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IXORA Bandhuca. 
Bushy Ixora. Bandhuca. 
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TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. RUBIACRE. Jussieu gen. 196. Div. VI. Fructus monocar- 
pus bilocularis dispermus. Stam.4. Folia opposita, caulis plerimque fru- 
escens, 
IXORA.  Suprà vol, 2. fol. 100. 
I. Bandhuca, fruticosa; foliis ovalibus amplexicaulibus corymbis congestis : 
corolla laciniis ovatis obtusis, baceis calyce patente coronati. Roxb. 
lor. ind. 1. 386; (ex angl.), 
Bandhuce. (Sir William Jones in) asiat. res. ( Calcutta edit.) 4. 250. s. 13; 
a emo Ixora coccines Linn. que est grandiflora, suprà vol. 
. fol. 154.) . 
Frutex dumosus, ramis numerosis flexuosis. Fol, oblonga v. obovato- 
oblonga, obtusa acumine brevi nervis lateralibus Rorizontali divaricatis: 
ipulee utrinque bracteaque subulato-cuspidate cum api rubente lanu- 
ginoso; bractere summa angustiores calyci subtense trip breviores. Cymæ 
subfoliose conferte: subdivise, pedicellis unifloris brevissimis. Cal. parvulus, 
ovatus, obsolete lanuginosus, limbus erectus tubo subarctior triploque brevior 
- segmentis ovato-acuminatia coloratis. Cor. extüs lanugine minutissimá opa- 
cata, limbus plus duplo brevior tubo, lac. ovatis obtusulis ad latera baseos 
deflexis brevique unguiculatan simulintibus, Fil. colorata, exbrobusta, 8-plo 
raue breviora antheris -flavis lanceolatis mucrowatia atque basi utrinque 
g ulä obi productis. tigma exsertum, oblongum, bilobo-partitum. 
(Bacca calyce patenti-persistente coronata.) 
We owe the introduction of this fine species, as well as 
that of its congener grandiflora (published in the second 
Volume of this work, fol. 154), to Sir Abraham Hume. 
The plant, of which a sample was imparted to us, fiowered 
this summer (for the first time) in the hothouse at Worm- 
leybury, where it had been cultivated for at least six years. 
The following is the account of the species by Dr. Rox- 
burgh. 
“ A bushy shrub, uncommonly full of branches; native 
of Hindustan, the flower of which, according to Sir Wil- 
liam Jones, is often alluded to by the best poets of India. 
It is in bloom nearly the whole year, but principally during 
the rains; when it is highly ornamental.” 
* Stem none, but branches innumerable; these divide 
much and feather down to the ground, forming a large 
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