Strychnos.~\ xcvi. LOGANIACE^. (C. B. Clarke.) 89 



TRAVANCORE ; Seddome. CEYLON ; Thwaites. 



Tendrils often in pairs ; branchlets glabrous. Leaves 3| by 1^ in., base obtuse, 

 rarely obscurely 5-nerved ; petiole i in. Cymes A-l in., sessile; pedicels ^ -1 in. 

 Calyx puberulous. Corolla in., villous within; tube rather longer than the lobes. 

 Anther-cells oblong, glabrous or nearly so. Style longer than the ovary, hairy down- 

 wards. This differs from 8. laurina in the small cymes, pedicelled flowers, and much 

 smaller berry. It seems more closely allied to 8. colubrina, Linn., from which it only 

 differs by the longer corolla-tube. 



VAR. coriaeea ; leaves coriaceous, petiole ^ in. S. coriacea, Thwaites Enum. 425. 

 Ceylon ; Thwaites. 



12. S. malaccensis, Benth. in. Journ. Linn. Soc. i. 101 ; leaves ovate 

 acute 5-nerved glabrous,' cymes small subcapitate shortly peduncled fulvous- 

 pubescent, ovary glabrous. S. Gautheriana, Pierre ms. in Herb. Reiu. 



TENASSERIM or ANDAMANS ; Heifer. MALACCA; Griffith. DISTRIB. Cambodia. 



Tendrils present ; branchlets puberulous. Leaves 3 by If in., base obtuse ; 

 petiole | in. Peduncles |-f in. ; cymes |-f in. diam. ; pedicels hardly any. Calyx 

 puberulous. Corolla in., villous within, tube shorter than the lobes. Anther-cells 

 ovate, densely hairy. Berry not seen. Easily distinguished by the perfectly glabrous 

 ovary and style, and densely hairy anthers. 



13. S. axillaris, Colebr. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xii. 356, t. 15; leaves 

 elliptic acuminate 3-nerved glabrous, cymes small subcapitate sessile pubescent, 

 ovary glabrous. Wall. Cat. 1587 ; A. DC. Prodr. ix. 13 ; Benth. in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. i. 101. 



KHASIA Mrs., alt. 3-4000 ft; Wallich, Griffith, H.f. $ T. 



Tendrils present ; branchlets puberulous. Leaves^ by 1 in., base obtuse ; petiole 

 i|-i in. Cymes -f in. ; pedicels hardly any. Corolla in., villous within, tube 

 shorter than the lobes. Anther-cells oblong, somewhat hairy. Berry not seen. 

 Very near 8. malaccensis the leaves are smaller more acuminate, the cymes sessile or 

 very nearly so, the anther-cells not acute upwards. 



14. S. pubescens, Clarke; leaves ovate acute 3-5-nerved hairy be- 

 neath, cymes small axillary dense, ovary glabrous, berry ^ in. diam. globose 

 1-seeded. 



MALACCA; Maingay (Kew Distrib. n. 1040). 



Tendrils present; branches hairy. Leaves 2 by 1 in., base obtuse; petiole in. 

 Cymes |--| in. diam., sessile or nearly so, puberulous, pedicels hardly any. Corolla 

 in., 5-merous, tube longer than the lobes, throat with a dense ring of hairs. Anther- 

 cells subsessile below the ring of hairs, ovate, acute, apiculate, base only hairy. 

 Ovary small, style hardly any. Pericarp crustaceous. Seeds % in. diam., peltate, 

 hemispheric. . 



15. S. rufa, Clarke; leaves elliptic acute 3-5-nerved rufous-hairy beneath, 

 cymes dense axillary, berry 1^ diam. globose many-seeded. 



MALACCA; Maingay (Kew Distrib. n. 1034). 



Branches patently rufous hairy, without tendrils (in the specimen). Leaves 4 by 

 2 in., base obtuse or subcordate, glabrescent above, harsh, scabrous; petiole in., 

 rufous-hairy. Cymes f in. diam., axillary, sessile, pubescent. Flowers not seen. 

 Seeds compressed. 



VAR. Candol/ei ; leaves nearly glabrous beneath 3-nerved. S. acuminata, Wall. 

 Cat. 1593 partly; A. DC. Prodr. ix. 14. Amherst, Wallich. 



*** Corolla-tube linear, 5-10 times longer than the calyx. 



16. S. cinnamomifolia, Thwaites Enum. 201 ; leaves elliptic acute 3-5- 

 nerved glabrous, cymes terminal short-peduncled many-fld., berry 1 in. diam. 



