295 
Strychnos Forbesii, 4. WV. Hill in Kew Bull, 1909, p. 360. 
New GuINgEA, meee region, HZ. O. Forbes, 216, 230 in Herb. 
Lugd. Bat. et Herb. Ke 
The specimens at Leiden are in better condition than those at 
Kew, and the following emendation of the original description is 
NECESS ar 
es ovato-elliptica, apice caudata, subacuta, 14-20 em, longa, 
6—7°5 em, lata, subtriplinervia. 
The. veins do “hot run straight across from the median to the side 
nerves, but tend to form a meshwork in which an irregular inter- 
mediate nerve may be trace 
Strychnos vitiensis, 4. W. Hill; species distincta nulla arcte 
comparanda, S. barbatae, A. W. Hill, in folii circumscriptione ner- 
vibusque et antheris barbatis similis sed ab ea praecipue corollis 
glabris minoribus facile distinguenda, 
Frutex yon glaber. folia ovata vel elliptica, acuta, basi 
cuneata, 10-11 ¢ m. longa, 5 em. lata, 5-nervia, conspicue tripli- 
nervia, coriacea, supra vernicosa ; petioli 1-1°5 em, longi. Fg al 
oe axillares, paniculatae, mu tiflorae, 5-7 em. longae, e cymis 
3-7-floris compositae ; pedunculis pedicellisque pilis minutis 
apressis emecmerey ; pedicellis circiter 1 mm. longis. Calyx 0°5 mm. 
ongus, segmentis late ovatis subacutis pubescentibus marginibus 
hirsutis. Cottle 2°75 mm. longa; lobi ovati, acuti, repandi, 
1:75 mm, longi cum tubo omnino elabri, Antherae subsessiles, 
paullo sub sinubus insertae, ovatae, basi retrorso-villosae, 0°75 mm 
longae. Ovarium ovoideum, 0°5 mm. longum, glabrum ; stylus 
0°5 mm, longus, eae stigmate capitato. Fructus ignotus,— 
colubrina, Seemann in Flor. Vit. p. 166, non Linn. 
Fist Isuanps. Viti Levu, Seemann, 302; Milne, 64. 
An interesting plant apparently endemic in the Fiji sp rien Its 
nearest ally appears to be S. darbata, A. W. Hill, from New 
uinea. It may be easily distinguished from that wen ies ner the 
mpact panicles of small flowers with their glabrous corollas and 
snbeowile anthers. 
Strychnos ovata, 4. WV. Hill in Kew Bull. 1909, p. 360. 
PuiLipPiIne Istanps. Is. Paragua, Vidal, 3315. 
This is the only species of Strychnos so far known from the 
Island of Paragua midway between Luzon and Borneo, The 
corolla tube is very short, and the plant is perhaps more nearly 
allied to S, multiflora than to any other species. Fruits and seeds 
are unfortunately unknown 
. It is poe that a specimen from the Island of Ticao sees 
W. Clark, 20187, Forestry Bureau, 1061), between the southern 
end of hae and Masbate may belong to this species. In this 
latter specimen the fruits and seeds resemble those of S, multiflora, 
but are much smaller; the frvits be about 1 cm. in diameter 
with a thin, brown, shining pericarp. Another doubtful specimen 
at Kew from Luzon, Prov. Albay, Castilla, Vidal, 3936, may also 
belong to S. ovata. 
Strychnos act Mig. in Flor, Ind. Bat. Suppl. pp. 227, 
551; deser. emen 
