Strychnos.] xcvi. LOGANIACEJE. (C. B. Clarke.) 87 



villous within. Anther-cells oblong, sparingly villous or glabrous. Style as long as 



the ovary. Berry in. diam., crustaceous, 1-2-seeded. Seeds ^ in. diam., discoid. 



Thwaites says the ovary is villous, but it is absolutely glabrous in C. P. n. 3720. 

 This is the only constant character to distinguish it from 8. colubrina. 



4. S. colubrina, Linn. Sp. PL 271 (not of Wall, Wight or A. DC.) ; 

 leaves elliptic acute 3-nerved glabrous, cymes axillary small compound puberu- 

 lous, corolla-lobes 5 oblong 2-3 times as long as the tube, ovary hairy upwards. 

 Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. i. 101 ; Thwaites Enum. 201 ; Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. 

 Fl. 155. S. bicirrhosa, Lesch. ; Wall. Cat. 1589, and in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. 

 Carey $ Wall. ii. 267 ; A. DC. Prodr. ix. 16. S. minor, Blume Rumph. i. 70 ; 

 A. DC. 1. c. U.Rheede Hort. Mai. vii. t. 5. 



W. DECCAN PENINSULA, from the Concan to Cochin, frequent. 



Tendrils often in pairs. Leaves 4 by If in., base cuneate or obtuse; nerves not 

 impressed above, marginal pair obscure ; petiole | in. Cymes 1-2 in. ; pedicels 0-~ 

 in. Calyx puberulous. Corolla ^ in., tube hardly longer than the calyx, lobes 

 villous within. Anther-cells oblong, glabrous, or nearly so. Ovary glabrous below, 

 fulvous-hairy upward ; style as long as the ovary. Berry % in. diam., crustaceous, 

 1-2-seeded. Seeds ^ in. diam., discoid. All authors previous to Bentham took 

 Kheede Hort. Mai. viii. t. 24 as the type of Linnaeus' 8. colubrina, whereas Linnaeus 

 founds his S. colubrina on t. 5, which has totally different fruit, and on which Blume 

 founded his S. minor. Hence the confusion of synonyms. 



VAE. zeylanica ; leaves rhomboid cuneate at both ends coriaceous 5-nerved, ovary 

 glabrous. Ceylon ; Thwaites C. P. 2516, &c. This is taken by Thwaites as 8. colu- 

 brina, Linn. 



5. S. Dalzellii, Clarke ; leaves ovate acute 3-nerved glabrous, cymes 

 very short dense axillary and terminal puberulous, corolla-lobes 5 oblong 2-3 

 times as long as the tube, ovary glabrous. S. axillaris, Dalz. 8f Gibs. Bomb. 

 Fl. 155, not of Colebr. 



W. DECCAN PENINSULA ; Concan, Malabar and Bababoodan Hills ; Law, Dalzell, 

 Bitchie. 



Scandent, Ritchie, no tendrils on the specimens. Leaves 4 by If in., widest near 

 the cuneate or rounded base, coriaceous, nerves often impressed above ; petiole in. 

 Cymes ^-| in., subcapitate. Calyx puberulous. Corolla ^ in., tube hardly longer 

 than the calyx-lobes, villous within. Anther-cells ovate, hairy. Style as long as 

 the ovary. Berry 1-1| in. diam., crustaceous, many-seeded. Seeds ^ in. diam., 

 discoid. 



6. S. Benthami, Clarke; leaves short-petioled elliptic acute 3-5-nerved 

 glabrous, cymes very short subcapitate axillary pubescent, corolla-lobes 4 ovate 

 longer than the tube, ovary glabrous. S. minor, Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. i. 

 101 ; Thwaites Enum. 201, not of Blume. 



CEYLON, frequent ; Thwaites, &c. 



Tendrils often present. Leaves 2 by 1 in., base obtuse or rounded, secondary 

 nerves distinct ; petiole scarcely \ in. Cymes % in. diam. ; pedicels hardly any. 

 Calyx glabrous, margin puberulous. Corolla in., villous within. Anther-cells 

 ovate, hairy. Style as long as the ovary. Berry ^ in. diam., crustaceous, 1-2-seeded. 

 Seeds in. diam., discoid. The 5-merous species referred to by Bentham is S. 

 micrantha, Thwaites. S. minor, Blume, is founded on Bheede Hort. Mai. viii. t. 24, 

 which has totally different fruit. 



VAR. parvifolia, Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. i. 101 ; leaves f by in. coriaceous 

 with recurved margins. Ceylon, Gardner, &c. 



7. S. Rheedei, Clarke-, leaves short-petioled elliptic acute 3-nerved, 

 cymes small peduncled few-fld. lax, corolla short-tubed 5-merous, berry very 



