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shorter tlian the petiole. Gytnes solitary, terminal on peduncles 1*9 

 to 3 in. long, spreading, trichotomous, many-flowered, the bracteoles 

 linear, persistent. Flower -pedicels shorter than the narrowly campanu- 

 late calyx. Calyx less than "l in. long, narrowly campanulate, its 4 or 

 6 narrowly lanceolate acute teeth as long as the tube, erect. Corolla- 

 hibe narrowly cylindric, "4 or 5 in. long : the limb with 5 oblong api- 

 culate lobes '2 in. long. Stigma narrowly fusiform (before the expan- 

 sion of its lobes), slightly exserted. Fruit like a small pea if one-seeded ; 

 broader and with two vertical groves if two-seeded, crowned by the 

 small scar of the calyx, glabrous, smooth. I. nigricans. Hook. fil. Fl. 

 Br. Ind. III. 149, var. argtUa. I. nigricans, Wall. Cat. 6154 B. and C. 

 only. 



Pebak: Wray 2135, Curtis 1303, 980; Kings Collector 684, 870, 

 2072, 4286, 4573, 4966, 8718, 10269, 10658, 10901; Scortechini. Kedah: 

 'Ridley 8299. Selangor : Ridley 8240. Wellesley : Bidley 7013 ; 

 Curtis, 2451, 3206. Malacca : Maingay (K.D.) 859. 



The type specimens of this in the Wallichian Catalogue consist of two sheets 

 distinguished by the letters A and B. The former was received from Herb. Heyne, 

 and is therefore supposed to have come from Southern India. Sheet B is attributed 

 to Penang. What appears to be the same plant but with somewhat broader leaves 

 also forms B and C of No. 6154 which was distributed under the name I nigricans, R. 

 Br, Under this name (I. nigricans, R. Br.) there were unfortunately issued by Wallich 

 two other plants lettered respectively 6154 A and D. These two not only differ 

 from B and C, but also from each other. The name has however been: adopted in 

 the Flora of British India and the Wallichian No. 6154, without distinction of 

 letters, has been taken as its basis. As the simplest solution of the confusion which 

 has thus arisen, I have ventured to restore the MSS. name I, arguta, R. Br. for the 

 plant — a common one in all the provinces — above described. 



6. IxORA COCCINEA Linn. Sp. PI. 159 (excl. syn.) A much 

 branched shrub, the smaller branches of the cymes and the calyces 

 puberulous, otherwise quite glabrous ; young branches thinner than a 

 goose-quill, pale. Leaves coriaceous^ pale when dry, broadly ovate or 

 elliptic, sessile, the base cordate and stem-clasping or slightly nar- 

 rowed ; the apices sub-acute or blunt and mucronate ; nervation indistinct 

 when dry; length 2 to 3 in.; breadth 1*25 to 1-75 in.; stipules nar- 

 rowly semilunar with long straight linear stiff apices. Cymes several 

 together, at the apices of the branches, each on a short peduncle, minute- 

 ly bracteate and bracteolate ; calyx less than "1 in. long, puberulous 

 cylindric, with 4 acute teeth shorter than the tube. Corolla-tube 1*25 to 

 1*5 in. long, narrowly cylindric ; the 4 lobes of the limb broad, acute, 

 spreading, "25 in. long. Fruit fusiform, sometimes pulpy. Roxb. Fl. 

 Ind. I, 375; W. & A. Prod. Fl. Pen. Ind. 427 ; Wight Icon. 153; Brand. 

 For. Flora 275; Kurz. For. Flora, Burma II, 26 ; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. 



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