RUBIACEX, 
; Arboreous Ixora. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1800. Shrub 4 to 12 
eet. 
33 I. pracuy'pona (D. C. prod. 4. p. 488.) glabrous leaves, 
on very short petioles, elliptic-oblong, bluntly acuminated ; sti- 
pulas intrapetiolar, combined, truncate, and mucronated on 
both sides; corymbs terminal, pedunculate, shorter than the 
leaves; limb of calyx very short, bluntly 5-toothed. h. S 
Native of equinoctial Africa, in the woods of Casamancia, where 
it was collected by Leprieur and Perrottet. Leaves 6 inches 
long, and 2 broad, and the petioles about 2 lines long. Tube of 
corolla, almost an inch long. Bracteas small. Flowers pale in 
- dried specimens, but are probably white in the recent 
state, 
Short-petioled Ixora. Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 
34 I. acumina‘ra (Roxb. fl. ind. 1. p. 393.) leaves petiolate, 
broad-lanceolate, acuminated, smooth, glaucous: floral leaves 
stem-clasping, and broader ; corymbs supra-decompound, crowd- 
ed, almost sessile ; lobes of calyx ensiform ; lobes of corolla ovate- 
oblong, obtuse ; stigma exserted, undivided. h.S. Native of 
the East Indies, in the province of Silhet, in woods. Flowers 
large, white, with the tube 14 inch long. Calyxes white. 
Acuminated-leaved Ixora. Shrub 3 to 5 feet. 
85 I. Stame’nsis (Wall. cat. no. 6162.) leaves ovate-oblong, 
mucronate, cordate at the base: upper ones attenuated at both 
ends; corymbs terminal; lobes of corolla acute; stigma ex- 
serted. h. S. Native of Siam, in the East Indies. Flowers 
white ? 
Siam Ixora. Shrub. 
36 I. opa’ca (R. Br. in Wall. cat. no. 6141.) leaves long-lan- 
ceolate, acuminated, petiolate, glabrous; corymbs downy ; teeth 
of calyx small ; lobes of corolla obtuse ; stigma exserted. h. S. 
Native of Pulo-Penang. Flowers apparently white. 
Opaque-leaved Ixora. Shrub. . 
37 I. BRACHIA`TA (Roxb. fl. ind. 1. p. 391.) leaves on short 
petioles, broad-lanceolate, obtuse, glabrous; panicle brachiate, 
with remote diverging corymbose branches; tube of corolla fili- 
form, and the lobes are obovate and emarginate; anthers sessile 
at the throat ; stigma exserted. h. S. Native of Bengal, in 
woods. Flowers small, white. Nearly allied to I. parviflora, 
Vahl, but differs in the flowers being white. Berries deep 
purple, rather larger than peas. Petioles about half an inch long. 
rachiate-panicled Ixora. Clt. 1823. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 
38 I. pecipiens (D. C. prod. 4. p. 488.) glabrous; leaves on 
short petioles, oblong-lanceolate, acutish at the base, acute or 
obcordate at the apex ; stipulas broad at the base, and ending in 
a subulate awn at the apex; corymbs terminal, tripartite at 
the base, sessile, with panicled branches; lobes of calyx 
ii bluntish ; corolla with a slender tube, and oval, bluntish 
obes ; style pilose. h. S. Native of Coromandel, on the 
mountains. Í. parviflora, Roxb. fl. ind. 1. p. 393. but not of 
ahl, nor Lam. Flowers white, sweet-scented. Tube of 
the corolla 4 lines long, twice the length of the lobes. Berries 
roundish, black. 
eceiving Ixora. Fi. Aug. Oct. Clt. 1806. Tree 20 feet. 
39 I. Brunonis (Wall. cat. no. 6136.) leaves obovate-lanceo- 
ate, sessile, cordate at the base, acuminated at the apex, downy 
een but villous on the nerves; peduncles and corymbs vil- 
ous, as well as the calyxes and corollas outside; bracteas and 
teeth of calyx subulate ; lobes of the corolla narrow, acute; 
Stigma exserted. h. S. Native of Pulo-Penang. Flowers 
apparently white. Allied to Z. villosa. 
rown’s Ixora., Shrub. 
