293 
Ixora parviflora. Vahl, Symb. v. 3. p. 2. t. 52. Willd. Sp. Pl. 
v. l. p. 609. Roxb. Fl. Ind. v. 1. p.394. Syst. Veget. v. 1. 
p.408. De Cand. Prodr. v. 4. p. 488. 
Adapamarum (incorrectly named by Ainsley Soolundie Kuttay, 
which is the Crotalaria juncea.) 
À small tree, with a thick, bushy head. Bark dark-coloured, 
rough. Leaves opposite, decussate, nearly sessile, obovato- 
lanceolate, pointed, “smooth, shining, firm, entire, from 3 to 
4 inches long, and 1} to 2 broad” (Rozb.). The specimens, 
now before me, have deaves 51 inches long, and 3 broad; and 
I think I have seen larger ones. The stipules appear to be 
early deciduous, as, out of 4 good specimens, I can only find 
one perfect pair, and that on a young shoot : all the others 
have either fallen or withered. They embrace the stem within 
the petioles, and terminate in a lateral subulate point. Pani- 
cles large, ‘ovate, terminal, twice or thrice decussate, the 
branches, branchlets, and peduncles always dividing into 
threes, the ultimate pedicels being 3-flowered, and form to- 
gether an exceedingly rich cluster. “ Bracteas, at the princi- 
pal divisions, stipulaceous, with 4 subulate processes” (Roab.). 
This does not accord with my specimens, which have folia- 
ceous bracteas, diminishing in size as they ascend the panicle, 
and furnished, like the proper leaves, with stipules; the more 
remote divisions have stipules, but no bracteas. Flowers small, 
white, fragrant. Calyx obtusely 4-toothed, very small. Corolla, 
with its tube, long and slender: limb 4-cleft, the divisions 
linear, obtuse, reflexed. Stamens : filaments very short; anthers 
linear and bent back with the segments of the corolla. 
Germen inferior. Style filiform, longer than the tube, hairy. 
Stigma 2-cleft. Berry generally 2-seeded, 2-lobed, about 
the size of a pea, black when ripe. ! | 
This shrub, or small tree, is met with, occasionally, in the 
vicinity of Negapatam, in sandy soil, near the coast. It is also 
extensively distributed over India. In many places the 
branches are converted into torches, by being first well dried 
in the oven, and. then partly split. They give a clear light, 
and are very useful to travellers who journey during the 
