Strychnos. | LXXXVI. LOGANIACEH (BAKER). 533: 
lobes suborbicular. Corolla 4 in. long; tube longer than the calyx, 
hairy at the throat; lobes ovate. Style long. Fruit globose, 1 in. in 
diam. ; pericarp very thick, rigid.—Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 133. 
S. Unguacha, var. Steudneri, Gilg in Engl. Jahrb. xvii. 563. 
Nile Land. Nubia, Cail/aud, Galabat: region of Matamma, Schweinfurth, 
1660! Bongo: Gir, Schweinfurth, 1412! near Addai, Schweinfurth, 1432! 
56. S. Burtoni, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1895, 98. An erect. 
shrub; branchlets pubescent. Leaves ovate, obtuse, subcoriaceous, 
glabrous, 3—4 in. long, narrowed gradually from the middle to the base, 
triplinerved above the middle; petiole very short. Cymes many- 
flowered, dense, lateral, nearly or quite sessile; pedicels very short. 
Calyx ;'; in. long; lobes orbicular. Corolla seen only in an immature 
state. Fruit globose, 2}~3 in. in diam., with edible pulp and large 
orbicular flattened seeds that are roasted and eaten. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Zanguebar, 300 ft., Kirk, 96!  Por- 
tuguese East Africa: Lower Zambesi ; Shupanga, Kirk, 368! Valley of the River 
Shire, Waller ! 
57. S. dysophylla, Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. i. 103. An erect: 
shrub; branchlets thick, woody. Leaves obovate, obtuse, rigidly 
coriaceous, 14-2} in. long, pubescent all over beneath, 5-nerved ; 
petiole very short. Cymes dense, lateral, sessile; pedicels very short. 
Calyx campanulate, ;'; in. long; lobes broad, obtuse. Corolla 
4 in. long; tube cylindrical, twice as long as the calyx; segments 
oblong. Fruit black, edible.—S. randieformis, Baill. in Bull. Soc. 
Linn. Paris, i. 246. S. Unguacha, var. dysophylla, Gilg in Engl. Jahrb. 
Xvii. 564, 
Mozamb. Dist. Portuguese East Africa: Tete, Kirk! British Central 
Africa: Nyasaland; Shire Highlands, Buchanan, 478! and without precise. 
locality, Buchanan, 93! 
58. S. triclisioides, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1895, 98. An erect. 
shrub, 8-14 ft. high; branchlets pallid, pubescent. Leaves obovate- 
oblong, obtuse, rigidly coriaceous, 2-3 in. long, deltoid at the base, 
pubescent beneath, with 3 ribs arising from the base, and two strong 
ones from the midrib a little above it; petiole very short. Cymes 
lateral, few-flowered, shortly peduncled; pedicels very short. Calyx 
campanulate, ,1, in. long; lobes orbicular. Corolla yellow, } in. long ; 
tube cylindrical, longer than the calyx; lobes ovate. Style long. 
Fruit 14 in. in diam. ; pericarp very thick, rigid. Seeds poisonous, $ in. 
in diam.—S. innocua, var. pubescens, Solered. in Engl. Jahrb. xvii. 
556. 
Upper Guinea. Niger Territory: Nupe, on hill sides, Barter, 1160! 
Lukuja, near the contiuence of the Niger and Benne Rivers, Dalton / 
59. S. cocculoides, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1895, 98. An erect 
shrub or low tree 10-15 ft. high; branchlets pubescent. Leaves 
suborbicular or oblong, obtuse, 2-3 in. long, distinctly 5-nerved from 
