Strychnos. } XCVI. LOGANIACEX. (C. B. Clarke.) 87 
villous within. Anther-cells oblong, sparingly villous or glabrous. Style as long as 
the ovary, Berry j in. diam., crustaceous, 1-2-seeded. Seeds 4 in. diam., discoid. — 
Thwaites says the ovary is villous, but it is absolutely glabrous in C. P. n. 3720. 
This is the only constant character to distinguish it from S. colubrina. 
4. S. colubrina, Linn. Sp. Pl. 271 (not of Wall., Wight or A. DC); 
leaves elliptic acute 3-neryed glabrous, cymes axillary small compound puberu- 
lous, corolla-lobes 5 oblong 2-3 times as long as the tube, ovary hairy upwards. 
Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. i. 101 ; Thwaites Enum. 201; Dalz. § Gibs. Bomb. 
Fi. 155. S. bicirrhosa, Lesch.; Wall. Cat. 1589, and in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. 
Carey § Wall, ii. 267 ; A. DC. Prodr. ix. 16. 8. minor, Blume Rumph. i. 70; 
4. DC. l.c. 14.—Rheede Hort. Mal. vii. t. 5. 
W. Deccan Pentnsvta, from the Conean to Cochin, frequent. 
. Tendrils often in pairs. Leaves 4 by 1} in., base cuneate or obtuse ; nerves not 
impressed above, marginal pair obscure; petiole } in. Cymes 1-2 in.; pedicels 0-3, 
i. Calyx puberulous. Corolla ig in, tube hardly longer than the calyx, lobes 
villous within. Anther-cells oblong, glabrous, or nearly so. Ovary glabrous below, 
fulvous-hairy upward; style as long as the ovary. Berry % in. diam., crustaceous, 
l-2-seeded. Seeds 4 in. diam., discoid.—All authors previous to Bentham took 
Rheede Hort. Mal. viii. t. 24 as the type of Linneus’ S. colubrina, whereas Linnseus 
founds his S, colubrina on t. 5, which has totally different fruit, and on which Blume 
founded his S. minor, Hence the confusion of synonyms. 
Var. zeylanica ; leaves rhomboid cuneate at both ends coriaceous 5-nerved, ovary 
glabrous.—Ceylon ; Thwaites C. P. 2516, &c. This is taken by Thwaites as S. colu- 
na, Linn. 
5. S. Dalzellii, Clarke; leaves ovate acute 3-nerved glabrous, cymes 
very short dense axillary and terminal puberulous, corolla-lobes 5 oblong 2-3 
times as long as the tube, ovary glabrous. S. axillaris, Dalz, & Gibs. Bomb. 
FI. 155, not of Colebr. 
mo Deccan Peninsvta; Concan, Malabar and Bababoodan Hills; Law, Daizeil, 
itchie, 
Scandent, Ritchie, no tendrils on the specimens. Leaves 4 by 1} in., widest near 
the cuneate or rounded base, coriaceous, nerves often impressed above; petiole } in. 
Cymes 4-3 in, subcapitate. Calyx puberulous. Corolla i; in., tube hardly longer 
than the ealyx-lobes, villous within. Amther-cells ovate, hairy. Style as long as 
we ee Berry 1-14 in. diam., crustaceous, many-seeded. Seeds 3 in. diam., 
scoid, 
6. S. Benthami, Clarke ; leaves short-petioled elliptic acute 3-5-nerved 
glabrous, cymes very short subcapitate axillary pubescent, corolla-lobes 4 ovate 
longer than the tube, ovary glabrous. S. minor, Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. i. 
l; Thwaites Enum. 901 , not of Blume. 
CkvLox, frequent ; Thwaites, &c. 
Tendrils often present, Leaves 2 by 1 in., base obtuse or rounded, secondary 
Cane distinct ; petiole scarcely 4 in. Cymes 4 in. diam.; pedicels hardly any. 
alyx glabrous, margin puberulous. Corolla 3, in., villous within. Anther-cells 
ir hairy, Style as long as the ovary. Berry 4 in. diam., crustaceous, 1—2-seeded. 
eds d in. diam., discoid.— The 5-merous species referred to by Bentham is S 
which om Thwaites. S. minor, Blume, is founded on Rheede Hort. Mal. viii. t. 24, 
as totally different fruit. 
ap AR. parvifolia, Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. i. 101; leaves $ by $ in. coriaceous 
mith recurved margins.—Ceylon, Gardner, &c. 
7. S. Rheedei Clarke; leaves short-petioled elliptic acute 3-nerved, 
cymes small peduncled few-fld. lax, corolla short-tubed E merous, berry very 
