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PSYCHOTRIA. 



The genus psychotria furnishes a handsome shrub, 

 whose small white flowers throw a delightful fragrance on 

 the path during a morning walk. 

 Psychotria. 

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CRIMSON IXORA, 



This species of ixora is very common in front plots, and 

 fs sometimes called by the European residents, " the 

 country geranium." 



Ixora coccinea. 



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WILD IXORA. 



An indigenous species of ixora is frequently met with 

 in mountains and plains whose flowers are of a much paler 

 hue than the preceding species. 

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WHITB IXORA. 



A white-flowered ixora is another of our wild flowers 

 that ought to be brought into cultivation. 

 Ixora alba. 



PAVETTA. 



An indigenous species of pavetta, with Mowers resem- 

 bling a white ixora is found at Tavoy, 

 Pavetta tomentosa. 



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NAUCLEA. 



A fragrant orange-flowered species of nauclea rs - 

 times cultivated by the natives. Its large glossy leaves 

 afford a thick and beautiful shade : and, in Indian Mytho- 

 logy, it is one of the four shadow-giving trees that grow 

 on mount meru — the eugenia, the nauclea cadamba, the 

 banyan, and the peepul. 



Nauclea Cadamba. 



