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capitate. Bernj globose, about -75 in. in diam. ; endocarp thin, smooth. 

 Seeds 1 to 3, oblong-orbicular, -8 by -5 in., flat, the margin undulate ; 

 testa cvustaceous ; cotyledons cordate. A. DC. Prodr. IX. 13 ; Benth. 

 in Journ. Linn. Soc. I. 103. S. lauriiui, Wall., Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Br. 

 Ind. IV. 88 (partly). 



Penang : Wallich 1592 ; Curtis 3044, 3468. Peeak : King's Collector 

 4865. Malacca : Maingay (K.D.) 1037. 



5. Strychnos flavescens, King & Gamble, n. sp. A large climbing 

 shrub ; branchlets slender, stiff, somewhat angular, with pale grey bark ; 

 nodes swollen; tendrils none (or not known). Leaves chartaceous; 

 elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, acute or acuminate at apex, attenuate or 

 occasionally truncate or cordate at base ; both surfaces glabrous, light 

 yellowish green ; 3 to 5 in. long, 1-5 to 2-75 in. broad ; 3- to 5-ribbed 

 from close above the base ; midrib strong, somewhat impressed above, 

 as is the inner pair of ribs which start at an angle of about 30"^ and 

 curve upwards to the apex, faintly looped only near the top ; outer 

 pair of ribs quite inconspicuous, close to the margin and regularly 

 looped ; main nerves many, irregular, arched, only from 3 to 6 pairs 

 joining the sinuses of the loops of the inner pair of ribs to the 

 midrib ; secondary nerves many ; reticulations in an elegant network ; 

 petiole '3 in. long, channelled above. Cymes terminal, corymbose, 

 minutely yellow-puberulous, reaching 4 in. in length and diam. ; 

 peduncle about 1 in. long ; rachis angular ; bracts linear or lanceolate, 

 often leafy ; bracteoles ovate-acute, enclosing the very short pedicels ; 

 buds globose ; flowers minute, pale green. Calyx campanulate ; tube 

 short ; lobes rounded, ciliate, '05 in. long, glabrous within. Corolla-ivhe, 

 cylindric, -05 in. long, glabrous within ; lobes 4 or 5, as long as tube, 

 sparsely villous without, more thickly so within. Stamens inserted on 

 the throat of the tube ; filaments extremely short ; anthers ovate-acute, 

 not villous, '025 in. long. Ovary globose, glabrous ; style very short ; 

 stigma punctate. Berry obovoid, about 1 in. long, -5 in. in diam. ; peri- 

 carp very thin, greenish, smooth. Seeds 2, inner face flattened, outer 

 convex, -6 in. long, -5 in. broad. 



Penang: at Waterfall, Curtis 3430, 3667. Pebak: at Larut, Scorte- 

 chini 1498 ;• King's Collector 4998. Malacca : at Ayer Panas, Curtis 3490. 



6. Strychnos rupa, Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. IV. 89 (1883). 

 A climbing (?) shrub ; branches pale brown, smooth, lenticellate ; branch- 

 lets slender, patently rufous-pubescent, slightly angular; nodes somewhat 

 swollen ; tendrils none (so far as knowTi). Leaves chartaceous ; elliptic or 

 elliptic-ovate, acute at apex, cuneate or rounded or subcordate at base ; 

 upper surface sparsely pubescent or glabrate, lower surface softly rufous- 

 pubescent; 2-5 to 4-5 in. long, 1-5 to 2 in. broad; 3- to5-ribbed; midrib rather 



