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[, Strychnos. 
(5) S. Curtisii King and Gamble, l.c. 614. 
Big liane; stems 6 in. through, 80 to 100 ft. long. Leaves 
coriaceous, ovate or ovate-oblong, rounded at base, tip acute, 
3- to 5-ribbed, 2-5 to 4 in. long, 1*5 to 2 in. wide; petioles -3 to 
•5 in. long, puberulous. Cymes axillary, sessile corymbose, many- 
flowered, pubescent, 2-5 in. long or less. Flowers pale green, 
centre yellowish. Calyx pubescent. Corolla-tube ’06 in. long, 
lobes *18 in. long, glabrous outside, dense woolly on the lobes 
inside. Stamens long, glabrous. Fruit globose, -5 to 1 in. through. 
Seed round-ovoid. Hab. Hill forests. Perak, Gunong Bubu, and 
Goping district (Kunstler). Penang, Hill (Curtis). 
(6) S. pubescens Clarke, l.c. iv. 89; King, l.c. 620; Hill, l.c. 
166. 
Climber 200 ft. long, 9 in. through, entirely pubescent. Leaves 
ovate acute or acuminate, base round, 1 to 2*5 in. long, 75 to 
1 in. wide, pubescent, 3- to 5-ribbed; petioles -i to -2 in. long. 
Cymes dense pubescent axillary, -5 in. long. Flowers white. 
Corolla cylindric puberulous outside, lobes lanceolate, hooded, 
thick with a line of hairs inside. Berry globose, *3 to -6 in. long, 
yellow. Seeds 1 or 2, flat on one side, convex on the other. Hab. 
Forests, common. Singapore, Bukit Timah; Garden Jungle. 
Malacca, Merlimau and Chabau (Cantley); Bukit Bruang (Curtis). 
Negri Sembilan, Perhentian Tinggi. Perak, Thaiping Hills; 
Relau Tujor (Wray); Bujong Malacca (Scortechini). Native names : 
Akar Ipoh Batang; B'lay Besar (Sakai fide Vaughan Stevens). 
Distrib. Borneo. Use: As a poison for darts by Sakais in the 
same way as S. ovalifolia. 
(7) S. Ridleyi King and Gamble, l.c. 621. 
Climbing shrub. Leaves sub-coriaceous drying black, ovate to 
ovate-lanceolate acute, narrowed or round at base, 3- to 5-ribbed, 
1*5 to 3-25 in. long, 1 to 1-75 in. wide; petioles *3 to ’4 in. long. 
Cymes axillary, few-flowered, *75 in. long and wide ; peduncles 
•25 in. long. Calyx-lobes broad, blunt. Corolla-tube campanu- 
late, -075 in. long, glabrous, lobes as long as tube, glabrous outside, 
densely villous inside with tufts of bristles below. Hab. Very 
rare in forests, only once seen. Singapore, Toas (Ridley). 
(8) S. quintuplinervis A. W. Hill, Kew Bulletin, 1917, p. 
106. 
Liane with stems, petioles and peduncles pubescent. Leaves 
widely ovate to lanceolate, base round or shortly cuneate, 3-5 in. 
long, 1-5 to 2 in. wide, 5-nerved (dry black). Corymbs axillary, 
many-flowered, 1 in. long. Calyx-lobes triangular ovate acute. 
Corolla -06 in. long, greyish white, lobes long ovate with a trans¬ 
verse line of hairs at base. Anthers bearded at base. Fruit ovoid, 
1-25 in. long, i-seeded. Seed oblong, ends rounded flat, ridged 
from centre to edges. Hab. Penang, Waterfall and Muka Head 
(Curtis). 
