Am.  Jour.  Pharm.  \ 
October,  1897.  J 
Strophanthus  Nicholsoni. 
521 
The  general  color  of  the  flowers  is  of  a  pink  hue,  with  a  tinge  of 
dusky  fawn.  The  throat  of  the  corolla  is  yellow,  with  dark  purple 
lines  and  spots.  The  thread-like  corolla  segments  or  "  streamers  " 
are  of  a  pinkish  purple.  The  whole  corolla  in  withering  fades  to 
yellow,  but  does  not  readily  fall  off.    The  fruit  is  of  a  purplish  plum 
Strophanthus  Nicholsoni,  n.  sp. — a,  leafy  twig  with  leaves  undeveloped  ;  b, 
leafless  inflorescence  ;  c,  unopened  flower  ;  d,  calyx  ;  e,  corolla,  with  tails  re- 
moved ;  ff  anthers  ;  g,  seed  ;  a,  b,  c,  g,  about  two-thirds  natural  size  ;  d,  e,  f> 
enlarged. 
color,  and  marked  with  linear  oval  lenticels,  some  of  which  are 
nearly  I  centimeter  long.  The  district  in  which  he  found  the  plant 
extends  from  Lusengasia,  in  the  Senega  country,  in  a  southwest 
direction  to  the  Loangwa  River. 
The  Ozimba  natives  would  not  admit  that  they  used  it  as  an 
