1016 LEAFLETS or PHILIPPINE Botany [Vor. III, Arr. 54 
involute and slightly twisted to the left; segments oblong, acute 
at apex, separating nearly to the base, 5; stamens pale white, 
also 5, upon very short filaments, inserted upon the glabrous 
throat of the short corolla tube; anther linear, basifixed, 4 
mm. long, acute at apex, bifid at base; style glabrous, entire, 
also whitish; fruits not seen. 
Type specimen 12492, A. D. E. Elmer, Magallanes (Mt. 
Giting-giting), Province of Capiz, Island of Sibuyan, May, 1910. 
A sparingly branched undershrub, among herbaceous jungle. 
This also my be considered only a form of P. indica Linn. 
IXORA Linn. 
Ixora capitulifera Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. V; 233, 
1910. 
Type collected on mount Victoria, Palawan, by Dr. F. 
W. Foxworthy, Bureau of Science number 686. 
Ixora crassifolia Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. V; 233, 
1910. 
A remarkable thick and rigid leaved Irora. Type is 
Bureau of Forestry number 9439, collected by Messrs. Whitford 
and Hutchinson at Port Banga, district of Zamboanga, Min- 
danao. 
Ixora macrophylla Bartl. in DC. Prod. IV; 487, 1830. 
Very common in nearly all the islands. 
Type collected about Manila and has previously been 
referred by me, in part at least, under J. cumingiana Vid. 
Ixora bibracteata Elm. Leaf. Philip. Bot. I; 8, 1906. 
This species has not since been recollected. Is quite 
distinct from all other known Philippine species of Irora. 
Ixora chinensis Lam. Encyc. III; 344. 
A native of China and cultivated in the Philippines for 
ornamental purposes. So is also the closely related species 
I. coccinea Linn. 
