RUBIACEZ. 
many flowered; calycine teeth acute; lobes of corolla oblong, 
acuminated ; style exserted, bifid, smooth. h.S. Native of 
Madras, Ceylon, and Martaban. I. coccinea Ceylonénsis, Roxb. 
Flowers scarlet. Very nearly allied to Z. Bandhaca. 
Allied Ixora. Shrub. 
< 4 I. stricta (Roxb. fl. ind. 1. p. 388.) leaves almost sessile, 
lanceolate-oblong or oblong; corymbs dense, compound ; lobes 
of calyx acutish ; lobes of corolla obovate, very blunt ; stigma a 
little exserted ; anthers apiculated. . S. Native of China, 
about Canton, Manilla, the Moluccas, and Philippines, and now 
cultivated in Java. I. coccinea, Curt. bot. mag. t. 169. Schnev. 
icon. t. 1, Lour. coch. p. 75. Osb. res. p. 220. but not of Lin. 
L stricta, Roxb. hort. beng. p. 10. I. flammea, Salisb. prod. p. 
62. I. speciòsa, Willd. enum. 1. p. 157. I. incarnàta, Roxb. 
ex Smith, in Rees’ cycl. no. 4. Roem. et Schultes, syst. 3. 
P., 179. exclusive of the synonymes. Pavétta strícta, Blum. 
bijdr. p. 950. Flámma sylvàrum peregrina, Rumph. amb. 
4. t. 47. Branches straight. Flowers of an orange scarlet 
colour, much crowded. Tube of corolla 9-10 lines long. Ber- 
ries red. 
Straight-branched Ixora. 
1 to 3 feet. 
5 I. croca‘ra (Lindl. bot. reg. 782.) leaves firm, rather 
coriaceous, oval-lanceolate, much attenuated; corymbs many- 
flowered, decompound, crowded, fastigiate ; teeth of calyx 
ovate, acute, short ; lobes of corolla obovate-cuneated, 3 times 
or more shorter than the tube; style a little exserted, rather 
hairy in the middle. h}. S. Native of China. I. Chinénsis, 
Lam. dict. 8. p. 344. Flowers orange coloured. Tube of 
corolla 15 lines long. The species is very nearly allied to J. 
stricta ; but differs in the leaves being stiffer, and in the tube of 
the corolla being twice the length. 
Saffron-coloured-flowered Ixora. 
Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 
‘ 6 I. wearna‘ra (D. C. prod. 4. p. 486. but not of Roxb. ex 
mith,) leaves almost sessile, oblong, obtuse and rather cordate 
ps the base, and bluntish at the apex; corymbs on short pe- 
uncles ; lobes of calyx acute; lobes of corolla oval-oblong, 
FI. July, Aug. Clt. 1690. Shrub 
Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1822. 
Hing b. S. Native of the Moluccas, and now cultivated in 
ava. Lodd. bot. cab. t.1048. Pavétta incarnata, Blum. bijdr. 
pP. 950. The flowers are either pale rose-coloured, flesh-co- 
ae or white; but in the British gardens there is only the 
pre red flowered variety to be found. Tube of corolla 10-11 
mes long, 
Flesh-coloured-flowered Ixora. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 
i I. AMG!NA (Wall. cat. no. 6121.) leaves oblong-lanceolate, 
S'abrous, petiolate ; stipulas cuspidate at the apex ; corymbs 
ty upound, pedunculate ; lobes of calyx obtuse; lobes of corolla 
-e style and anthers exserted. h. S. Native of the 
ast Indies, at Amherst, Chappedong, Tavoy, Pulo-Penang, &c. 
Owers apparently pale, scarlet. 
Pleasing Ixora. Shrub. 
ee n FV LEENS (Roxb, fl. ind. 1. p. 387.) leaves almost sessile, 
a ate, acute ; corymbs terminal, compound ; lobes of calyx 
à ate; tube of corolla with a contracted mouth; lobes of 
orolla lanceolate, acute ; berry 2-lobed. h. S. Native of the 
Oluceas. J, lanceolata, Lam. dict. 3. p. 343. I. longifolia, 
i a bot. mag.—Rumph. amb. 4. t. 46.? and therefore 
+ longifolia, Smith in Rees’ cycl. no. 3.? Branches weak. 
S Ee deep scarlet. Berries deep purple. Perhaps the Bem- 
Chetti, Rheed. mal. 2. t. 57. is a paler variety of this or a 
nearly allied species. 
