Ixora. TETKANnRU mo.hooynia, 35J9 



base, pubescent beneath; sub sessile. Corymbs super-decompouud 

 open and large, terminal and from the exterior axils. Lacinioi of 

 the corol obiong-cuneate, acute*. 



Khasee name, Mattia-Chandci. 



A native of the hilly parts on the borders of Bengal about Silhet, 

 from thence introduced, in 1815, into the Botanic Garden at Calcutta, 

 by Mr. M. R. Smith. It blossoms most freely during the hot and 

 rainy seasons. 



.An erect, strong, branchy shrub, about four feet high, with sca- 

 brous, brown bark. The younger branches pubescent, slightly com- 

 pressed towards the insertion of the leaves, ush-coloured. — Leaves 

 sub-decussate, spreading, leadiery and firm, five or six inches long, 

 about two broad, tapering towards the base and there rounded or 

 slightly emarginate, dark green, bullate, smooth and shining above, 

 pale and pubescent beneath, especially along the elevated rib and 

 copious nerves. — Petiols thick and woody, scarcely more than a line 

 long. — Stipules broad ovate, pubescent erxling in a long subulate 

 adpressed point, connected and stem-clasping by means of a nar- 

 row membrane, continuing within the base of the petioles, and con- 

 cealing a series of small rust-coloured cilia. — Corymbs round, as 

 large as tht leaves, mostly elevated on a peduncle, with trichoto- 

 mous brachiate spreading pubescent reddish peduncles, the lower 

 ones an inch long ; the whole forming an ample terminal inflores- 

 cence of innumerable, most beautiful, pale, rose-coloured, ternate, 

 sessile flowers. — Bractes opposite, lanceolate, connected by a cili- 

 ated margin Calyx very small, oblong with four reddish lanceo- 

 late ciliated teeth, supported by two adpressed bractes. — Cilice as 

 in the preceding species. — Corolla pubescent ; tube slender, a little 

 more than an inch long ; lacinice smooth, spreading, at last reflect- 

 ed, equalling one-fourth of the tube in length. — Filaments reflected. 

 Anthers linear-sagittate. — Stigma reddish. 



Obs. This shrub is exceedingly elegant on account of its large round 

 corymbs which for eight months of the year are produced in a constant 

 succession. The colour of the flowers is a pale pink, gradually be- 



