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but distinct on both surfaces, curved, spreading ; length 3*5 to 5 in. ; 

 breadth 125 to 2 in, ; petioles '3 to 4' in., stipules triangular, acuminate, 

 •2 in. long. Cymes nearly as long as the leaves, almost sessile, branch- 

 ing from near the base, the branches divergent, trichotomous, many- 

 flowered, the bracteoles few and minute, lanceolate. Calyx sessile, less 

 than '1 in. long, cylindric, with 4 ovate-acute teeth. Corolla-tube '25 

 to "3 in. long, narrowly cylindric ; the limb "2 in. across, its 4 lobes 

 narrowly oblong, blunt, reflexed. Fruit (in Indian specimens) fusiform, 

 smooth. Roth Nov. Spec. 91 ; DC. Prod. IV, 488 ; Wight & Arn. Prod. 

 428; Wight Icon. 708; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. Ill, 147; Wall. Cat. 6129, 

 excl. Eerh. Ham. I. canja, Wall. Cat. 6130. 



Pebak : at elevation of 4000 feet ; Wray 3934. 



Only once collected in our region. A common species at the base of the 

 eastern Himalaya, and in the Khasia Hills. 



9. IxORA PENDDLA, Jack in Mai. Misc, I, 11. A small shrub, all 

 parts glabrous except the branches of the inflorescence ; young branches 

 thinner than a goose-quill. Leaves thinly coriaceous, oblong to ellip- 

 tic-oblong, sometimes slightly oblanceolate, sub-acute, the base more or 

 less cuneate, both surfaces pale-olivaceous when dry, smooth, the upper 

 shining, the reticulations fine, not prominent; main-nerves 12 to 16 

 pairs, curved, ascending, faint on the upper surface, thin but prominent 

 on the lower ; length 9 to 11 in. ; breadth 25 to 3*5 in. ; petiole "5 to 

 •75 in., stout, channelled : stipules about "2 in. long, broadly ovate, 

 abruptly acuminate. Cymes terminal, 3-branched, pendulous, often 

 nearly as long as the leaves (half the length being slender peduncle) : 

 branches puberulous trichotomous, with subulate bracts at the divi- 

 sions; ultimate branchlets with about 9 flowers. Calyx under '1 in. in 

 length, with 4 short blunt teeth. Corolla-tube slender, cyliudi"ic, about 

 1*25 in. long, the limb about '4 in. across, the 4 lobes oblong, blunt, re- 

 flexed. Anthers short, narrow, acute, sagittate at the base, longer thnn 

 their filaments. Stigma slightly exserted. Fruit ellipsoid, blunt, smooth, 

 •3 in. long and -25 in. in diara. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 141. 



In all the provinces, common. 



The flowers of this are rose-coloured. The long slender drooping peduncle of 

 the cyme has often a whorl of lanceolate bracteoles near the base, and the upper 

 leaves of the stem are often much reduced in size. There are specimens in which the 

 peduncle of the cyme is only 2 or 3 inches long, but usually it is twice as long. 



10. IxORA OPACA, Br. in Wall. Cat. 6141. A small shrub, glabrous 

 except the puberulous branches of the cyme; young branches thinner 

 than a goose-quill, pale-brown. Leaves thickly membranous, oblong to 

 elliptic-oblong, obtusely and shortly acuminate, the base rounded or 



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