378 TETRANDIUA MONOGYNTA. Ixora. 



4th. The calyx on the fruit is open in this species, in that 

 shut into a conical point. 



3. J.fnlyens. R. 



Shrubby. Leaves sub-sessile, lanceolate, acute. Corymbs 

 terminal, highly coloured. Segments of the calyx cordate. 

 Tube of the corol long- and filiform, with smooth contracted 

 mouth ; segments lanceolate, and larger than the erect sta- 

 mens. Berries two-lobed. 



Flamma syl varum. Rumph. A nib. iv. 105. t. 46 ? pretty 

 good. 



This elegant, highly ornamental shrub is a native of the 

 Moluccas, and from thence was introduced into the Botanic 

 garden, where it blossoms most part of the year. 



Trunk short, soon dividing into many straggling- weak 

 brunches, covered with smooth dark-brown bark. Leaves 

 opposite, short- petioled, lanceolate, entire, acute, smooth on 

 both sides ; from six to eight inches long, and from one to 

 three broad. Stipules connecting, with an acute point on each 

 side. Corymbs terminal, composed of short, decussate, high- 

 ly coloured branches, and branchlets, supporting numerous, 

 short-peduncled, long-tubed, pretty large, scarlet flowers, 

 with the four segments of their border acute, and broad-lan- 

 ceolate, stamens erect. Berry two-lobed, size of ^marrow- 

 fat pea, smooth, when ripe of a deep purple, two-celled. 

 Seeds solitary, nearly round, convex on the back, with a deep 

 cavity on the inside, and from thence attached by a thick 

 short cord to the centre of the partition. Integuments two, 

 the exterior corresponding with w h;it Gaertner calls the aril- 

 lus in Coffea, ash-coloured, and firm like parchment; the in- 

 ner membranaceous, and darker coloured. Perisperm con- 

 form to the seed, pale blue, and of a soft cartilaginous con- 

 sistence. Embryo erect, one-third shorter than the perisperm, 

 curved. Cotyledons two, cordate. Radicle sub-clavate, in- 

 ferior. 



