161 
Cryton. Rottler 1796; Wallich 1585 b. in herb. Wall.; with- 
out precise locality, Thwaites 1866; also fruiting specimens 
attached to sheets of Thwaites 3720, 3540 in herb. Ke ew; fruits 
(labelled ‘‘ near azillaris ’’) Colombo, Fergison in Mus. Kew. 
A very distinct species with its stems closely covered by con- 
spicuous lenticels. The triplinerved leaves “ relatively small 
and uniform in size, tapering regularly towards base and apex. 
In the flowers the orbicular anthers afford a useful character for 
distinguishing the species and the calyx segments are much 
narrower than is common in allied species 
Wight on his label when sending the plant to Sir W. Hooker 
under the name S. colubrina (?) suggests that it 1s a new species, 
since Willdenow in contradiction to Indian botanists said it was 
not S. Nux-vomica. Specimens collected by Rottler at Palam- 
cottah in 1795 and Ceylon 1796 and placed by Wallich under 
his number 1585 with S. potatorum also belong to this species. 
Some references to the Ceylon specimens will be found im the 
note under S. micrantha, Thw. (see p. 157): There is a bottle of 
Tipe fruits with two Jeaves in fluid in the Kew Museum bearing 
the label ‘‘ Strychnos near avillaris, Colombo, W. Ferguson,” 
which apparently belong to S. lenticellata. They are about 
2 cm. in diameter, 2-seeded with a fleshy pericarp 5 mm. thick. 
It 3 is unfortunate that oe ave no exact localities with 
his specimens. Trimen un S. micrantha (wi h 
S. lenticellata is included), ae ‘Low Country ’ as the habitat, 
and mentions Peradeniya, Galle and Trincomalee as localities. 
Whether these all refer to Thwattes 1866 as well as to the true 
S. micrantha is uncertain. 
Judging from the. localities in which the Indian specimens 
have been collected, S. lenticellata is a dry country plant, and it 
would be likely to occur in similar situations in Ceylon, and 
therefore in the northern drier portion of the island which is in 
all essentials a part of India. 
ag, Sy Merrillii, 4. W. Hill in Kew Bull. 1911. p. 297; 
descr. emend; species S. multiflorae, Benth., affinis, foltis flori- 
usque minoribus ramis parce pubescentibus praecipue differt. 
Frutex scandens, ramis parce et minutissime pubescentibus. 
Folia elliptico-ovata, plus minusve abrupte et longe acuta vel 
acuminata, basi rotundato-cunea ta, 6-8°5 cm. longa, 3-3 ey cm 
r . = 
parcissime pubescentibus. Inflorescentiae axillares et termin- 
es, 7-9 cm. longae, laxe paniculatae, tenues; pedunculis 
pedicellisque minutissime ee igen apes et 
