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tube of the corolla slender (more than half an inch long); lobes oval, obtuse: 
filaments slightly exserted ; divisions of the stigma linear, recurved: berry 
roundish-turbinate.— Rob. fl. Ind. 1. p. 380; (ed Wall.) 1. p. 390; in E. I. 
C. mus. tab. 1785 ; DC. prod. 4. p. 487; Spr. syst. 1. p. 408; Wall.! L. n. 
6140 ; Wight! cat. n. 1338? 
, Our doubts about Dr Wight's plant arise from two grounds: correspond- 
ing specimens were sent to Dr Wallich, but they are not referred to under J. 
cuneifolia ; and, secondly, Roxburgh describes the corymb long-peduncled, 
while in the specimen before us it is sessile, inasmuch as the three primary 
branches are subtended by two leaves; but in Roxburgh's drawing it is re- 
presented as in our plant. The three branches of the corymb may, indeed, 
be viewed as three peduncled distinct corymbs, two in the axils of the up- 
permost pair of leaves, and one terminal between them, so that we are in- 
clined to believe the difference lies principally in words. Perhaps Dr Wight's 
specimens form J. Wightiana, Wall. L. n. 6161. a. 
1313. (8) I. brachiata (Roxb.:) shrubby with opposite spreading branches: 
leaves shortly petioled, lanceolate-oblong, obtuse, tapering at the base, gla- 
brous: stipules triangular, acute: corymbs sessile, trichotomous, open ; pri- 
mary branches long, the lateral ones horizontal ; flowers (small, white) nume- 
rous on the ultimate divisions: calyx with 4 small broad acute teeth : tube 
of the corolla (3-4 lines long) slender; lobes obovate, retuse, during sestiva- 
tion forming a globose head: anthers sessile : style scarcely exserted, gla- 
brous ; divisions of the stigma oblong, short, erect.— Roxb. fl Ind. 1. p. 382 ; 
(ed Wall.) 1. p.391; in E. I. C. mus. tab. 1942 ; DC. prod. 4. p. 488; Spr. 
syst. 1. p. 408 ; Wall.! L. n. 6142.—1. micrantha, Heyne.—Pavetta breviflora, 
DC. ? l. c. p. 491. 
1314. (9) I. parviftora (Vahl :) arboreous: leaves short-petioled, from li- 
near-oblong to cuneate-obovate, bluntish or with a short point, often slightly 
cordate at the very base, coriaceous and hard, shining: stipules with a long 
subulate point: corymbs or panicles terminal, trichotomous, sessile or pe- 
duncled, with often foliaceous bracteas subtending the primary branches : 
flowers (small and white) crowded on the extreme subdivisions : calyx with 4 
obtuse small teeth : corolla (scarcely half an inch long) with a slender tube ; 
lobes oblong-linear, obtuse, reflexed, forming an oval head during sestivation : 
style hairy !, exserted ; divisions of the stigma oblong, erect: berry some- 
what didymous.—Vahl, symb. 3. p. 2. t. 52 5 DC. prod. 4. p. 488 ; Spr. syst. 1. 
p.408; Roxb. fl. Ind. 1. p. 383; (ed Wall.) 1. p. 393 ; Wall.! L. n. 6156 ; 
Wight! cat. n. 1339 ; in Hook. bot. misc. 3. p. 292. suppl. t. 34.—I. alba, Roxb. 
in E. I. C. mus. tab. 167 ; Smith in Rees’ cycl.—\. arborea, Smith ! in Rees’ 
cycl. ; DC. l. e.—I. Pavetta, Andr. bot. rep. t. 78; Pers. syn. 1. p. 130; Spr. 
i. e.—I. decipiens, DC. l. e—Webera corymbosa, herb. Sm.! (not in Rees 
eycl. 
Vus figure is exceedingly characteristic of some states of our plant, nor 
do we well understand why Smith on the one hand, and De Candolle on the 
other, have each erected Roxburgh's plant into a distinct species. It is 
readily recognised, whatever be the shape of its leaves or size of the panicle, 
by its small white flowers and hairy style. De Candolle says that the flowers 
are scarlet, but, at the same time, places it among the species with white 
flowers: they are pure white, but become reddish by drying. 
1315. (10) I. /anceolaria (Colebr.:) shrubby : branches slender, drooping, 
labrous: leaves short-petioled, des SE aie oc narrow or oblong- 
Diaconie, acuminated ; upper surface dull, glaucous, glabrous ; under pale, 
glabrous or pubescent; corymbs small, few- owered, sessile, trichotomous, 
open: flowers (white) lax: calyx-segments linear-oblong, much longer 
than the tube, connivent in fruit: tube of the corolla (about three-quar- 
ters of an inch long) slender; lobes spreading, linear-oblong, obtuse, a 
