numerous transverse lenticels. This velvety layer could be easilv 
removed by the finger nail, showing a dark red-brown hard bark 
beneath. 
A transverse section of the stem showed the outer bark to be 
1-5 mm. thick and the inner red-brown layer 3 to 4 mm. thick; in 
this could be seen many ^^’hite dots, more numerous towards the inner 
side. The bark had generally a short fracture, with fine fibres 
showing at the site of fracture. 
wi& ‘he thickest part, was hard, yellow.sh-wh, 
could be se™^^ minute pith, and with a powerful lens the lacun; 
could be seen which are characteristic of the genus Strychnos. 
