Flora of the Maluijan Peninsula. 621 



10. Strychnos Eidleyi, King k Gamble, n. sp. A climbinf^ shrub; 

 branchlets slender, terete, nearly black when dry, uppermost only 

 sparsely pubescent ; nodes slightly swollen, with a pale line ; tendrils 

 single, much circinate, much enlarged upwards, nearly 2 in. long. 

 Leaves subcoriaceous, nearly black when dry ; ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 

 acute at apex, attenuate or rounded at base ; glabrous on both surfaces 

 except for faint tufts in the rib-axils beneath ; 1-5 to 3"25 in. long, 1 to 

 1-75 in. broad ; 3- to 5-ribbed, midrib strong, impressed above ; inner 

 pair of ribs more slender, from "1 to '2 in. above the base, starting at an 

 angle of about 30° with the midrib, curving upwards to the apex and 

 distantly looped above ; near the margin a very faint pair looped and . 

 intramarginal ; main nerves few, 2 to 3 pairs, straight to the sinuses 

 of the loops of the side ribs ; secondary nerves many ; reticulations 

 slender, inconspicuous ; petiole "3 to 4 in. long, rather stout. Cymes 

 axillary, few-flowered, puberulous, reaching "75 in. in length and 

 diameter ; peduncles "25 in. long ; bracts lanceolate, sheathing, ciliate ; 

 bracteoles minute, rounded or acute ; pedicels about '05 in. long ; buds 

 oblong, black when dry. Calyx very small ; lobes broad, obtuse, '04: in. 

 long, ciliate. Corolia-twhe campanulate, "075 in. long, glabrous on both 

 surfaces ; lobes as long as tube, glabrous without, densely villous within, 

 and furnished at the base with tufts of pale bristles. Stamens inserted 

 at the middle of the corolla- tube ; filaments very short ; anthers ovate, 

 rounded, -035 in. long, sparsely villous at the base. Ovary globose, 

 glabrous, with a short style and capitate stigma. Fruit unknown. 



Singapore : at Toas, Ridley 6313. 



This species resembles S. pubescens in having the stamens inserted at the middle 

 of the corolla-tube, and in the globose ovary and short style, but the lobes of the 

 corolla are villous within, and the leaves are quite different. 



11. Strychnos Tieute, Lesch. in Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. XVI. 479, 

 t. 23 (1810). A large climbing shrub; branches grey, lenticellate, stiff; 

 branchlets dark brown, slender ; nodes somewhat swollen ; tendrils 

 single, circinate, much enlarged upwards and at length woody, 1 to 

 2 in. long, glabrous, replacing an occasional leaf of a pair on ultimate 

 branchlets. Leaves chartaceous or subcoriaceous ; elliptic or elliptic- 

 lanceolate, bluntly caudate-acuminate at apex, acute or rounded at base ; 

 both surfaces glabrous, olive-brown, upper shining ; 2-5 to 3-5 in. long, 1 

 to 1-5 in. broad ; 3- to 5-ribbed, midrib slender, impressed above ; inner 

 pair of ribs from about -15 in. above the base, prominent, starting at an 

 angle of 40° or less with the midrib and curving upwards to the apex, 

 looped above the middle ; outer pair obscure, forming a faint intra- 

 marginal looped rib more or less to the apex ; main nerves 3 to 6 pairs. 



