Tas. 4523. 
IXORA SALICIFOLIA. 
Willow-leaved Ixora. — 
Nat. Ord. RuprackE#.—TETRANDRIA MonoGynia. 
Gen. Char, (Vide supra, Tas. 4325.) 
Ixora salicifolia ; foliis brevissime petiolatis elongato-lanceolatis tenui-acumina- 
tis glabris, corymbo amplo denso hemispherico, calycis laciniis ovatis acutis 
brevissimis, corolle (aurantiacee) tubo elongato gratili, laciniis ovato-lanceo- 
latis acutis, staminibus brevibus, stylo vix exserto. 
Ixora salicifolia. De Cand. Prodr.v.4. p. 487. 
Paverra salicifolia. Blume, Bijdr. no. 951. 
8. Floribus minoribus puniceis. 
De Candolle, who, however, only knew this plant from a dried 
specimen communicated by Professor Blume, observes well of 
it, “Species insignis.” The splendid specimens in a living state 
exhibited at the floral exhibitions of Chiswick, and those com- 
municated to us for representation in the present work, bear 
him out in this eulogium. Nothing can be more beautiful 
than the large flame-coloured corymbs of the flowers, or more 
graceful than the copious willow-shaped leaves, often more than 
a span in length. It is a native of the mountains of Java ; first 
noticed there and characterized by Blume, and introduced to 
Messrs. Veitch and Son’s Nursery, by their collector, Mr. Thos. 
Lobb, from Mount Seribu in the same country. ‘Two varieties 
are in cultivation with Messrs. Veitch : the one with the smallest 
flowers has them the most deeply coloured. Another /vora 1s 
reported to be on sale in this country, quite different from this, 
i the name of J. salicifolia, which may be the true plant of 
lume. 
Descr. An erect, handsome-growing shrub, 2-3 feet high, with 
rather closely-placed opposite /eaves, which are borne on extremely 
short petioles, almost sessile, narrow-lanceolate, very much acumi- 
nated, often a span long, penninerved, entire, glabrous, dark shining 
green above, paler beneath. Stipules ovate, acuminate, often 
JULY Ist, 1850. 