Fulgent Ixora. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1823. Shrub 2 to 5 ft. 
aL I. Norowra'wa (Wall. cat. no. 6132.) leaves ovate-oblong or 
a ee acuminated, coriaceous, glabrous; panicles terminal, 
ith the branches corymbose and dense ; lobes of corolla obtuse ; 
CLIX. Ixora. 571 
stigma exserted, undivided; stipulas much acuminated. h. S. 
Natives of the East Indies, on the Nellighery mountains. Flowers 
apparently red or scarlet. 
Noton’s Ixora. Shrub. 
10 I, renurriéra (Roxb. fl. ind. 1. p. 397.) leaves on short 
petioles, oblong, obtuse, smooth; panicles terminal, corymbose, 
contracted ; lobes of calyx cordate, obtuse; corolla with a long 
slender tube, and oblong obtuse lobes, which are longer than the 
erect style or stamens. k.S. Native of the Moluccas. Flowers 
scarlet. Allied to 7. fúlgens. 
Slender-flowered Ixora. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 
11 I. conge’sta (Roxb. fl. ind. 1. p. 397.) leaves on short 
petioles, oblong, coriaceous, acuminated, with coarse parallel 
veins ; corymbs terminal, short, dense ; flowers almost sessile ; 
teeth of calyx bluntish; lobes of corolla oblong, obtuse ; stigma 
exserted. h. S. Native of the Moluccas. Flowers scarlet. 
Allied to 7. fúlgens. 
Crowded-flowered Ixora. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 
12 I. pe’nputa (Jack, mal. mise. no. 2. p. 11.) leaves broad- 
elliptic, quite glabrous, pale beneath; branches compressed ; 
corymbs on long trichotomous peduncles, pendulous ; lobes of 
calyx small, acutish; lobes of corolla narrow; stigma ex- 
serted. h.S. Native of Pulo-Penang, where the most of the 
Malay Ixoras are called Bunga-yarum. Flowers’red. 
Pendulous Ixora. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 
13 I. exonea‘ra (Heyne, ex Wall. cat. no. 6131.) leaves 
petiolate, broad-ovate, tapering much to the base, glabrous; floral 
ones ovate, sessile, cordate at the base, and clasping the stem; 
peduncles terminal, trichotomous, with the branches corymbose; 
corymbs hairy ; corolla with a smooth tube, but the segments 
are downy on the outside, particularly in estivation ; lobes of 
corolla acute; stigma exserted. h. S. Native of the East 
Indies. Flowers apparently red or scarlet. 
Elongated-peduncled Ixora. Shrub. 
14 I. ro'sza (Wall. in Roxb. fi. ind. I. p. 398.) leaves almost 
sessile, oblong, acute, acuminated, contracted at the base and 
somewhat emarginate, rather downy on the nerves beneath, as 
well as the branchlets; corymbs terminal, decompound, large, 
loose ; lobes of calyx acute, rather ciliated; lobes of corolla 
oblong-cuneated, acute; stigma exserted. h. S. Native of 
Bengal, on the hills of Silhet. Ker, bot. reg. t. 540. Sims, bot. 
mag. 2428. Lodd. bot. cab. t. 729. Flowers rose coloured. 
Tube of corolla about an inch long. There is a variety of this 
plant having the leaves glabrous beneath. 
Rose-coloured-flowered Ixora. Fl. July. Clt. 1819. Shrub 
2 to 4 feet. 
15 I. parvirnora (Vahl, symb. 3. p. 11. t. 52. but not of 
Lam.) leaves on short petioles, coriaceous, Janceolate-oblong, 
obtuse, cordate at the base, glabrous; stipulas triangular, acute ; 
corymbs panicled, terminal; teeth of calyx short, bluntish ; 
lobes of corolla oblong, 3 times shorter than the tube ; stigma a 
little exserted. .h. S. Native of the East Indies. Flowers 
scarlet. 
Small-flowered Ixora. Shrub. 
16 I. Ampoinica (D.C. prod. 4. p. 487.) leaves on short 
petioles, ovate-oblong, acuminated, undulated, glabrous ; corymbs 
compound, trichotomous, divaricate ; lobes of calyx and corolla 
acute. h. S. Native of Amboyna. Pavétta Amboinica, 
Blum. bijdr. p. 949. Leaves larger than any other of the 
genus. 
Amboyna Ixora. Shrub 4 feet. 
17 I. eruse’scens (Wall. cat. no. 6143.) leaves oblong, blunt 
at both ends, glabrous, on short petioles: upper ones sessile ; 
corymbs downy ; lobes of corolla linear ; stigma exserted. h. 
S. Native of the Burmese empire, on the banks of the Atram. 
Flowers reddish. I. affinis, Wall. cat. no. 6144. does not ap- 
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