570 RUBIACER. CLVII. Cuomenia. 
celled from abortion) nucleus; cells 1-seeded. Seeds pendu- 
lous in the cells, oblong.—American shrubs, usually spinescent, 
glabrous or downy. Leaves opposite on short petioles, stiff, 
coriaceous. Stipulas short, interpetiolar. Peduncles axillary, 
one or few-flowered, short.—This genus differs from Jxdra in 
habit and inflorescence, but more particularly in the fruit con- 
taining a hard nut; and from this it is more nearly allied to Sco- 
losdnthus than to Ixdra. 
1 C. spinosa (Jacq. amer. 18. t. 13.) leaves ovate, acumi- 
nated, almost sessile, glabrous; peduncles axillary, usually 3- 
flowered; lobes of calyx and corolla acute. h.S. Native of 
Carthagena, in woods; and probably of St. Domingo. Ixòra 
spinésa, Lam. dict. 3. p. 344. Flowers white, fragrant at night, 
14 inch long. 
Spiny Chomelia. Clt. 1793. Shrub 8 to 12 feet. 
2 C. rascicuLa`ra (Swartz, fl. ind. occ. 1. p. 238.) leaves 
ovate, acute, glabrous, on short petioles; pedicels 2-3-together, 
axillary, 1-flowered; lobes of calyx rather spatulate, unequal ; 
lobes of corolla oblong. h.S. Native of Grenada, in hedges. 
Ixòra fasciculata, Swartz, prod. p. 30. Willd. spec. 1. p. 610. 
Flowers white. Fruit unknown. 
Fascicled-flowered Chomelia. Clt. 1825. Shrub 5 feet. 
3 C. opru'sa (Cham. et Schlecht. in Linnea. 4. p: 185.) 
leaves elliptic, acutish at the base, glabrous, on short petioles ; 
peduncles axillary, 1-3-flowered ; lobes of calyx and corolla ob- 
tuse. h.S. Native of the south of Brazil. Flowers white. 
Blunt-calyxed Chomelia. Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 
4 C, pusz’scens (Cham. et Schlecht. in Linnea. 4. p. 187.) 
leaves ovate, acute, on short petioles, pilose on the nerves above, 
and silky beneath; peduncles axillary, 1-flowered. h. S. 
Native of Brazil within the tropic. Perhaps the same as C. 
Brasiliana, A. Rich. mem. soc. hist, nat. Par. 5. p. 183. 
Donny Chomelia. Shrub. 
Cult. See Ixòra, p. 574. for culture and propagation. 
CLVIII. BACO'NIA (in memory of Bacon, baron of Veru- 
lam. Lord Bacon’s speculations in natural knowledge may allow 
us to claim him as a botanist). D. C. ann. mus. hist. nat. 
par. 9. p. 219. Juss. mem. mus. 6. p. 374, A. Rich. mem. soc. 
hist. nat. Par. 5. p. 184. D.C. prod. 4. p. 485.—Verulamia, 
D. C. mem. mss. Poir. dict. 8. p. 543. Smith, in Rees’ cycl. 
vol. 37. 
Lin. syst. Tetrdéndria, Monogynia. Calyx with a very short 
tube, adnate to the ovarium at the base, and a bluntly 4-cleft 
limb. Corolla funnel-shaped, with a short terete tube, a bearded 
throat, and 4 oblong acute lobes, which are longer than the tube, 
and twisted in estivation. Anthers 4, linear, almost sessile, 
erect, situated at the throat between the lobes, and a little 
shorter than them, at length twisted spirally. Style filiform, 
exserted; stigma undivided, or hardly 2-lobed. Disk thick, 
crowning the ovarium. Berry dry, 2-celled, 2-seeded. Seeds 
semi-globose. Albumen cartilaginous. Embryo erect, nearly 
terete—A glabrous African shrub. Leaves opposite, petiolate, 
oval, acuminated at both ends. Stipulas connate, sheathing, 
short. Corymbs terminal, trichotomous. Flowers white.— 
This genus is nearly allied to Jxdra, but differs in the tube of 
the corolla being shorter; and to Polydzus, but differs in the 
stigma being undivided. 
1 B. corymposa (D. C. diss. ined. t. 1. ann. mus. 9. p. 219.) 
h. S. Native of Sierra Leone, where it was collected by 
Smeathmann. Verulamia corymbdsa, Poir. dict. 8. p. 543. 
Ixòra nítida, Schum. pl. guin. p. 77. 
