166 



grand iflora. Bojer, MSS. — Ixora parviflora. Z«m. ///. t. 



66. J". 2. (figura mala.) — Ixora micrantha. Boem. et Sch. 



Spst. Veget v. 3. p. 179. — Faramea corymbosa. Sieh. Fl. 



Maurif. n. 62, (non Aubl.) 

 Hab. In Insula Mauritii. 



Frutex : Rami teretes, rugosi, cinereo-fusci ; juniores laeves. 

 Folia opposita, breve petiolataoblonga, acutiuscula, superne 

 sublatiora, interne magis minusve cordata, integerrima, 

 coriacea, supra intense viridia, subtus pallidiora. Stipulce 

 caducae, et in meis examplaribus absunt. Corymbus ter- 

 minalis, multiflorus. PedmiciiU pedicellique purpurei, gla- 

 bri. C«/. minutus, 4-dentatus. Coro//a rotata, alba : ^m&o 

 brevi, ad orem ciliato, limbo quadripartito ; laciniis pa- 

 tentibus, oblongis, retusis, glabris. Stamina 4, ad basin 

 laciniarum inserta et cum iis alterna: Filamentahxe\\di'. 

 AnthercB oblongae. Germen inferum, globosum, glabrum, 

 la3ve: Stylus exsertus: Stigma 4-fidum. Bacca tetrapy- 

 rena. Se?nen et Embryo ut in charactere generico. 



Professor Bojer of the Mauritius, to whom I am indebted 

 for a beautiful drawing, by Miss Baigrie, of this plant, could 

 not have been aware that it was the M. multijlora of 

 Richard, and of De Candolle, for it has been but very re- 

 cently published by those authors under that name: nor 

 could I have made myself certain of the synonym, were it not 

 for Sieber's specimens, above quoted, in his " Herbarium 

 Mauritianum." There are^ indeed, some points in which 

 our figure does not quite accord with the description, 

 such as the absence of reticulation on the upper side of the 

 leaves, (which probably is much less apparent in the recent 

 plant,) and the patent stigmas; but nothing more than what 

 may be accounted for by our drawing being made from the 

 living individual, while the descriptions were probably drawn 

 up from dried ones. 



Tab. LXXXVII. Myonima multiflora. Fig. \f Flower. 

 Fig. 2, Corolla, laid open. Fig. 3, Pistil and calyx. Fig. 

 4, Section of a berry. Fig. 5, Seed. Fig. 6, Embryo : — 

 magnified. 



