184 IXXXIV. LOUANIACE.E. 



f . 42U5 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 171 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 241 ; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1898) p. IGS ; Watt, Diet. Econ. 

 Prod. V. 3, p. 312. Fagnxa foromanf?e7Zta?irt, Wight, Icon. t. 1316; 

 Bedd. ]-"lor. iiSylvat. t. 244. — Flowers : July. A'ebx. MenahaJli ; Han- 

 nachuUi. 



KoNKAN : Stocks I, Laiv], Dalzell'., Talhot. Kanaka: evergreen forests, Talbot; 

 Sainpkhand (N. Kanai-a), Woodr uw \ — Distuib. India (W. Peninsula, Kbasia 

 luuuutains) ; Malaya. 



5. STRYCHNOS, Linn. 



Trees or scandent shrubs with short axillary often hooked tendrils. 

 Leaves opposite, usually coriaceous, 3-o-nerved at or a little above the 

 base. Flowers usually white, in terminal or axillary cymes ; bracts 

 small. Calyx 5- or 4-partite. Corolla campanulate or hypocrateriForm ; 

 lobes 5 or 4, valvate. Stamens 5 or 4, inserted in the thi-oat of the 

 corolla ; filaments short, filiform ; anthers ovate, with distinct parallel 

 cells. Ovary 2-celled throughout, or 1-celled in the upper part ; ovules 

 many in each cell ; style long or short ; stigma capitate or obscurely 

 2-lobed. Berry usually globose, with a hard rind. Seeds many or 2-1, 

 embedded in a fleshy pulp, variously compressed or, if solitary, globose; 

 albumen horny ; embryo short ; cotyledons foliaceous ; radicle terete, 

 short. — DiSTiiiB. Tropical and subtropical regions of both hemispheres ; 

 species about 100. 



Climbing shrubs. 



Upper part of ovary Lair}- ; berry | in. in diam., 1-2-seeded. 1. S. coluhrina. 



Ovary wholly glabrous; berry 1-14 in. in diam., many- 

 seeded r 2. S.DaheUii. 



Erect trees. 



Fruit orange, l.]-3 in. in diam., usually many-Seeded 3. S. Nux-vomica. 



Fruit black, I in. in diam., l-2-8eeded 4. S. potatorum. 



1. Strychnos colubrina, Linn. Sp. PL (1753) p. 189. A large 

 M oody climber ; stem often 3 in. in diam. at the base ; bark smooth. 

 Tendrils usually single but sometimes in pairs, circinate, thickened 

 upwards. Leaves 3-4| by 1^-2 in., elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, acute, 

 glabrous, shining, strongly 3-nerved from the usually narrowed base ; 

 l^etioles -^-| in. long. Flowers in small compound axillary puberulous 

 cymes ; peduncles very short ; pedicels O—L- in. long. Calyx ^ in. 

 long, puberulous ; segments 5, orbicular-oblong, -^ in. long, with 

 membranous ciliolate margins. Corolla g in. long, 5-lobed ; lobes -^ in. 

 long, oblong, subacute, with a dense fringe of hairs about g-way down 

 inside. Ovary glabrous below, hairy in the upper part. Berry § in. in 

 diam., crustaceous, 1-2-seeded. Seeds | in. in diam., discoid. Fl. B. I. 

 V. 4, p. 87 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 155; Trim, Fl. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 173; Talb. 

 Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 241 ; AVoodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1898) 

 p. 1G8; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, part 3, p. 378. StnjcJinos 

 hicirrhosa, Lesch. ex Boxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey, v. 2 (1824) p. 267 ; Grab. 

 Cat. p. 112. — Flowers: Oct.-Jan. Vern. Kdtud ; Kdjrd-vtl. 



Ko.skan: Stocks'., Law'., Dahell'.; Mira Donger near Pen, DaheU ij- Gibson; 

 Matheran, H. M. Birdwood, Cooke'. Dei can : ravines at Kbandala, Graham; 

 Vkrohiii, Graham. S. M. Country : Chovla GhAX, DuLcll ^- Gibson. Kanaka: Law'.; 

 in the forests of the Tinai Ghiit and near Suntgil i^Kuuipta taluka), Talbot. — Distkib. 

 India (W. Peninsula); Ceylon. 



