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distinct, having obovate leaves, abruptly elongate-acuminate at the 
apex, and cuneate at the base, subcoriaceous, glabrous, and scarcely 
varnished on the upper surface. 
It seems clear from the imperfect specimens in herbaria that 
there must be several undescribed species of Strychnos in Borneo. 
16, descr. emend, 
Folia elliptica, acute acuminata, 8-12 cm. longa, 3°5-6 cm. lata, 
3-nervia, paullo triplinervia, superne paullo vernicosa ; petioli 5-7 
mm. longi, rami et petioli glabri. Inflorescentiae axillares, panicu- 
latae, 2-4 cm. longae, pedunculis lateralibus 3-4 compositis cymis 
3-floris gerentibus, pedunculis pubescentibus. Flores pentameri. 
Ya ‘5 mm. longus, segmentis ovatis subacutis minute pubes- 
centibus marginibus ciliolatis. Corolla 0°9-1'2 em. longa, lobis 
3-5 mm. longis ellipticis coriaceis subacutis glabris, tubo inferne 
sparse hirsuto. Antherae 15-2 mm. longae, glabrae. Ovarium 
diametro ; pericarpium 15-2 mm. crassum. Semina numerosa, 
elliptico-rotundata, pilis apressis instructa, 2*2-2°4 cm. longa, 
raj.; cult. in Hort. Bog. Pulle in Herb. Acad. Rheno-Traj. 
From the material at Leiden, it is clear that the Javanese 
specimens, attributed, and rightly so, to this genus, are not con- 
1 cm. in thickness. Specimens of this plant cuiti i 
cultivated in the 
Botanic Gardens, Buitenzorg, have suocadiy been 
Lae are — 
ong, 6°5 cm. broa 
nerved from base, bright green and vacnnmes above bright 
green below. : 
8. pubescens, Clarke in Hook. f., Flor. Brit. I 
and Gamble, "Mat. Flor. Mal. Penin aa 
Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr., sec. 4, x., 1910, : 
PunanG, Perak, Maacca, Singapore, Inpo-CHINA, ETC. 
: iv., p. 89; King 
ge Ae (19), p. 620; Dop in 
