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to see the best available material of Strychnos from the Dutch 
East Indies, and to compare these specimens with those preserved 
at Kew and the British Museum. 
Some twenty-four species are enumerated some of which are 
described as new; a key is given and the geographical distri- 
bution of the various species is set out. 
any of the specimens, however, are in an unsatisfactory 
condition, very few possessing fruits or seeds, and in several cases 
they consist only of stems and leaves. 
A good deal of confusion has been caused in some cases by the 
een described as a new species, S. vitiensis, A. W. Hill, and 
definite affinity. In the first group the species are distinguished 
by the elongated corollas with long corolla tubes, and large globular 
thick-shelled fruits containing several, hard, hairy seeds. With the 
exception possibly of S. ligustrina from Timor, the species in this 
group appear to be very closely related to each other, 
in his recent memoir* enumerates seven species with long 
tubular corollas. Two species from Indo-China are new, namely, 
S. rupicola, Pierre, and S. spireana, Dop, an the others are 
S. Tieuté (=S. pseudo-tieuté, A. W. Hill), S. Gauthterana, Pierre, 
S. potatorum, S. Nux-vomica, and S, Wallichiana. It is doubtful 
whether S. Nuz-vomica is known from the East Indian Islands. 
Guinea, however, we have probably much to learn, for among the 
specimens sent to Kew from Buitenzorg there are five specimens, 
collected by Nieuwenhuis in Central Borneo, only one of which can 
be named ‘as they are represented by leaves only. Two or three 
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de Paris, Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr, 1910, ser. 4, x. mem, 19, 
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