PLatTeE 2284. 
STRYCHNOS BARTERI, Svler. 
Loganiacez. Tribe EvLocanics. 
eisdem brevioribus sepissime ebracteolatis, sepalis 4 ovato-rotundatis 
breviter late apiculatis v. obtusis, corollm 4-fidz segmentis lineari- 
glabro, staminibus exsertis, bacca globosa oligosperma, seminibus com- 
pressis ellipticis, embryone albumine fere squilongo cotyledonibus 
planis subcordiformibus radiculw rects eequilongis. 
W. Trop. Africa, Onitscha, Nigritania, Barter (Nos. 1,247, 
1,759) ; Sierra Leone Boundary Commission, Madina, Limba Country, 
Scott-Elliot (Nos. 5,569 ; 5,659). 
Folia 2-3 poll. longa, 1-13 (-2) poll. lata; petiolus 3-} poll. longus. 
Cirrhi geminati, pedunculati, pedunculus 1} poll. longus. Cyme con- 
geste 3-1 poll. diam. Flores 2}-3 lin. longi, albi. Bacca crustacea, 
1-1} poll. diam. 
There are some slight differences between the Niger and Sierra Leone 
specimens, The inflorescence of the latter is not quite so compact, 
and the sepals are connivent over the ovary; but this is after the fall 
of the corolla, and is probably the case in the Niger plant 
corolla is more densely pilose in the specimens from Sierra Leone. 
This plant is clearly a very near ally of Strychnos densiflora, Baillon 
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find any note of the size of the fruit in S. densiflora.—D. OLIVER. 
Fig. 1. Flower and bracteoles. 2. Calyx. 3. Corolla laid open. 4. Pistil. 45, Fruit. 
6. Seed. -7, Longitudinal section of same. Analyses all enlarged. 
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