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The woud which coutahis strychnia in considerable qiiaulity is used by the Hindus 

 as a tonic in dyspepsia and malarious affections. In Ceylon it has some repute as a 

 remedy in cases of suake-bite. See Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. I. c. 



2. Strychnos Dalzellii, C. B. Clarle, in IIool: f. FL B. I. v. 4 



(1883) p. 87. A large climber with clavate ferruginous-pubescent 

 tendrils (Talbot). Leaves coriaceous, 3-5 by 1|-2J in., ovate, acute, 

 glabrous, 3-nerved, base rounded or cuueate f petioles ^ in. long. 

 Flowers in short dense axillary and terminal subcapitate puberuloi 



Tf-^ 111. itjiig, iiiiiij tiu Liic ucioc iiioiuc iiuti wiuu uiiiiuc niiugius. i_/oroua 

 ^ in. long, 5-lobed ; lobes jL in. long, thick, oblong, subacute, with a 

 dense transverse fringe of white hairs about j-way down the inner face, 

 (Stamens 5 ; filaments short ; anthers deltoid-ovate, cordate, the lobes 

 slightly bearded at the base. Ovary ovoid, quite glabrous, tapering into 

 the style. Berry 1-1| in. in diaui., crustaceous, many-seeded. Seeds 

 j in. in diam., discoid. Talh. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 241 ; Woodr. in 

 Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1898) p. 168. StrycJinos a.viUaris, Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bo. ¥1. p. 155 in ada. (not of Colebr.), >S. colubrina. Grab. Cat. 

 p. 112 (not of Linn.). 



KoxKAN : N. & S. Konkau, Z--^/'! ; southern Ghats, Bahell ^- Gibson. Kanaka; 

 Siipa Ghats, Ritchie, 1867 !— Distiub. India (W. Peninsula). 



3. Strychnos Nux-vomica, Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) p. 189. A 

 deciduous tree sometimes reaching 100 ft. in height (Talbot), often witli 

 short sharp strong axillary spines ; bark thin, grey, smooth or rough 

 with lenticels. Leaves 3-6 by l|-3 in., broadly elliptic, acute, obtuse, 

 or shortly acuminate, glabrous and shining, 5-nerved (the lateral pair 

 often faint), base usually rounded ; petioles |— i in. long. jFlowers 

 numerous, greenish-white, in terminal pedunculate" pubescent compound 

 cymes; peduncles and pedicels short, pubescent. Calyx Jq- in. long, 

 pubescent outside ; segments 5, lanceolate, acute, J^ in. long. Corolla 

 a little less than g in. long, 5-lobed, glabrous or nearly so outside ; 

 tube cylindric, hairy inside below, the throat glabrous ; lobes l in. 

 long, narrowly oblong, acute. Ovary and style glabrous. In-uit 

 globose, 1-3 in. in diam., slightly rough but shining, orange-red when 

 ripe. [Seeds usually many, discoid, about | in. in diam., much com- 

 pressed, concave on one side and convex on the other, clothed on both 

 sides with very fine appressed grey silky hairs radiating from the centre ; 

 cotvledons cordate. Tl. B. I. v. 4, p. 90 ; Grab. Cat. p. 112; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. p. 155 ; Bedd. Flor. Sylvat. t. 243 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 175 ; 

 Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 241 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 

 (1898) p. 168 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, part 3, p. 379.— Flowers : 

 Mar.-Apr. Vehn. Kdjrd ; Kdsarlcanamara. 



Konkan: hilly parts, Graham; Goa jungles, Dafoc/^!, Eatnagiri, Woodrow; Wari 

 country, common, DalzcU ^~ Gibson. S. M. Country: Badami, Cooke I Kanaka: 

 common on the laterite along the sea-coast, Talbot; Kala naddi, Eitchic, 90! — -Distkib. 

 More or less throughout Tropical India. 



Strychnine is obtained from the seeds, of which large quantities are exported from 

 India, the Bombay product being considered the best. Although the pulp of the 

 fruit contains a small quantity of strychnine, it is eaten voraciously by birds and alsO' 

 by the natives in some localities. See WM, Diet. Econ. Prod. 1. c. 



