Tas. 4482. 
IXORA LAXIFLORA. 
Laz-flowered Tzora. 
Nat. Ord. RuspracEm.—TETRANDRIA MoNoGYNIA. 
Gen. Char. (Vide supra, Tas. 4325.) 
Txora laviflora ; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acuminatis basi in petiolum perbrevem 
attenuatis, stipulis ovatis acuminatis ramo angustioribus, panicula corym- 
bosa ampla laxissima foliis longiore, ovario globoso (rubro), calycis limbo 4- 
dentato erecto appresso, corolle tubo gracillimo lobis convexis obovatis 
patentibus in disco barbatis triplo brevioribus, antheris linearibus patentis- 
simis corolle lobos eequantibus, stylo exserto, stigmate bifido. 
Txora longiflora. Sim. in Rees Cycl. v.19.n.8. De Cand. Prodr. v. 4. p. 489. 
Benth. in Niger Flora, p. 414. 
Txora brachyloba. De Cand. Prodr.v. 4. p.488.? Benth. .c. p. 413 ? 
A native of Sierra Leone, first described by Sir Jas. E. Smith, 
recently introduced by Mr. Whitfield to our stoves. Our speci- 
men of this delicate and very sweet-scented plant was commu- 
nicated by Messrs. Lucombe, Pince, and Co., of the Exeter. 
Nursery, and it is well worthy of general cultivation, for it has 
handsome foliage and flowers, while small, which are great 
recommendations as well as the fragrance. 
Duscr. Shrub three to four feet high. Leaves, the largest, a 
Span in length, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, penninerved, at- 
tenuated at the base into a very short petiole. Stipules ovate, 
acuminate, appressed, narrower than the branch which bears 
them. Panicle terminal, large, and singularly trichotomous, 
subcorymbose. Flowers very fragrant. Calye deep red ; the 
tube (or ovary) globose, red: the free portion or limb is very 
small, and cleft into four erect, appressed teeth. Corolla white 
tinged with pink: the ¢wde an inch and a half long, slender : 
the limb cut to the base into four spreading obovate segments, 
hairy in the disk. Filaments very short : Anthers quite exserted, 
- linear, as long as the lobes of the corolla and equally spreading 
With them. S/yle exserted. Stigma clavate, bifid. W.S. HL. 
Curr. A native of the hot and moist climate of Java, there- 
DECEMBER Ist, 1849. 
