Strychnos.] 
XCIII. LOGANIACEAL 
423 
Insufficiently Known Species 
Leaves pustular; fruit many-seeded . . . (13) S. rufa 
Stems 4-angled; leaves large . . . . (14) S. quadrangularis 
(1) S, Maingayi Clarke in Hook. fit. F.B.I. iv. 88; Hill, Kew 
Bulletin, 1917, p. 141. 
Climbing shrub 10 to 15 ft. long. Leaves elliptic abruptly 
cuspidate, base shortly narrowed, thinly coriaceous, deep shining 
green, 3-nerved, 3-5 to 5-5 in. long, 2-5 in. wide or less; petioles 
*15 in. long. Panicles axillary, dense many-flowered, axillary, 
1*5 in. long to 4 in. wide, corymbose or thyrsoid. Flowers small. 
Calyx-lobes ovate acute. Corolla-tube very short, *025 in. long, 
lobes elliptic-ovate, hairy inside. Fruit -5 to 1 in. through. Seeds 
orbicular 2, flattened. Hab. Dense forest. Malacca (Maingay). 
Perak, Selama and the Ulu Leding (Wray). 
(2) S. hirsutiflora A. W. Hill, Kew Bulletin, 1917, p. 144- 
Big liane 100 ft. long, 2 to 4 in. through; branchlets tomentose. 
Leaves ovate-elliptic, 3 in. long, 1*5 in. wide, polished above 
sparsely hairy, especially on nerves, beneath, 5-nerved; petioles 
*4 to *5 in. long. Panicles axillary and terminal, many-flowered, 
lax, 4 in. long, 2 in. wide, dense hairy. Calyx-lobes narrow ovate 
acute, pubescent. Corolla greenish yellow, very small, tube very 
short, lobes triangular-ovate, hairy, tube and throat inside glabrous. 
Fruit (unripe) pear-shaped. Hab. Rare in forests. Perak, Ulu 
Bubong (Kunstler). 
(3) S. flavescens King and Gamble, l.c. 617. 
Big liane. Leaves chartaceous, elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, 
acute or acuminate, narrowed or blunt at base; nerves 3 to 5, 
3 to 5 in. long, 1*5 to 275 in. wide; petioles -3 in. long. Corymbs 
terminal, yellow puberulous, 4 in. long or less; peduncles 1 in. 
long. Flowers minute, pale green. Calyx campanulate, tube 
short, lobes round. Corolla-tube cylindric, lobes 4 or 5 as long 
as tube, *05 in. long, minutely hairy outside, densely woolly inside. 
Stamens glabrous. Fruit ovoid, 1 in. long, *5 in. through, green. 
Seeds 2, -6 in. long. Hab. Forests. Malacca, Ayer Panas (Curtis). 
Perak, Larut (Kunstler). Penang, Waterfall (Curtis). 
(4) S. septemnervis Clarke, l.c. iv. 88; Hill, l.c. 149. 
Big liane 100 ft. long, 4 to 6 in. through. Leaves elliptic to 
elliptic-ovate, base narrowed, tip acute, coriaceous, polished, 5- to 
7-nerved, 2-5 to 4-5 in. long, 1*5 to 2-5 in. wide. Panicles 5 in. 
long or less, pubescent, rachis angled. Flowers pale yellow, white 
inside. Calyx-lobes ovate, small. Corolla -15 in. long, glabrous 
outside, lobes inside and short filaments white woolly. Berry *5 in. 
long, ovoid. Seed 1 flat and round. Hab. Forests, rare. Malacca 
(Maingay). Perak, Ulu Bubong (Kunstler). 
var. imberbis Hill, l.c. Leaves acuminate, panicles smaller, 
2 in. long, more glabrous. Corolla-tube hairy; filaments glabrous. 
Penang, Penara Bukit (Curtis). 
