Strychnos pentandria monogynia. 



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beautiful orange colour when ripe ; filled with a white, soft, gelati* 

 lions pulp — S^eds several, immersed in the pulp of the berry. 



The wood of this tree being hard and durable is used for many pur- 

 poses bv the natives. It is exceedingly bitter, particularly that of the 

 root, which is used to cure intermitting fevers, and (he bites of ve- 

 nomous snakes; when that of ~Saga musadi cannot be had. The 

 seeds are employed in the distillation of country spiiits, to render 

 them more intoxicating. Tlie pulp of tlie hint setms perfectly m» 

 nocent, as it is greedily eaten by many sorts of birds. 



2. S. potatorum, Willd. sp. i. 1032. Corom. pi. I. N. 5. 



Leaven opposite, from ovate to oval, smooth, pointed. Bark 

 deeply cracked. Berries one-seeded. 



Sung. TR^TT^rf^* PayMprusadi, ^[cRJ, Kuiuka, 3nT3fo K«t- 

 twka, ^^ITHT^J, Cmboopriisada, ^feT:, Kutoo, ^i<T:> Ku\a, fWtfi 

 m^:, TiktMpliMlfl, ^$?» Roochya, W^«ft^:> Chhed«neeyo, 7T^ 

 TR^h Goochhaphwk/, ^cPfr^T:, Kut//phwl«, f<TW3*fcer:> Tiklu. 

 mtmcha, cTC^'Sr^T^' Toywprusaduna, ^^f^I^sf, C/mbooprw- 

 sadwna. 



Ben*, and Hind. Nirmwlee. 



S. potatorum, Asiat. Ren. xi.p. 173. 



Teling. Induga. 



Tarn- Tettau-kotta. 



Ens- Clearing-nut. 



Tliis species grows to be a larger tree than Nux-vomica. it is 

 much scarcer, being only found amongst mountains and woods of 

 great extent. It flowers during the hot season. 



Dr. Konig's description of this tree in the supplementum planta- 

 rum of Linneus, ] a<ie 148, is so perfect, as to leave me little to add. 

 the only observation I have to make is that the leaves cannot be said 

 to be either three, or five-nerved. 



Stipules entire, connecting. — Corymbs from the extremities of the 



