Table  A. — Strophanthus  Seeds  Examined  by  C.  Hartiuich. 
Length, 
mm. 
Breadth, 
mm. 
Rhaphides. 
I.  Brownish. 
S.  hispidus,  .... 
11-13  ' 
3— 3>  5 
None. 
Mozambique,    .  . 
9-17 
2,  5-5,  5 
None. 
German,  E.  Africa 
Fogo    Land  (W. 
14,  5-15 
12 
3,  5-4 
3 
Present. 
Present. 
Niger,  
11 
-2 
Present. 
S.liBaol,"  Senegal, 
10-11 
3 
Present. 
Island  of  Los,    .  . 
11 
3 
Present. 
S.  Eischeri,  .... 
16-17 
4-5 
None. 
II.  Greenish. 
S.  Kombe,  .... 
9-15-22 
3-5  . 
None. 
Sierra  Leone,    .  . 
11-19 
3-6 
None. 
S.  Emini*  .... 
77/.  White, 
Upper  Niger,    .  . 
IV.  Glabrous. 
14 
13 
T5 
9-17 
13-18 
3-  5 
3 
4.  5 
4-  4,  5 
4-6 
Present. 
Present. 
(  Sparing- 
embryo. 
f  in 
(  embryo. 
None. 
Zambesi,     .  . 
10-16 
3-4 
None. 
Exceptional. 
(     in  endo- 
<   sperm  less 
(  in  embryo, 
in  endosperm. 
f  Sparingly  in 
(  endosperm. 
in  endosperm, 
in  endosperm, 
Present. 
None. 
in  endosperm. 
None. 
None. 
Present. 
Follicle, 
cm. 
Remarks. 
f  Endosperm 
J  green,  slow- 
]  ly.  Embryo 
L      less  so. 
End.  green. 
Emb.  red. 
then  bluish. 
Red, 
Red. 
Red. 
Red. 
Red. 
(  Reddish 
-!  yellow, 
(    then  red. 
f  End.  green 
1  rapidly. 
End.  green. 
Emb.  yellow 
then  red. 
Red. 
Red. 
(  Yellowish 
I  brown,  then 
(    dirty  red. 
Red. 
Follicle  tapers 
at  both  ends. 
33-40      1   Awn  6-8  c. 
1  L  Plume  6-8  c. 
Red. 
Yellowish. 
19- 
13*5 
18c 
15' 
15' 
24'5 
25 
Awn  1-7  c. 
Plume  5  c. 
Hairs  partly  in 
rows. 
Awn  1-6  c. 
Plume  1-4  c. 
Follicle  cylin- 
drical obtuse. 
Awn  3  c. 
Plume  5  c. 
Hairs  shining 
golden  brown. 
Hairs  in  rows. 
Hairs  in  rows. 
Awn  6-5  c* 
Plume  5-3  c. 
Identical  with 
the  1 1  W00II3' 
Zambesi "  seed. 
Linear  thicken- 
ings in  epider- 
mal cells. 
*  Dr.  Ascherson  gives  the  length  of  the  awn  and  plume  of  S.  Emini  as  three  centimetres  each. 
Table  B —Strophanthus  Seeds  in  the  Museum  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Society  of  Great  Britain. 
Follicle. 
Seed. 
Awn 
Plume. 
Reaction. 
cm. 
mm. 
cm. 
cm. 
I.  Brownish. 
(1)  S.  hispidus, A.BC. 
(Baikie),  .... 
28 
13X3 
3 
3 
Endosperm  green,  embryo  purplish. 
(2)  London,  F.C.,  .  . 
30 
13X3 
4 
2 
45 
13  X  3 
4 
4 
(4)  London,  .... 
25+ 
12  X  2% 
1 
2 
(5)  London,  .... 
23+ 
13X3 
1%  ■ 
(6)  Gold  Coast,  .  .  . 
25 
12  X  2^ 
4 
2 
f  Endosperm  red. 
\  Embryo  red. 
(7)  Germany,    .  .  . 
25 
13X3 
3 
J  Endosperm  red. 
\  Embryo  bluish  red. 
(8)  Sierra  Leone,  .  . 
20 
13X3 
2 
2 
Endosperm  red,  embryo  red. 
II.  Greenish. 
f  Endosperm  green. 
(  Embryo  ^  green,  %  purplish. 
Endosperm  red,  embryo  red. 
(11)  Manchester,    .  . 
25 
15X5 
Mu 
(12)  London,  .... 
25-30 
17X4 
4-5^ 
L 
green,    "  purplish. 
y2  green. ^pur- 
27 
15X4 
7 
///.  White. 
ple. 
(14)  "  Woolly  Zam- 
besi," .... 
18 
15X5 
3 
2% 
Endosperm  red,  embryo  red. 
IV.  Glabrous. 
(x5)       glaber,  Max 
Cornu,  MS.,  . 
12-15  X  4 
2 
4 
