IxoRa. RUBIACE X. : 427 . 
middle and hairy downwards: stigma mitriform, bifid to about the middle: 
drupe obcordate.— Wight! cat. n. 1332.—Dondisia Leschenaultii, DC. prod. - 
4. p. 469 (descr. of ovary bad).——Courtallum mountains. 
De Candolle's description under Dondisia is exceedingly good, except what 
relates to the structure of the ovary (about which however he appears very 
uncertain), and the absence of thorns. 
XXIII. IXORA. Linn. ; Gertn. fr. t. 25. 
Calyx-tube ovate; limb small, 4-toothed or 4-partite. Corolla hypocra- 
teriform ; tube slender, terete, longer than the lobes: limb 4-partite, spread- 
ing. Anthers 4, somewhat sessile in the throat, or on short filaments. Style 
shorter than the corolla, usually scarcely exserted beyond the tube, bifid at 
the apex; divisions of the stigma diverging or revolute. Berry drupaceous, 
crowned with the persistent calyx, somewhat globose, 2-celled: nuts charta- 
ceous, flat or concave on the inner side, gibbous on the back, 1-seeded. 
Albumen cartilaginous, solid. Embryo dorsal, erect, incurved : radicle long : 
cotyledons foliaceous.—Shrubs or small trees. Leaves opposite. Stipules 
from a broad base, acute or ending in a setaceous simple or bifid awn. Co- 
rymbs terminal, usually trichotomous. Flowers red or white, often fragrant. 
1306. (1) I. coccinea (Linn.:) shrubby, glabrous: leaves nearly sessile, 
oval or oblong, with a more or less cordate base, or euneate-obovate, acute 
or acuminated, mucronate, coriaceous, shining on the upper surface: co- 
rymb nearly sessile, thin: lobes of the calyx acute, connivent in fruit: corol- 
la (scarlet) with a long tube, the segments ovate-lanceolate or elliptical, 
acute: style shortly exserted: divisions of the stigma oblong-linear.—Linn. 
sp. p. 159 (excl. syn.) ; Sm. in Rees’ cycl. ; Roxb. fl. Ind. 1. p. 375 ; (ed Wall.) 
1. p. 385; in E. I. C. mus. tab. 166 ; Wight! cat. n. 1333.—1. grandiflora, 
DC. prod. 4. p. 486 (perhaps not of Ker); Spr. syst. 1. p. 407 ; Wight! in 
Hook. bot. misc. 3. p. 294. suppl. t. 35.—1. propinqua, Brown in Wall.! L. n. 
6119.—I. obovata, Heyne? in Roth, nov. sp. p. 90.—Ixora n. 22, Linn. ff. 
Ee trus Mal.2. t. 12; Burm. Zeyl. t. 57 ; Pluk. t. 59. f. 2, and t. 109. 
. 2t 
We restore the name given by Linneeus, as this is the species with large red 
flowers originally described by him in the flora Zeylanica. We do not see 
how Z. grandiflora of Ker, bot. reg. t. 154. differs, but we presume that Brown 
must have considered it distinct when he proposed a new appellation for our 
plant. The shape of the leaves is very inconstant often on the same specimen ; 
sometimes they resemble so exactly Pluk. t. 109. f. 2, that we have adduced 
that figure here although Plunkenet seems to say it has white flowers, but 
this part of his description appears to have been borrowed from Bauhin, and 
not derived from his own observations. We have some hesitation about 
bringing here J. obovata, but Roth’s description agrees well with some states 
of this species, except where he says the lobes of the corolla are obtuse; De 
Candolle refers it to J. Bandhuca, which, however, is not found in the Penin- 
sula; Sprengel considers it synonymous with J. cuneifolia, but that has much 
smaller and differently coloured flowers. 
1307. (2) I. stricta (Roxb. :) shrubby, glabrous ; branches straight: leaves 
somewhat sessile, lanceolate-oblong, corymbs dense, compound, somewhat 
hemispherical: calyx-lobes broadly ovate, somewhat obtuse: corolla (pale 
pink, orange, or scarlet) with a long tube, the segments roundish, obtuse : 
anthers pointed: style glabrous, slightly exserted ; divisions of the stigma 
linear-oblong.—Rowb. fl. Ind. 1. p. 379; (ed Wall.) 1. p. 384; in E. I. C. 
mus. tab. 1337 ; DC. prod. 4. p. 486 ; Spr. syst. 1. p. 407 ; Wall.! L. n. 6123; 
Wight ! cat. n. 1334.—I. coccinea, Ait. (not Linn.) curt. bot. mag. t. 169.— 
