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including a bibliography giving nearly 200 references to litera- 
ture on the subject (Soc. d'Editions Scientifiques, Paris, 1900). 
“ Strophanthus, Gilg, i in Monograph Afrik. Pflanzenfam. und 
Gattungen, Engler, pp. 1-48, tt. 1-10, 4 figs. in the text 
(Leipzig, 1903). -Strophanthin : Strophanthina crystallisata, 
in Merck’s Annual Report, xviii. 1904, pp. 177— IT8.— —' The 
Arrow Poisons of Northern Nigeria," La Chard, in Journal 
of the African Society, xvii. Oct. 1905, pp. 22-27. 
** Welsche Strophanthusart verdient als Offizinell in das neue 
Arzneibuch aufgenommen zu werden" [Sonder-Abdruck aus den 
Berichten der Deutschen Pharmazeutischen Gesellschaft (Berlin, 
1908)] Gilg, pp. 284-297. — — Semen Strophanthi," in Lehrbuch 
der Pharmakognosie, Karsten & Oltmanns, pp. 291-293, ff. 443- 
446 (Jena, 1909). 
BEAUMONTIA, Wall. 
. Beaumontia grandiflora, Wall. Tent. Fl. Napal. (1824) p. 15. 
An evergreen climber; stem woody, shoots pubescent. Leaves 
7-12 in. long, 3-7 in. broad, glabrous above, sometimes tomentose 
below, ovate oblong, shortly acuminate. In orescence a terminal 
cyme; corolla 3-5 in. long, tubular- -campanulate, white or 
lemon-white. Fruit a double follicle 5-10 in. long; seeds 2 in. 
tong. 
t. 911; Wallich, Tent. Fl. Napalensis, Tat. t. T: Geel, ae 
Bot.; Bot. Mag. t. 3213; Rchb. Exot. 172; Paxton, Mag. 
xiii. p. 103; Gard. Chron. May 8th, 1886, = 593. f. 129; Ill. Hort. 
1887, t. 8; Sem. Hort. 1898, p. 15, f. 199; Journ. Hort. Series 3, 
xxviii. p- 243; Gard. Chron. Jan. 15th, 1910, p. 4 
Large flowered Beaumontia ; Nepal Trumpet coe r. 
Native of the Eastern Himalaya, Nepal, etc. Cultivated in the 
Botanie Gardens, Old Calabar 
A fibre is obtained from iu young twigs in India (Dict. Econ. 
Prod. India). 
Produces seed a fine show of flowers if allowed to climb to 
the top of high trees, Trinidad (Bull. Misc. Inf. Roy. Bot. 
Gardens, Trinidad, 1906, p. 114). A handsome decorative climber 
suitable for trellis work. 
Funtoumia, Stapf. 
Funtumia africana, Stapf; Fl. Trop. Afr. IV. Sect. 1, p. 190. 
Ill.—Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 1276 (Kickzia africana); Kew Bull. 1895, 
p. 246 (K. africana, fl. branch); Tropenpfl. 1897, pp. 99-103 (K. 
ricana, figures of flowers only); Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Li. 1807, i. 
T iC . bra 
P: i , E © (K. afric 
Jumelle, Pl. Caoutchouc et à sce (1898) p. -69, f. 10 (c 
«africana, fl. only); Morris, Journ. Soc. Arts, xlvi. 1898, p. 776 
 (K. africana, ‘A. branch, foi Kos Bull. Le): Notizbl. Bot. 
Gart. Berlin, i. 1899, t. E (K. africana, fl. only); Schlechter, 
