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ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW. 
BULLETIN 
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION, — 
Nos. 4 & 5] [1917 
XIX.—THE GENUS STRYCHNOS IN INDIA 
AND THE EAST. 
A. W. Hitt. 
Owing to the difficulty of arriving at a satisfactory deternfina- 
tion of some specimens of Strychnos sent to t 
Philippine Islands and from Amboina it seemed advisable to 
re-examine the plants from Malaya generally, and this led 
finally to a general revision of the genus in India and through- 
out the Hast. As a result twenty-two new species and some new 
varieties have been described. ‘Two species usually regarded as 
synonyms have been restored and one species has been excluded. 
new species three are not very perfectly known, but are 
sufficiently distinct to justify a description being drawn up. 
The present account is far from exhausting our knowledge of 
the genus i the East, as there is good evidence of 
suppressing one of those included in the Prodromus. 
in 1907, King and Gamble in ‘‘ Materials for the Flora 
Borneo, no doubt, is rich in species of Strychnos, but at 
(5013.) Wt. 152—699. 1,125. 10/17. J.T. &S., Ltd. G14 
