PSYCHOTRIA, in botany: A genus of the monogynia order, belonging to the pentandria class of plants; and in the natural method ranking under the 47th order, Stellatae. The calyx is quinquedentate, persisting, and crowning the fruit; the corolla is tubulated; the berry globose; with two hemispherical falcated seeds.
The species are four, viz. 1. Aspatica; 2. Serpens; 3. Herbacea; and, 4. Emetia. They are all natives of Jamaica. See IPECACUANHA.