° oo 
_ Ixora Barpata. Bearpep Ixora. 
Class and Order. 
TerranpriA Monoeynia. | 
Generic Character. 
i. Cor. 1-petala, infundibuliformis, longa, stipera. Staining 
ipra faucem. Bacca 4-sperma (2-sperma. Roxb ) 
Specific Character and Synonym. 
Ixora barbata; foliis oppositis oblongo-ovatis breviter pe- 
 tiolatis, panicula terminali trichotoma laxa, corolle 
tubo longissimo, fauce barbata. 
Ixora barbata ; tubo corolle longo ; fauce barbata, foliis 
itis breviter petiolatis oblongis integris levibus 
nitidis ; floralibus rotundis cordatis sessilibus. Roxd. 
Flor. Ind. 1. p. 394. 
Bem-Scnerm. Hort. Malab. 2. t. 14? 
(een 
Descr. Flowers white, in terminal panicles, always 
ttichotomously divided ; the terminal flower of the last 
division sessile, the two lateral ones peduncled. Bractes 
oe] minute, opposite, two at each division of the panicle, 
4nd two at the base of the germen. Pedicels dull purple. 
globular, inferior, two-celled; segments of the 
calyx four, minute, applied close to the tube of the corolla. 
Tube exceeding an inch in length. Limb four-cleft : lact- 
me oval, obtuse, spreading, finally reflexed. Anthers 
Sessile in the bearded faux, spreading, alternate with the 
i@, acute, before they burst of a yellow colour, with 
atransparent apex. Style erect, longer than the tube, at 
frst club-shaped, afterwards bifid. ee 
Roxguren describes the leaves as oblong, from six to 
tine inches long, and the floral leaves as round, sessile, and 
embracing the base of the panicle. 
Dr. Waxuicn remarks, that this shrub must not be con- 
founded 
