Tas. 6853. 
TXORA Macrornyrsa. 
Native of the Malay Archipelago. 
Nat. Ord. Rustacez.—Tribe IxorEx. 
Genus Ixora, Linn. ; (Benth, et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. vol. ii. p- 113.) 
Ixora macrothyrsa ; frutex glaberrimus, ramulis teretibus, foliis breviter petiolatis 
lanceolatis v. oblongo-lanceolatis acuminatis undulatis basi acutis subcoriaceis, 
stipulis interpetiolaribus ad medium connatis brevibus latissimis mucronatis, 
thyrsis maximis subglobosis densifloris floribus confertissimis coccineis, calyce 
brevissime obtuse 4-lobo, corolla tubo sesquipollicari lobis }-pollicaribus lanceo- 
latis, stylis exsertis, bacca pisiformi. 
I. macrothyrsa, Teysm. et Binn. in Herb.; Masters in Gard. Chron. N.S. xxii. 
(1884), p. 267. 
I, Duffii, 7. Moore in Flor. et Pomol. 1878, p- 76; cum Ie. xylog. 
Pavetta a Teysm. et Binn. in Bat. Natuur. Tijdsche, vol. xxix. (1867), 
p- 247 
Of all the species of the large genus Jvora, of which 
upwards of one hundred are enumerated, this is certainly 
the most imposing, whether for habit, size or colour. It 
would appear to be a widely diffused plant in the Malayan 
Archipelago. It was first described as a native of the 
province of Manado in Celebes, where it was discovered by 
M. Teysmann, and an authentic specimen of it is preserved 
in the Kew Herbarium, presented by the late D. Hanbury, 
who received it from M. Binnendyk. Another specimen 
is from the Island of Sumatra, sent by Teysmann to Dr. 
Hance, and by him to Kew; the species is, however, not 
mentioned by Miquel in the supplementary volume of his 
“Flora van Nederland. Ind.,” which is devoted to the 
plants of Sumatra. The only other known habitat is that 
of the specimen here figured, which was procured in Ualan 
or Strong Island, one of the Caroline group, by Mr. Duff, 
an employé of the Sydney Botanical Gardens. 
The specimen here figured flowered in the Royal Gardens 
in September, 1883; the plant was presented by Messrs. 
_ Veitch. It may be referable to the var. nitida of Teysm. 
and Binnend. /.c¢., the only characters of which are that 
JAN. Ist, 1886. 
