86 xcvi. LOQANIACEJ!. (0. B. Clarke.) IStryehids. 



oblique, strong, secondary distinctly reticulate ; petiole | in. Cj/jms in dense heads 

 i-li in. diam., villous or tomentose. Calyx i in. CoroUa-tiibe f m., grey or 

 fulvous hairy without ; lohes ^ in. Cmpside | hy i in., fulvous-tomentose, the 2 

 elliptic valves finally splitting again from their tops. Seeds minute. 



6. STRYCKNOS, Unn. 



Scandent shrubs with short tendrils, or trees. Leaves opposite, 3-5-nerved 

 (except sometimes S. potatorum) ; scandent species bear short clavate tendrils 

 in some of the axils, the adjacent leaf then often suppressed ; in the_ sub- 

 terminal axils both tendrils often developed, both the leaves and the point of 

 the branch then generally suppressed, in wHch case the species has been said 

 to produce terminal bifurcate tendi-ils. G/mes terminal or lateral; bracts 

 small ; flowers white or yellowish. Cah/x small, 5-4-lobed. OoroUa 5-4-fid ; 

 tube short or long or hardly any ; lobes valvate. Stamens 5, on the corolla- 

 tube, filaments short. Ovary 2-celled (or 1-ceUed above) ; style long or short 

 or hardly any, stigma capitate or small or sub-2-lobed ; ovules many in each 

 cell. Berry globose or oblong, many- (or 2-1-) seeded. Seeds globose, discoid 

 or oblong, albumen horny ; embryo small. — Species 60 ; in the tropics of both 

 hemispheres. 



Strychnos grandis, Wall. Cat. 4464, is AnisophyllSa grandifolia, G. Henslow 

 (vol. ii. p. 442). 



Strychnos sp. Wall. Cat. 7600, with subalternate leaves, is not of this Order. 



* CoroUa-tube shorter than the calyx or hardly (my. 



1. S. bypo^yna, Clarhe\ leaves elliptic-lanceolate 8-nerved glabrous, 

 cymes axillary sessile compound pubescent, petals 5 hardly connate, ovary 

 hairy. 



Tenassbeim ; Mergui, Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 3830). — Distrib. Borneo. 



Tendrils on the examples ; branchlets glabrous. Leaves 4^ by If in., base 

 broadly rhomboid ; petiole ^ in. Cymes 1-2 in. ; pedicels hardly any. C(dyx pubes- 

 cent. Petals ^ in., villous within. Stamens obscurely attached to the petals, some- 

 times persistent after the petals have gone, filaments sometimes villous ; anther-cells 

 oblong, glabrous or nearly so. Ovary hairy ; style hardly any. Fruit not seen. 



2. S. acuminata, Wall. Cat. 1593 in part; leaves ovate acute 5-nerved 

 glabrous, cymes axillary weak minutely pubescent, petals 5 shortly connate, 

 ovary hairy. Kurz For. Fl. ii. 166, not of A. DC. 



Tenassbeim; Wallich. Pegu and South Andaman Islds., Kure, Heifer (Kew 

 Distrib. 3728). 



A large climber, with tendrils, Kurs. Leaves 4J by 2f in., base cuneate obtuse 

 rounded or subcordate, marginal nerves distinct ; petiole J in. Cyrms 1-2 in., sub- 

 sessile, lax ; pedicels 0-^ in. GaXyx minutely pubescent. Corolla ^ in. ; petals 

 free, glabrous fide Kurz (shortly connate and villous within in Heifer's). Berry J in. 

 diam., crustaceous, 1-2-seeded. Seeds J in. diam., discoid. — Kurz's examples are in 

 ripe fruit ; 'Wallich's are leaves only ; on his A sheet are two plants, one (6) with 

 6-nerved leaves is that taken up by Kurz. 



3. Sm mlcrantlxa, Thwaites Enum. 426 ; leaves elliptic acuminate sub- 

 5-nerved glabrous, cymes axillary short dense minutely hairy, corolla-lobes 5 

 oblong 3-4 times longer than the tube, ovary glabrous. 



Ceylon; not uncommon, Thwaites (C. P. 3720, 1866). 



Tendrils often in pairs. Leaves 2J by IJ in,, widest often above the middle, base 

 cuneate or obtuse, nerves not impressed above ; petiole ^ in. Cymes 1-2 in. ; pedicels 

 0—^5 in. Cali/x minutely pubescent. Corolla ^ in. ; tube exceedingly short ; lobes 



