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P. obovata, Wall. Cat. 1595; Fl. Br. T. 4. 83; Bedd.Fl. Sylv. 104- 



F. coromandeliana, Bodd. Fl. Sylv. t. 244. Menalcallif hannachalle, K. 



Deccan peninsula and Ceylon alt. O'GOOO ft,, Khasia Mts. 0*4000 ft., 

 Bliotan, and the Malay peninsula. In the evergreen forests of the Kon- 

 han and North Kanara. Fl. R. S. Fr. C. S. 



A climbing epiphyte, throwing out branched roots at intervals on the 

 host stem, like a Ficus. Stems about 3 in. in diameter. Bark smooth, 

 dark grey, lenticellate ; inner white. Host plant often Terminalia 

 2)aniculata, Wood reddish, moderately hard, close-grained, smooth. 

 Pores small, sometimes in short radial lines. Medullary rays fine and 

 very fine, numerous. Weighs 46 lbs. to the cub. ft. 



3. STRYCHNOS, Linn. 



Trees or scandent shrubs with short tendrils. Leaves entire, 

 3-5-nerved. Flowers axillary or terminal, pentamerous. Corolla 

 tubular or funnel-shaped^ lobes valvate. Stamens in the throat of 

 the corolla. Style filiform, stigma capitate ; ovules many, on fleshy 

 placentas. Fruit a berry, seeds compressed^ immersed in pulp. 

 Embryo eccentric, albumen cartilaginous. 



Scandent, climbing shrubs. 



Ovary hairy above. Fruit ovoid, small, 1-2-seeded. 1, S. coliibrina. 

 Ovary glabrous. Fruit large, many-seeded ... 2. S. Balzellii. 

 Trees, 



Fruit black, 1-seeded, I in. in diam. ... Z. S. potatorum. 



Fruit orange, many-seeded, 2-4-in. in diam. ... 4. S. 2^ux-vomioa> 



1. S. eolubrina, Linn. Sp. Pi. 271 ; Fl. Br. I. 4. 87 ; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 155 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 163. KanaX, kajer bel, M. ; Ooagarilakei, 

 Bomb. 



Western peninsula on the ghats from the Konkan to Cochin, 



In the evergreen forests of the Konkan and North Kdnara ghats, com- 

 mon in the forests near the Tinai gh^t and near Suntgal, Kumta t^luka. 

 Fl. Oct.-Jan. Fr. Jan.-Mch. 



Stems 3 in. in diam. at base. Bark smooth (no spines), thick, inner 

 reddish-brown. A lofty climber with simple tendrils, thickened upwards, 

 and glabrous. Wood used in native medicine. 



2. S. Dalzellii, C. B. 0. FL Br. I. 4. 87-. 8. axillaris, Coleb. Dalz. 

 xfe Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 155. 



Western Peninsula, Konkan, Malabar and the Bababuden hills. Fl, 

 Jany. A large climber with clavate ferrnginous pubescent tendrils. I 

 am not quite certain we have this species in the Bombay Presidency. 



3. S. Wux-vomica, Linn. Roxb. Fl. Ind. Ed. Carey & Wall. II. 261. 

 Fl. Br. I. 4. 90 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 155 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 243 ; 

 Brandis For. Fl. 317. Kasarhana, K. ; Karo^ M. ; Kajra, Vern. 



South India, Burma, Bengal. Throughout the presidency in moist 

 forests, very common in the Konkan and North Kanara. Fl. Mch.-ApL 

 Fr. ripe at various times throughout the year. 

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