90 XCVL LOGANIACE^. (C. B. Clarke.) [Strychnos. 



globose many-seeded. S. colubrina, Wall. Cat. 1589, and in Eoxb. Fl. Ind. ed. 

 Carey $ Wall. ii. 264; Wight Ic. t. 434, not of Linn. 



CEYLON ; Hantani district, alt. 3000 ft., Thwaites. 



Tendrils present ; branchlets glabrous or nearly so. Leaves 4 by 2 in., base 

 obtuse ; petiole ^ in. Peduncles -2 in. ; cymes 12 in. diam., puberulous ; pedicels 

 hardly any. Corolla-tube $ in., lobes less than fa in. glabrous, a few hairs lower down 

 the tube. Anther-cells oblong, glabrous. Ovary glabrous ; style very long, glabrous ; 

 stigma large, capitate. Altogether resembles S. Nux-vomica, but is scandent with 

 tendrils. Though Kheede (Hort. Mai. viii. t. 24) represents the peduncles lateral 

 and the buds subglobose, it may be suspected that Wallich and Wight were right in 

 identifying that picture with their 8. colubrina. If so S. Rheedei (n. 7 above) be- 

 comes a synonym of the present species. 



17. S. Wallichiana, Benth. in Journ, Linn. Soc. i. 102; leaves oblong 

 suddenly caudate 3-nerved shining, cymes terminal short-peduncled many- 

 flowered. S. lucida, Watt. Cat. 1590 partly. 



SILHET ; Pundua, Wallich. ASSAM ; Kufoo Forest, Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 

 3726) ; Mikir Hills, Simons. 



Tendrils often in pairs. Leaves 5^ by If in., parallel-sided, base broadly cuneate, 

 3 nerves very strong, 2 additional sometimes close to the margin very slender ; secon- 

 dary nerves very prominent, numerous, subparallel, nearly at right angles to the 

 primary; petiole ^ in. Cymes and flowers as in S. Nux-vomica or S. cinnamomifolia. 

 Corolla very villous in the throat. Anther-cells broadly oblong, obtuse. Style exsert 

 stigma small. Berry unknown. Wallich's n. 1590 includes this and S. Nux-vomica, 

 whence Steudel's name S. Wallichiana applies to both ; A. DC.'s S. Wallichiana 

 (Prodr. ix. 13), from the ovate leaves and naked corolla-throat, seems described 

 from one of Wallich's examples of S. lucida which have been since referred by 

 Bentham to S. Nux-vomica. The broader shorter leaved specimens of this species, 

 mentioned by Bentham, are those collected by H. f. & T. at the base of the Khasia 

 Hills, without flower or fruit, and in which the lower leaves are ovate ; they look 

 like first year's shoots. 



18. S. Nux-vomica, Linn. ; Roxb. Cor. PI i. 8, t. 4, and Fl. Ind. ed. 



Carey $ Watt, ii. 261 ; leaves ovate 5-nerved glabrous, cymes terminal short- 

 peduncled niany-fld., berry 1 in. diam. globose many-seeded. Gaertn. Fruct. 

 ii. t. 179, fig. 7 j Wall. Cat. 1586 ; A. DC. Prodr. ix. 15 ; Benth. in Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. i. 103 ; Griff. Ic. PL Ind. Or. t. 411 ; Dalz. # Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 155 ; Bedd. 

 Fl. Sylv. t. 243; Brand. For. Fl. 317; Benth. $ Trim. Med. Pl.t. 178 (syn. 

 S. colubrina, Wall, fy Wight, to be excluded from all authors) ; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 

 166. S. lucida, Wall. Cat. 1590,^a;-% Kheede Hort. Mai. i. t. 37.' 



Throughout tropical INDIA, alt. 0-4000 ft. ; rare in Bengal, common in Tenas- 

 serim and Madras. 



A tree, attaining 40 ft. Leaves 3 by 2 in., base obtuse ; petiole in. Peduncles 

 -2 in.; cymes 1-2 in. diam., puberulous; pedicels hardly any. Corolla-tube | 

 in. ; lobes less than % in. glabrous, a few hairs lower down the tube. Anther-cells 

 oblong, glabrous. Style long, glabrous, stigma small capitate. Seeds in. diam., 

 discoid. Bentham also reduces to the present species S. ligustrina (JBlume Humph. 

 i. 68, t. 25), which does not differ by any tangible character, but has smaller, somewhat 

 different-looking leaves. 



19. S. potatorum, Linn. f. Suppl. 148 ; leaves elliptic subsessile gla- 

 brous or nearly so, cymes axillary nearly sessile, berry ^-f In. diam. 1-2-seeded. 

 Roxb. Cor. PL i. 9, t. 5, and Fl. Ind. ed. Carey $ Wall. ii. 263 ; Wall. Cat. 

 1585 ; A. DC. Prodr. ix. 15 ; Wight III. ii. t. 156 ; Benth. in Journ, Linn. Soc. 

 i. 103 ; Dalz. # Gibs. Bomb. FL 156 ; Bedd. For. Man. 163 ; Brand. For. Fl. 

 317 ; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 167. S. Tettankotta, Eetz. Obs. ii. 12 ; Gaertn. Fruot. 

 i. 477, t. 179. 