Var. B, angustifòlia (D. C. prod. 4. p. 485.) leaves narrower 
than in the species, and more acuminated at both ends. h. 8S. 
Native of Gambia and Cayor, in humid places, where it was col- 
lected by Leprieur and Perrottet. 
CLVIII. Bacoxia. CLIX. Ixora. 
Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 
See Ixòra, p. 574. for culture and propagation, 
Corymbose-flowered Baconia. 
Cult. 
CLIX. IXO‘RA (the name of a Malabar idol, to which the 
flowers of some of the species are offered). Lin. gen. no. 131. 
Juss. gen. p. 203. mem. mus. 6. p. 375. Gærtn. fruct, 1. p. 
117. t. 25. D. C. prod. 4. p. 485.—Pavétta sect. Ixora, Blum. 
bijdr.—Ixéra species of Lam. and Roxb.—Pavétta species, A. 
Rich. 
Lin. syst. Tetrandria, Monogynia. Calyx with an ovate 
tube, and a small 4-toothed limb (f. 106. a.). Corolla salver- 
shaped (f. 106. 6.), with a slender terete tube (f. 106. d.), and a 
4-parted spreading limb (f. 106. b.); tube longer than the lobes. 
Anthers 4, almost sessile in the throat, exserted a little. Style equal 
in length to the tube of the corolla, or a little longer, but shorter 
than the corolline lobes, bifid at the apex (f. 106. e.) ; lobes of 
stigma diverging or revolute. Berry drupaceous, nearly globose, 
crowned by the permanent calyx, 2-celled, containing 2 charta- 
ceous l-seeded pyrenæ, which are flat or hollow inside, and gib- 
bous on the back. Albumen cartilaginous. Embryo dorsal, 
erect, incurved, with foliaceous cotyledons, and a long radicle.— 
Shrubs, sometimes rising to the height of small trees, natives of 
Asia, rarely of Africa. Leaves opposite. Stipulas broad at the 
base, acute at the apex, or ending in a bristle-like awn. Corymbs 
terminal, usually trichotomous. Flowers scarlet, rose-coloured, 
flame-coloured or white, usually fragrant. 
* Flowers scarlet, flame-coloured, rose-coloured, or flesh-co- 
loured. 
1 I. cranprrtora (Ker. bot. reg. t. 154.) leaves sessile, cor- 
date, oblong, acute, shining; lobes of calyx acute; lobes of 
corolla ovate-lanceolate, acute ; corymbs umbellate ; style hardly 
exserted ; berry crowned by the lobes of the calyx. h. S. 
Native of the East Indies, at Tanjore; and of China and Ceylon. 
—Burm. fi. zeyl, t. 57.—Pluk. alm. t. 59. f. 2. I. coccinea, 
Lin. spec. 159. exclusive of the synonymes. Roxb. fl. ind. 1. p: 
385. Smith in Rees’ cycl. no. 1. Pavétta coccinea, ex Blum. 
bijdr. 950. An elegant shrub. Flowers scarlet, disposed in 
ample corymbs. Tube of corolla almost 2 inches long. z 
Great-flowered Ixora. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1814. Sh. 3 to 4 feet. 
2 I. Banpuvu'ca (Roxb. fl. 
ind. 1. p. 386.) leaves sessile, 
cordate, stem-clasping, oval-ob- 
long, obtuse ; corymbs coarc- 
tate; lobes of calyx acutish ; 
lobes of corolla ovate, acutish ; 
style exserted; berry crowned 
by the spreading calyx. h.S. 
Native of the East Indies, where 
it is often celebrated by the Hin- 
doo poets. Ker. bot. reg. t. 513. 
Bandhica, Jones in asiat. res. 4. 
p. 250. Schétti, Rheed. mal. 2. 
p. 13. t. 12. ex Ham. in Lin. 
trans. 14. p. 190. I. arborea, 
Lodd. bot. cab. t. 609? but not 
of Roxb. I. obovata, Roth, 
nov. spec. p. 90.? A shrub, 
with spreading branches. Flowers of a deep scarlet colour. 
Tube of corolla 15 lines long. (f. 106.) 
Bandhuca Ixora. Fl. July. \ Clt. 1815. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 
3 I. provi'Naua (R. Br. in Wall. cat. 6119.) leaves eee 
sessile, ovate or oblong, cordate at the base, coriaceous, eo 
brous, mucronate or acuminated ; corymbs compound, sessile, 
FIG. 106. 
