lorg. TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA.- j 385 
towed above; tapering towards the apex and pointed, rounded afthe . 
base, the lowermost sinall whorls ovate, sub-sessile.—Petiols about 
one-third the length of their leaves, deeply furrowed, smooth above, 
the sides margined, almost winged and with the keeled base prickly, 
apex contracted and jointed. — Peduncles lengthened, straight, four- 
winged, twice or thrice’ bichotomous, hispid. -~ Bractes mostly ter- 
_ mate, lanceolate, sessile, hispid ; the uppermost opposite, very small. 
—Flowers in. peduncled fascicles. Calyx imperceptible. Corolla 
flat, white, hairy on the outside ; segments five, lanceolate, acuminate, - 
Stamina: and style very short. Stigma capitate.—Ovaria slightly 
tere = We 3 a ois £v fg piden ing xs 
(IXORAS Schreb. Gen. N. on 
Calyx four-toothed. - " Corol one-petalled, funnel shaped. t Tube 
Tong, with the stamina in its mouth. Germ two-celled, one-seeded, 
lateral. — Berry inferior; two- -seeded. © Embryo erect, curved, and 
furnished with a perisperm, " 
= 1. E €oceinea. Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. Willd. i. 609. 
Shubby. Leaves oblong, cordate, sessile, acute, smooth, entire. 
Segments of the corol ovate-lanceolate, a acute. Berry crowned with 
me shut segments of the nt ey die is ea 
~ Schetti. Rheed. mal. ii. p. 17.1. 19. is a pretty sed omc of it, 
but the description of the colour of the flowers does not so well 
agree, dee nb X 
“Jasminum flore —— Burm. Lp. jb: ti 81, good. 
Inthe Tanjore country and in China I have found this most beau- 
fl shrub i in great abundance in its wild state. Iu a cultivated state 
vers all the year round. I have had it eight years in my garden 
and it is not more than ‘three or four feet high, with omni 
branches, but scarcely any thing like a trunk. : = 
* Sir William Jones observes ( Yia. Res. iv. 251), that no Indian ew was. ever 
named IXORA ; he adds at the same time that Iswara, which is indeed a title of Shiva 
Would be a very improper. ios mtd of a plant which has already aclassical name. 
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