i 40 I. vizrtòsa (Roxb. fl. ind. 1. p. 392.) leaves broad-cuneated- 
anceolate, acuminated, villous beneath, on short petioles; co- 
rymbs trichotomous, or 6 to 7 times divided, with the branches 
trichotomous and villous; lobes. of calyx oblong, ciliated ; 
CLIX. Ixora. 573 
corolla with a very long slender tube, and oblong obtuse lobes. 
h. S. Native of the East Indies, in Silhet. Flowers white, 
fragrant. Stipulas and branches villous, 
Villous Ixora. Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 
41 pubrrLora (D. C. prod. 4. p. 489.) leaves sessile, obovate- 
oblong, cuneated, and somewhat cordate at the base, acuminated 
at the apex, downy on the nerves on both surfaces, as well as 
the branchlets, corymbs, and corollas ; stipulas long, subulate at 
the apex; corymbs terminal, dense, sessile; teeth of calyx and 
alabastra, very acute. h. S. Native of the East Indies. A 
very distinct species. Leaves 8 inches long and 3 broad. Corolla 
having the tube about 9 to 10 lines long, and the lobes linear 
and acute, about 3 lines long. 
Downy-flowered Ixora. Shrub. 
42 I. roncIròLIA ; leaves broad, elliptic-lanceolate, tapering 
to both ends, glabrous above, and villous beneath, particularly on 
the nerves, as well as the branches, petioles, peduncles, panicles 
and fruit; segments of the calyx subulate. k.S. Native of 
Pulo-Penang. I. macrophylla, R. Br. in Wall. cat. no. 6165. 
Long-leaved Ixora. Shrub. 
+ Species not sufficiently known. 
43 I. a’tBa (Lin. spec. 160. but not of Roxb.) leaves ovate- 
lanceolate: flowers fasciculate. h. S. Native of the East In- 
dies, but is a very obscure species, and probably fictitious; the 
description taken from the figure in Pluk. alm. t. 109. f. 2. and 
Bem.—Schetti Rheed, mal. 2. t. 14. Plukenet’s plant belongs to 
I. incarnata, and Rheede’s probably to Z. fúlgens. The flowers 
are said to be terminating in small clusters, white, and without 
scent. 
White-flowered Ixora. Shrub 6 to 7 feet. 
44 I, Lourríri; leaves ovate-oblong, acute, smooth, nearly 
sessile; cymes or corymbs fasciculate. h. G. Native of 
Cochin China. I. alba, Lour. coch. 76. Flowers white. Ber- 
ries red. 
Loureiro’s Ixora. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 
45 1; monra'na (Lour. coch. p. 76.) leaves oblong,. broadest 
at the apex, obtuse, cuneated and cordate at the base, nearly 
sessile, glabrous; corymbs terminal, fastigiate. h. G. Native 
of Cochin China, on the mountains. Flowers scarlet. 
Mountain Ixora. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 
46 I. NovemNE’RVIA (Lour. coch. p. 76.) climbing; leaves ovate- 
lanceolate, almost sessile, 9-nerved, rough; cymes terminal, 
hemispherical. h.. G. Native of Cochin China, in unculti- 
vated places. Flowers white, terminating in hemispherical cymes. 
Tube of the corolla very long and slender, Stigma ovate, bifid. 
Berry 1-seeded. 
Nine-nerved-leaved Ixora. Shrub cl. 
47 L? viora‘cea (Lour. coch. p. 76.) climbing; leaves lan- 
ceolate, almost sessile, pilose, 9-nerved ; cymes axillary. h. G. 
Native of Cochin China, in uncultivated places, climbing over 
trees. Flowers violaceous. Berry 1-seeded. Seed ovate, 
rough. 
Violaceous-flowered Ixora. Shrub cl. 
48 I. ruyRsIFLÒRA (Poir. suppl. 3. p. 208.) leaves almost ses- 
sile, ovate-cuneated, obtuse, glabrous on both surfaces, hoary 
beneath; stipulas ovate, acute; thyrse terminal, crowded; teeth 
of calyx acute, somewhat setaceous; corolla with a slender tube, 
and oval obtuse lobes, which are shorter than the tube. h. G. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Thyrse-flowered Ixora. Shrub. 
49 I. LAxIrLÒRA (Smith, in Rees’ cycl. vol. 19. no. 8.) leaves 
elliptic-oblong, acute, tapering into the petioles at the base: 
upper ones rounded at the base, almost sessile ; panicles corym- 
bose, loose, longer than the leaves ; lobes of the corolla convex, 
spreading, bearded in the disk above: style nearly the length of 
