356 Mr. Colebrooke's Description 



REFERENCES. 



A. B. C. Flower magnified. 

 D. E. F. Fruit (natural size). 



G. Seed in a state of germination (natural size). 



H. The same denuded ; or embrjo. 



STRYCHNOS axillaris. 

 Tab. XV. 



Leaves ovate, acuminate. Tendrils axillary, thickened. Bemj 



oval, one-seeded. 

 Native of mountainous countries north and east of Silhet in 



Bengal ; where it blossoms in the hot season, and ripens its 



fruit in the beginning of the rainy season. 

 Beng. (at Silhet) Ar-cuchila, or H^r-cuchila. 



Stem shrubb}', scandent. Leaves opposite, short-petioled, ovate, 

 acuminate, three-nerved, smooth, polished. Tendrils axillary, 

 thickening above the middle. Fascicles axillary, opposite, 

 branched, corymbose, short-peduncled. Flowers small, white. 

 Bractes two, opposite, ovate, acute, ciliate, persistent. Peri- 

 anth five-cleft. Segments ovate, ciliate. Corol tubular, smooth, 

 five-toothed. Teeth lanceolate, acute. Throat bearded with 

 numerous hoary hairs. Filaments from the middle of the tube 

 of the corol. Anthers oblong, bearded at the base with copi- 

 ous hoary hairs. Pistil shorter than the stamina. Stigma 

 subcapitate. Ovary two-celled, with numerous ovules afllixed 

 to a central receptacle. Berry elliptico-globular, size of an 

 olive, yellow (pale orange), sitting on the permanent calyx, 

 one-celled (the second being almost obliterated): filled Avith 

 gelatinous yellow pulp. Seed solitary. Integuments double, 

 membranaceous. Exterior invested with dense, short hair, to 



which 



