Strychnos. ] XCVI. LOGANIACEZ. (C. B. Clarke.) 89 
Travancore ; Beddome. Cryion; Thwaites. . 
Tendrils often in pairs; branchlets glabrous. Leaves 3l by 14 in., base obtuse, 
rarely obscurely 5-nerved ; petiole } in. Cymes 4-1} in., sessile; pedicels j,-iin. 
Calyx puberulous. Corolla 4 in., villous within; tube rather longer than the lobes. 
Anther-cells oblong, glabrous or nearly so. Style longer than the ovary, hairy down- 
vards, — This differs from S. laurina in the small cymes, pedicelled flowers, and much 
smaller berry, It seems more closely allied to S. colubrina, Linn., from which it only 
differs by the longer corolla-tube. . 
Var. coriacea ; leaves coriaceous, petiole ys in. S. coriacea, Thwaites Enum, 426. 
—Ceylon; Thwaites, 
12. S. malaccensis, Benth. in. Journ. Linn. Soc. i. 101 ; leaves ovate 
acute 5-nerved glabrous, cymes small subeapitate shortly peduncled fulvous- 
pubescent, ovary glabrous. S. Gautheriana, Pierre ms. in Herb. Kew. 
TENASSERIM or ANDAMANS; Helfer, Maracca; Griffith.— Distr. Cambodia. 
Tendrils present; branchlets puberulous. Leaves 3j by 1} in., base obtuse; 
petiole i in. Peduncles ł-4 in.; cymes 1-1 in. diam.; pedicels hardly any. Calyx 
puberulous, Corolla 4 in., villous within, tube shorter than the lobes. Amther-cells 
ovate, densely hairy. Berry not seen.—Easily distinguished by the perfectly glabrous 
ovary and style, and densely hairy anthers. 
13. S. axillaris, Colebr. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xii. 356, t. 15; leaves 
elliptic acuminate 3-nerved glabrous, cymes small subcapitate sessile pubescent, 
ovary glabrous. Wall. Cat. 1587; A. DC. Prodr. ix. 18; Benth. in Journ, 
Linn. Soc. i. 101. 
Kuasia Mrs., alt. 3-4000 ft; Wallich, Griffith, H. f. § T. 
Tendrils present ; branchlets puberulous. Leaves 2} by 1 in., base obtuse ; petiole 
in. Cymes 1-1 in.; pedicels hardly any. Corolla in., villous within, tube 
Shorter than the lobes. Anther-cells oblong, somewhat airy. Berry not seen,— 
ery near S, malaccensis ; the leaves are smaller more acuminate, the cymes sessile or 
Very nearly so, the anther-cells not acute upwards. 
14. S. pubescens, Clarke; leaves ovate acute 3-5-nerved hairy be~ 
led mes small axillary dense, ovary glabrous, berry } in. diam. globose 
Matacca ; Maingay (Kew Distrib. n. 1040). . . 
Tendrils present e inches hairy. Dea by lin. base obtuse; petiole 4 in. 
Cymes 1-1 in. diam., sessile or nearly so, puberulous, pedicels hardly any. Corolla $ 
1n., 5-merous, tube longer than the lobes, throat with a dense ring of hairs. Anther- 
cells subsessile below the ring of hairs, ovate, acute, apiculate, base only hairy. 
ay small, style hardly any. Pericarp crustaceous. Seeds } in. diam., peltate, 
emispherie, 
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15. s, rufa, Clarke ; leaves elliptic acute 3-5-nerved rufous-hairy beneath, 
cymes dense axillary, berry 14 diam. globose many-seeded. 
Maracca; Mainga Kew Distrib. n. 1034). 
, Branches patently yee hairy, without tendrils (in the specimen). Leaves 4 by 
in., base obtuse or subcordate, glabrescent above, harsh, scabrous; petiole à in., 
Tufous-hairy, Cymes 3 in. diam., axillary, sessile, pubescent. Flowers not seen. 
ds compressed, . Wall 
Cat “E Candollei ; leaves nearly glabrous beneath 3-nerved. S. acuminata, Wall. 
at. 1593 partly; A. DC. Prodr. ix. 14.—Amherst, Wallich. 
*** Corolla-tube linear, 5-10 times longer than the calyx. 
16. S, cinnamomifolia, Thwaites Enum. 201 ; leaves elliptic acute 3-5- 
nerved glabrous, cymes terminal short-peduncled many-fld., berry 1j in. diam. 
