_Strychnos, PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA, 575 
STRYCHNOS. Schreb. gen. N. 339. 
Calyx five-parted, Corol funnel-shaped. Germ two-cell- 
ed ; ovu/a many, attached to the middle of the partition. Ber- 
ry superior, one-celled. Seeds nestling in soft pulp. Embryo 
furnished with a perisperm, and the radicle pointing to the 
receptacle, now obliterated (centripetal.) 
1, S. Nux-vomica, Willd. sp. i. 1052. Roxb, Corom. i. 4, 
' Leaves opposite, three and five-nerved, oval, lucid. Ber- 
ries many-seeded. 3 
Cariram. Rheed, Mal. i. t. 37. 
Beng. Koochila. 
- Teling. Musadi. 
A middling-sized tree, common on almost every pat of 
the coast of Coromandel ;_ in flower during the cold season. 
* Trunk short, often drool but pretty thick. Branches ir- 
regular, both are covered with smooth, ash-coloured bark ; 
young shoots highly polished, deep green. Wood white, Gad; 
close-grained, and bitter. Leaves opposite, short-petioled, 
oval, shining, smooth on both sides, entire, from three to five- 
nerved, or rather between that and triple, or quintuple, dif- 
fering in size from one and a half to four inches long, and from 
one to three broad. Stipules none. Flowers small, greenish- 
white, collected on small, terminal corymbs. Calyx five-tooth- 
ed, permanent. | Corol infundibuliform, as in the genus, Fi- 
laments scarcely any, or exceedingly short, inserted over the 
bottom of the divisions of the corol. Anthers oblong, halt 
within the tube, and half out. Germ two-celled, with many 
ovula in each, attached to the thickened centre of the parti- 
tion. Style the length of the tube of the corol. Stigma capi- 
tate, Berry’ roan, smooth, size of a pretty large apple, co- 
1a sm somewhat hard shell, of a rich, beauti- 
olour when ripe ; filled with a white, soft, gelati- 
nous val: Seeds several, immersed in the pulp of the berry, 
_ The ‘wood of this tree being hard and durable is used for 
