24!8 S. Kurz — Contributions towards a [No. 2, 



Chonemorpha. Corolla very large, salver- or funnel-shaped, the lobes twisted. 

 Follicle woody. Albumen scanty. ^ 



X X Disk none, or rudimentary. Trees. 



HoLARRHENA. CoroUa salver-shaped. Stamens included. Seeds comose at the 

 apex only. Albumen none. 



* * Corolla-throat with a corona of scales or fringes. Bisk none. 



X Anthers included in the corolla-tube. Seeds comose at the apex. 

 Nerium. Corolla-tube with 5 laciniate-toothed scales. Seed albuminous. Erect 

 trees or shrubs, 



X X Anthers exserted, united or cohering in a cone round the stigma. 

 Seeds comose at the hilum. 

 Strophanthus. Corolla-lobes elongate or caudate, bordered by membranous lobes 

 or scales, each produced into 2 longer or shorter segments. Shrubs, usually scandent, 



Wrightia. Corona of corolla consisting of 5 or 10 erect scales either distinct or 

 united, or rarely the throat naked. Trees or erect shrubs. 



Strychnos, L. 



Conspectii/S of Species. 



* Erect trees, without tendrils. 



X Corolla glabrous at the throat, the tube long. 

 Corymbs peduncled, terminal or terminating axillary shoots ; berries the size of an 

 orange or smaller, many-seeded, the pericarp thick and corky, ... ,St. nux-vomica. 

 X X Corolla villous at the throat. 

 Panicle very short, axillary ; corolla- tube about 2 lin. long ; berries 1 -seeded, the peri- 

 carp coriaceous, St. potatorum. 



Panicle brachiate, large, terminal ; corolla-tube 4 — 5 lin. long, St. Wallichiana. 



* * Scandent shruhs wi^h icoody, 1-cleft hook-tendrils. 



Corolla-tube \^ lin. long, bearded at the throat ; berry oblong, 1 -seeded, the pericarp 

 membranous, St. laurina. 



Corolla consisting of 5 free glabrous petals ; berry globular, 1- (or 2 ?) seeded, the peri- 

 carp coriaceous, St. acimiinata. 



1. St. nux- vomica, L. sp. pi. 271 ; Roxb. Corom. PI. I. 8. t. 4 and 

 Fl. Incl. I. 575 ; DC. Prod. IX. 15 (excl. syn. ^S*. colulrina, Wiglit Icon. 

 t. 434) ; Btli. in Linn. Proc. I. 103 (excl. syn. S. ligustrina, Bl.) ; Grilf. 

 Not. Dicot. 82. t. 411. f. 1 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. Madr. t. 243. 



Hab. Common in the leaf- shedding forests, especially the upper mix- 

 ed and low ones, all over Burma, from Ava and Martaban down to Tenasse- 

 rim, up to 2000 ft. elevation.— Fl. April, May ; Fr. CS. 



2. St. potatorum, L. f. Suppl. 148 ; Wight Illustr. II. t. 156 ; DC. 

 Prod. IX. 15 ; Eoxb. Corom. PL I. 9. t. 5 and Fl. Ind. I. 576. 



Hab. Not unfrequent in the open and dry forests of the Prome Dis- 

 trict ; also Ava. — Fr. Sept. — March. 



3. St. Wallichiana, Steud. Nomencl. ; DC. Prod. IX. 13 ; Bth. in 

 Linn. Proc. I. 103. 



Hab. Rare in the tropical forests of the eastern slopes of the Pegu 

 Yomah, as along the northern Choungmenah (Khaboung-choung). — Fl. 

 April. 



