Tab. 4325 . 
IXORA Griffithii. 
Mr. Griffith’s Ixora. 
Nat. Ord. Eubiace^e.—Tetuandhia MoNoaYNiA. 
Cal. tuhis ovatus, limbus parvus, 4-dentatus. Corolla hypocraterimorplia, tubo 
gracili tereti lobis loiigiore, Umbo 4-partito patente. Anthera 4 ad faucem 
subsessiles. Stylus tubo corollae a?qualis aut paulo longior (lobis nempe corol- 
linis brevior) apice bifidus, stigmatis cruribiis divergentibus aut revolutis. Bacca 
drupacea calyce persistente coronata subglobosa bilocularis. Pyrenm. chartacese 
intus planas aut concavae dorso gibbre uionospenuae. Albumen cartilagineum. 
Embryo dorsalis erectus iiicurvus, cotyl. foliaceis, radicula loiiga.—Frutices inter- 
dnm arborescentes, ex Asia, rarius ex Africa cequinoctiali. Folia opposita. Stipulae 
basi lata apice acuta aut in aristani selacearn desinentes. Corymbi terminates 
sapius tricJiotorni. Flores coccinei rosei Jlammei aut alhidi sape fragrantes. I)C. 
IxoRA Crrifjithii ; glabra, foliis amplis oblongo-ovatis acuminatis basi acutis 
bre\d-petiolatis reticulatim venosis, stipubs brevibus latis acuminatis, cyma 
ampla densa composita, calyce parvo brevi obtuse 4-dentato, corollae tubo 
elongato gincili, limbi lobis rotundatis obtusissimis pateiitibus, authens 
lineari-subulatis horizontali-patentibus, stylo paulo exserto stigmatis ramis 
brevissimis. 
IxoRA Griffitb i i. Hook. Herb. 
The ample foliage, the large, compact cyme of very rich yellow 
and orange-coloured flowers, with the long slender tube of the 
corolla and the almost orbicular segments, together with the 
blunt and short-toothed calyx, distinguish this from the nume¬ 
rous species hitherto known to us ol the present genus. It is 
from the collection of Messrs. Lucombe, Pince, and Co., E^ter 
Nursery, and was by them exhibited at the Regents Park 
Garden, in July, 1847, when the lirst prize being awarded to it, as 
the best new plant, it could not fail to be much noticed. It av as 
introduced from Singapore by the son ot Mr. Low, of the Clap on 
Nursery, and has been, we believe, disposed of by him under le 
unpublished and scarcely appropriate name of T hijdrangeeBformis. 
Its present name serves to commemorate its first discoverer, e 
late Mr. Griffith ; from whom I possess specimens gathered at 
Mergui. It is a really noble species and u ill prove luva ua e 
to our stoves, where it requires the same treatment as oui a\ oui i es 
SEPTEMBER IST, 1847- 
