259 



C4) S. Nirx voMiQA. (Linn. J 



Tdeni. Linn. Sp. 271. — Dec. prod. IX. p. 15. — Roxb. flotv 

 Ind. II. p. 261. 



Engrav. Roxb. Cor. I. t. 4. — Rheede Mai. I. t. 37. — Rumph. 

 Amb. I. t. 25. 



Spec. Char. Arboreous, without thorns or tendrils : leavfis 

 ovate, petioled, 3-5-nerved, quite glabrous : corymbs terminal : 

 calyx shortly 5-toothed : corolla glabrous -within : berry globose, 

 many-seeded, beak hard, brownish-red : flowers greenish-white : 

 seeds light-grey, silky. 



Malabar, Coromandel. Hilly parts of the Concan. Flower- 

 ing in February. The seeds furnish the poisonous principle known 

 as Strychnine. 



(5) S. poiATORUM. (Linn.) 



Ident. Linn, f, Suppl. 14S. — Dec. prod. IX. p. 15. — Roxb.; 

 flor. Ind. II. p. 263. - ' 



Engrav. Roxb. Cor. I. t. 5. 



Spec. Char. Arboreous, without thorns or tendrils : leaves 

 Very shortly petioled, elliptic, acute, glabrous, membranaceous, 5 

 and almost penninerved : corymbs axillary, opposite, shorter than 

 the leaf : corolla hiriiute within : berry 1 -seeded : flowers greenish- 

 yellow, fragrant. 



Coromandel. Concans. Western Ghauts. Flowering in April. 



GENUS JV. GARDNERIA. 

 Pentaiidria Monogyuia. iS'e^: Syat: 



Deriv. In honor of Hon. E. Gardner, Resident in Nepaul, ,ari 

 ardent Botanist. 



Gen. Char. Calyx minute, persistent, cup-shaped, 4-5-toothed : 

 corolla rotate, 4-5-parted, throat naked, lobes ovate, coriaceous 

 and thick, somewhat thickened at the margins and apex : sta- 

 mens 4-5, alternate with the lobes, inserted at the throat, fila- 

 ments scarcely any, anthers erect, free or somewhat concrete at 

 the base and free at the tops : ovary free, ovoid : style filiform, 

 shorter than the anthers : stigma obscurely 2-Iobed : berry glo- 

 bose, slightly depressed, 2-celled : ovules solitary in each ceU i 

 seeds convex at the back, flat in front : albumen horny : embryo 

 erect : cotyledons lanceolate. — Glabrous shrubs : branches 4, 

 Bided, afterwards terete : leaves opposite, quite entire, petioled : 

 glands ciliary, axillary : flowers springing from the usils, yello^ 

 or white : berries red. 



