracts at the forks linear-lanceolate. Flowers in cymules of three, everywhere canescent, on short pedicels bibracteolate at the base. Calyx campanulate with elongated tube; the mouth with 5 erect ovate-triangular lobes. Corolla longer than the calyx; the tube short, slightly villous at the base near the insertion of the broad sub-sessile anthers; the 5 lobes broadly ovate, acute. Fruit ovoid-ellipsoid, 12-ridged, crowned by the small calyx, 3 to 4 in. long. Seeds many-ridged on both dorsal and ventral surfaces.

SINGAPORE: Ridley 48, 10818. JOHORE: Ridley 6472. MALACCA: on Mt. Ophir, Hullett 811; Goodenough 1363.

11. PSYCHOTRIA POLYCARPA, Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 165. A climber, glabrous except the inflorescence; young branches thinner than a goose-quill, terete, when dry dark-coloured. Leaves coriaceous, ovate- or obovate-lanceolate to obovate- or ovate-rotund, the apex in the narrower forms shortly and bluntly acuminate, in the broader abruptly and bluntly apiculate; both surfaces olivaceous when dry, the upper somewhat shining, the lower dull and darker, the midrib prominent on both; main-nerves 5 or 6 pairs, spreading, faint on both surfaces; length 2 to 3 in.; breadth 75 to 1-75 in.; petioles 3 to 6 in. Stipules very short, connate to form a collar, caducous. Panicles large, umbellately cymose, longer than the leaves (sometimes very much so); their branches numerous, spreading, puberulous, with minute bracteoles at the divisions. Flowers 15 in. long, numerous, in ultimate cymules of 2 or 3, shortly pedicellate. Calyx thick, minutely pubescent, shortly campanulate or sub-cupular, the mouth with 5 acute teeth or subentire. Corolla longer than the calyx, salver-shaped, its 5 lobes spreading, lanceolate, acute, the throat sericeous; anthers 5, elliptic. Fruit ellipsoid, tapered to the base, and the apex crowned by the rather large remains of the calyx; obscurely ridged; ·15 in. long and 1 in. in diam. ; sometimes sub-globular, the epicarp somewhat pulpy. Seeds slightly convex and faintly ridged on the dorsal surface, the ventral with a broad

shallow groove. P. obovata, Wall. Cat. 8380A. Grumilea polycarpa,

Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 295.

SINGAPORE: Ridley 2029. MALACCA: Griffith (K.D.) 3042; Maingay (K.D.) 924; Hullett 402. JOHORE: Ridley 4090, 11160. PENANG: Curtis 1095. PERAK: Wray and King's Collector many numbers. DISTRIB.-Java, King; Forbes 1061; Koorders 28043B.

12. PSYCHOTRIA CALOCARPA, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng., 1872, II. 315. A glabrous shrub 2 to 4 feet high; young branches thinner than a goose-quill, dark-coloured when dry. Leaves thickly membranous, oblong-oblanceolate or oblanceolate, shortly caudate-acuminate at the apex, much attenuate at the base, the edges sometimes broadly crenate; both surfaces olivaceous when dry, the midrib and nerves broad, distinct and pale; main-nerves 10 to 12 pairs, slightly curved, spreading and interarching to form a bold pale intramarginal nerve 1 to 15 in. from the edge; length 5 to 8 in.; breadth 1.65 to 2.5 in.; petiole 75 to 1.25 in., slightly winged near the apex. Stipules broadly triangular, acuminate, membranous, sometimes bifid, 2 in. long. Cymes terminal or axillary, sessile or shortly pedunculate, shorter than the petioles, about 1.25 in. across and 5 in. long, branched from near the base, the branches compressed, trichotomous; the bracteoles lanceolate, acuminate. Flowers 2 in. long, on short pedicels. Calyx with a short cylindric tube and 4 longer oblong blunt sub-erect concave lobes. Corolla exceeding the calyx, narrowly campanulate, bluntly 4-lobed, the throat densely sericeous, otherwise glabrous. Fruit sub-globose or ovoid, sub-compressed; the epicarp fleshy, glabrous, rugulose when dry; 3 in. in breadth and rather less in length, the persistent calyxlobes small. Seeds large, the dorsal surface faintly 1-ridged, the ventral deeply grooved. Kurz For. Fl. Burm. II. 9; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 173. P. asiatica, Wall. in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey & Wall. II. 160; Wall. Cat. 8331: not of Linn. nor of Roxb. P. viridiflora, Reinw. var. undulata, Kurz For. Fl. Burm. II. 13. P. picta, Wall. Cat. 8353; and Psychotria, 1.c. 8359.

