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originally labelled Stryclmos laurina Wall., now labelled 

 S. micrantha Thw., S. Beddomei Clarke, five specimens, marked 

 " nearGalle, Sept., 1857. Bibile, Feb., 1858 "; a note near one 

 specimen reads " a tree." All the foregoing are S. micrantha ; 

 the ovary is villous, chiefly above, and the twigs are strongly 

 lenticellate. (3) C. P. 3720, labelled Strychnos micrantha 

 Thw., three specimens, marked " Between Ratnapura and 

 Galle, March, 1861 ; Peradeniya, March, 1863 " ; one of these 

 is S. micrantha ; the other two are S. tetragona ; the latter are 

 small, one bearmg only an inflorescence, and the other two 

 inflorescences and three leaves, which are ovate, acuminate, or 

 obtuse, not rounded at the base, minutely pubescent on both 

 surfaces ; the ovary of 8. tetragona appears lobed when soaked 

 in dilute potash. (4) C. P. 1866 and C. P. 3540, originally 

 labelled Strychnos laurina, now labelled " S. Beddomei Clarke 

 quoad C. P. 3540 (Fl. Brit. Ind.), S. micrantha Thw., quoad C. P. 

 1866 (Fl. Brit. Ind.) " ; according to a note on sheet (3), C. P. 

 1866 was transferred here from that sheet by Trimen ; there 

 are four fruiting specimens, two each of apparently different 

 species. C. P. 1866 is marked " Kurimegala, July, 1853," 

 C. P. 3540 was gathered "near Galle, Capt. Champion, before 

 1857 " ; Hill takes all (?) these fruiting specimens as 

 S. lenticellata, but this point will be referred to again below. 

 (5) A sheet, labelled S. micrantha by Trimen, collected by 

 H. Nevill, Sober Island, Trincomalee, March, 1892 ; this is a 

 doubtful specimen ; it is marked " a creeper " by Nevill ; the 

 ovary is thai? of S. micrantha, but no corollas are available, and 

 the habit appears different. 



S. coriacea Thw. Under S. Beddomei Clarke var. coriacea is 

 C. P. 3367, Central Province, February, 1855. There are also 

 two sheets, collected by Trimen at Rasagala, Balangoda, in 

 September, 1895, which show both flowers and fruits. The 

 leaves of these latter specimens are identical with those of the 

 specimens with the larger fruits in C. P. 3540 (not C. P. 1866) ; 

 they are usually rounded at the base, ovate -lanceolate with long 

 acuminate tips, up to 9 cm. long, 2 "5-3 '5 cm. broad ; as a 

 rule, the leaves are glabrous, but a few minute hairs may be 

 found in some cases on the mider surface along the veins ; the 

 fruits have been pressed, but they appear to have been at least 



