384 TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Ixora. 



Teling. Tadda-pullu. 



Among- the mountains of the coast of Coromandel this spe- 

 cies grows ltd be a pretty large tree; in the low lands it is 

 much smaller, seldom exceeding fifteen or twenty feet in 

 height. Flowering time February and March. 



Bark dark-coloured, scabrous. Leaves opposite, short- 

 petioled, linear-oblong, pointed at the base, often cordate; 

 smodth, shining, firm, entire, from three to four inches long-, 

 and from one and a half to two broad. Stipules as in I. coc- 

 cinea. Panicles ovate, terminal, erect, cross-armed ; divi- 

 sions always three-forked. Bractes at the principal divisions 

 stipulaceons, with four subulate processes ; the rest are small, 

 one below each ramification. Flowers small, white, fragrant. 

 The style is hairy. Berry generally two-seeded, somewhat 

 two-lobed, size of a pea, black. 



11.1. harbata. R. 



Tube of the corol long ; mouth bearded. Leaves opposite, 

 short-petioled, oblong, entire, smooth, shining ; floral leaves, 

 round cordate, sessile. Panicles open. 



This elegant, densely ramous, large shrub, or small tree, I 

 have found only in the Botanic garden. Flowering- time the 

 hot season. 



Trunk scarcely any, branches numerous, opposite. Leaves 

 opposite, short-petioled, oblong, entire, smooth, and shining 

 on both sides, from six to nine inches long. Stipules within 

 the leaves as in the other species. Corymbs, or rather pani- 

 cles terminal, decompound, large, diffuse, always trichoto- 

 mous, smooth in every part. Bractes, the lowermost pair em- 

 bracing the base of the common peduncle, large, and cordate, 

 (they may be called floral leaves;) the rest gradually de- 

 crease in size till they become very minute at the ultimate 

 divisions. Cahjx as in the genus, with acute divisions. Tube 

 of the corol long and slender, its mouths crowned with long 

 white hairs. Style the length of the corol. Stiyma clubbed, 



