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IXORA rosea. 



Pink-Jloivered Highland Jxora, 



TETRANDRtA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Rubiace^. Jusfieu gen. 196. Div. 

 IXORA. Suprd vol, 2.fol. 100. 



I. rosea, foliis aubsessilibus oblongis acutis basin versus ansustatis cum sinu 

 obsoleto, subtus villosU ; cymis supradecompositis amplis laxis, teriuina- 

 libus et in latere exteriore ramonim axillaribus: limbi laciniis oblongis, 

 cuneatis, acutis. WalHch inflor. ind, roxb. I. 398; (i text. at^l. vers.) 



Mattul-chanda. Khasee. 



Frutex robustns ramosus s^4pedali8 cortice $cabro bruniteo ; rami noeelli 

 villosi cinerei. Fol. patentta, coriacea, Jirma, 6-6 undalia latitudine biun- 

 daily fusco-virentia, suprd glabra nitida, subtus pallida, villosa pube ad 

 nerves conspicuiore : pet. crassi lignosi lined und vix longiores: stipulae lato- 

 ovata, villosee, acumine subulato-elongato. Cymae rotundata, folia tsquan,- 

 tes, pcdunculattB, brachiato-trichotonuB, patentes, rubidai, vHIoscb, pedmiculo 

 communi subunciali: flores carnei, numerosi, apiee pedicellorum per triam 

 sedentes: bractese opposite, lanceolata, margine citiolafo connextE. Cai. 

 parvulus, oblomm dentieulis 4 ciliolatis rubidis, bracteolis binis appressis 

 subtensus, ciliolaruni 8id>ulataram crassarum sjAacelatarum swiem in fundo 

 mo cekms. Cor. extHs villosa; tubus gracilis, vncid hngior; limbi lac. 

 glabra, patentes, 4-plo feri breoiores tubo. Fil., refiexa: anth. lineari- 

 sagittatee, Stig. mbictmdum. (E text angl. vers.) 



Drawn last summer in the hothouse of the nursery of 

 Messrs. Barr and Brooks, Newington Green. 



A species now first introduced from the East Indies, 

 where it is said to be native of the Highlands on the N. E. 

 confines of Bengal, and to have been sent from thence to 

 the botanic garden at Calcutta, by Mr. R. Smith, in 1815. 

 It was first taken up by Dr. Wallieh, among the additions 

 he is making to the " Flora Indica" of Roxburgh, during 

 the progressive publication of its volumes. Several well-pre- 

 served samples are deposited in the Lambertian Herbarium, 

 the rich stores of which are constantly accumulating under 

 the arrangement of its diligent and intelligent guardian, 

 Mr. Don. 



Rosea must not be confounded either with the pink 

 variety of cuneifolia, or with that of coccinea (Jlammea of 

 Smith, Rees's cyclop., chinensis of Lamarck in encyc. 3. 344, 



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