386 TETEANDRIA MOJTCGYNlA. JxarSi, 



Leaves opposite, sessile, approximated, decussate, oblong, pointed, 

 entire, smooth, shining, from three to four inches long, and one 

 and a halt broad. — Siipules within the leaves with an avvled process 

 on each s'lde.—Corj/mb terminal, three-forked. — Bracte^ small, rigid. 

 — Peduncles and pedicels short, coloured. — Flozcen numerous, pretty 

 large, bright scai let, inodorous — Cah/r four-toothed; divisions 

 acute. — Coral, stamens and pi.;til as in the genus. — Berry size of a 

 small cherry, red, juic", two-celled. — Seed solitary, convex on one 

 side, and fiat on the other. 



Obs. Fiamma sylvarum. Rumph. amh. iv. p. 103. t. 46. is a very 

 bad representation of ihib species, and much more like my Ixora 

 fidgens. I have tliercfoie doubUully quoted it for that plant. 



2. I. Baiidhnca II. 



fehrubb}, spreading, leaves oval, stem-clasping. Coryrnhs crowd- 

 ed ; se:ymAits of the coiol ovate, obtuse. Berries crowned with the 

 open calyx. 



Asiat. Res. iv. p. 250. 



^ajis. "T-^^i, Kukiuka, -^TJ^i, B«ndhook<7, or a''yq>:, B«udhoo- 

 ka, iT'SfBffcf^;, B//ndhoojeevf/ka. 



Beug. RongKU, Vui]una. 



A very elegant, uncommonly ramous, bushy shrub, a native of 

 Hindoostan. Sir William Jones observes thai the flower is often 

 mentioned by the best Indian Poets. It is in flower the whole year 

 but chiefly during the rains, when it is highly ornamental. 



Stem none, but branches innumerable, which divide much and 

 SDiead close on the ground, forming a large hemispherical bush. — 

 jB^rA-ofthe large branches dark bro\Mi, atKl rather scabious; that of 

 the young shoots, smooth, and green. — Leaves opposite, stem-clasp- 

 ing, oblong, obtuse, with a small point, entire, firm, smooth ou both 

 sides — Stipules interfoliaceous, annular, with a subulate process on 

 each side— Coryw^s terminal, crowded, divisions many, but short. 

 — Fluzcers numerous, when they first open scarlet, clianging af- 

 terwards to crimson. — Bractes opposite, conic, acute.— Ctt/yi". su- 



