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a Strychnos character. Sirioides, as described by Rumphius 

 on page 49 and in the same chapter with Sirioides alter, is 

 certainly a Strychnos. It is possible that the drawing is due 

 to the combination of Strychnos and Myxopyrum characters 

 from two different plants. I am under obligations to Mr. A. W. 

 Hill of the Royal Gardens, Kew, England, f6r the determination 

 of No. 518 with Myxopyrum macrolobum A. W. Hill. Regard- 

 ing it he writes : "The Myxopyrum is almost certainly M. macro- 

 lobum A. W. Hill, but our specimens have no fruit and yours 

 have no flowers." 



LOGANIACEAE 



STRYCHNOS Linnaeus 



STRYCHNOS MURICATA Kostel. AUg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 3 (1834) 1072 

 (type!). 



Strychnos ligustrina Blume Rumphia 1 (1836) 68, t. 25. 



Lignum colubrinum timorense Rumph. Herb. Amb. 2: 121, t. 38. 



The plant that Rumphius figured and described under the 

 name Lignum colubrinum timorense was not from Amboina, 

 but from Timor. Willdenow, Sp. PI. I 2 (1797) 1052, errone- 

 ously reduced it to Strychnos colubrina Linn., in which he was 

 followed by several authors. It is the whole basis of Strychnos 

 muricata Kostel., which, in publication, antedates Strychnos 

 ligustrina Blume; the two species are certainly identical. 

 In spite of the fact that some of the fruits were drawn by 

 Rumphius's artist as somewhat muricate, there is no doubt 

 whatever as to the identity of his plant with Strychnos ligustrina 

 Blume =S. muricata Kostel. Some authors have erroneously 

 cited t. 37 as representing Lignum colubrinum timorense, but 

 this figure represents Vidara litorea Rumph. =Ximenia amem- 

 cana Linn. 



The form very briefly described by Rumphius as Upas alteram, 

 Herb. Amb. 2: 264, under Arbor toxicaria=Antiaria toxicaria 

 Lesch., is considered by Blume and by Hasskarl to be the same 

 as Strychnos tieute Lesch., which may be the correct disposition 

 of it. 



STRYCHNOS BARBATA A. W. Hill in Kew Bull. (1909) 359. 

 Sirioides Rumph. Herb. Amb. 5: 49? 

 Amboina, Amahoesoe, Robinson PL Rumph. Amb. 611, September 18, 

 1913, on cliffs, altitude about 6 meters; Liang, Robinson PI. Rumph. Amb. 

 612, November 29, 1913, in light forests, altitude about 15 meters. 



From Rumphius's description Sirioides is certainly a species 

 of Strychnos, in all probability the form represented by the 