PERAK: Ridley 7199; Wray 2200; King's Collector 1930, 2348, 6798, 10772; Scortechini. MALACCA: Hervey.-DISTRIB. Himalaya, Assam, Burma.

This plant is very common in the lower Himalaya, Assam, and Burma. In the Flora of British India it is described as herbaceous, but the Malayan specimens are all woody. The leaves are always readily distinguished, when dry, by the pale broad mainnerves and by the very conspicuous intra-marginal nerve. In Malaya the plant is glabrous, but in the Indian specimens the under surfaces of the leaves are deciduously puberulous.

13. PSYCHOTRIA MULTICAPITATA, n. sp. King & Gamble. An erect

much-branched shrub 3 to 7 feet high; young branches thinner than a goose-quill, slightly compressed, swollen at the nodes, pale, deciduously puberulous. Leaves thinly membranous, greenish when dry, broadly obovate-lanceolate, oblong or elliptic, abruptly and shortly caudateacuminate, the base narrowed to the rather short petiole; upper surface quite glabrous; the lower scurfy-puberulous on the broad midrib and 9 to 13 pairs of curved spreading main-nerves; length 5 to 10 in.; breadth 2.5 to 4 in.; petiole 75 to 1.15 in. Stipules free, broadly triangular, 15 in. long. Cymes terminal, solitary, peduncled, about 2 in. long (including the peduncle) and the same in breadth, umbellately branched from near the base; the ultimate branches numerous, bearing terminal many-flowered globular minutely bracteolate cymules, about 5 in. in diam., the common peduncle about an inch or more long, the branches shorter, all puberulous. Flowers on short puberulous pedicels, ovoid in bud, about 15 in. long when expanded. Calyx cupular, with 5 or 6 triangular acute sub-erect teeth. Corolla longer than the calyx, the tube cylindric and, like the throat, densely white-sericeous inside; lobes of the limb short, triangular, deflexed. Anthers bifid at the base. Style thick, bifid, longer than the corolla. Fruit ellipsoid-obovoid, 10-ridged, crowned by the small calyx, glabrous, 3 in. long. Seed dorsally with 4 faint ridges, ventrally somewhat concave.

PERAK: Scortechini 214, 291; King's Collector 436, 867, 2862, 5402, 7380, 7513, 10559.

14. PSCHYOTRIA TORTILIS, Blume Bijdr. 958. Stem woody below, erect, 6 to 18 in. high, not branched, cinereous, 4-angled, sparsely covered with short coarse scurfy hairs. Leaves membranous, broadly elliptic or ovate-elliptic, the apex acute or sub-acute, narrowed from below the middle to the petiole; upper surface when dry dark green, the lower pale, glaucous, minutely lepidote; the 8 to 11 pairs of slightly curved spreading main-nerves covered with minute short coarse deciduous dark-coloured hairs; length 4 to 6 in.; breadth 1·75 to 3 in.; petioles 5 to 2 in., compressed, scurfy-pubescent. Stipules broadly triangular, much acuminate, bifid, 15 to 3 in. long. Cymes solitary, sessile, axillary, dichotomous, many-flowered, condensed, 5 in. to 1 in. long and as much broad. Flowers 15 in. long, on short ebracteolate pedicels. Calyx campanulate, with 5 triangular spreading teeth, covered with coarse Corolla longer than the calyx, narrowly campanulate, with 5 ovate acute lobes, hairy like the calyx. Anthers 5, sessile, oblong, blunt, included. Style shorter than the calyx; stigmas short, linear, divergent. Fruit crowned by the small calyx-lobes, reniform, pale with numerous short vertical brown streaks, and stiff short white hairs, 1 in. broad and less in length; the dorsal surface of each of the two

hair.