TAX. laillACE.E. 609 



appressed to the calyx, linear-lancoolato, acute, /, in. long. Calyx more or 

 less pubescent, | in. long ; teeth 4, fleshy, linear-lanceolate, acute, j^-J^ in. 

 long by vV) ii^- broad. Corolla while; tube very slender, up to .^ in- 

 long, mouth naked ; lobes linear-oblong, obtuse, -^^ by ^^ in. Filaments 

 •i-,1 in. long, llattened, slender. Style exserted beyond the corolla-tube, 

 but the exserted portion shorter than the corolla-lobes ; branches of the 

 stigma linear, TjVf-iV '"• ^ong. Fruit globose or didymous, 4 in. in diam., 

 smooth, crowned with the 4 erect calyx-teeth. Fl. B. I. v. 3, p. l.'JS ; 

 Wight, Icon. t. 81J7 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 193 ; Woodr. in 

 Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) p. 645.— Flowers : June-July. 



Cliiefly in the soutlicrn districts of the Presidency. Kanaka: evergreen forests of 

 K. Kiinara parliciilarly on the southern Ghats, 7'aUiof ; Godhuli, Woodrow; Kanara, 

 IVoocIruw ; KUii jungles below Supa (N. Kanara), Eifchic, 1789. — Distuib. Southern 

 districts of the Western Peninsula of India. 



2. Ixora polyantha, Wiijht, Icon. 1. 1066. A small shrub. Leaves 

 6-11 by 2.]-5| in., obovate, elliptic-oblong or oblong-lanceolate, acute 

 or acuminate, coriaceous, glabrous on both sides, base usually acute ; 

 main nerves about 8-12 pairs; petioles ^-| in. long, rugose; stipules 

 broadly ovate, cuspidate. Flowers in corymbiform cymes open or 

 collected into a globose head ; branches of the cyme usually densely 

 clothed with white hairs ; bracts ovate, acute, caducous ; bracteoles 

 reaching | in. long, ovate, very acute. Calyx |-| in. long ; tube 

 hairy, i-i in. long ; teeth 5-3 by j^j-| in., elliptic-lanceolate, acute, the 

 upper part of eacli glabrous, the lower half with a few scattered hairs. 

 Corolla-tube reaching 1| in. long, slender, glabrous, without hairs in the 

 mouth ; lobes reaching ^^ by i in., broadly elliptic, obtuse. Style ex- 

 serted beyond the tube, the exserted portion much shorter than the 

 corolla-lobes ; branches of the stigma -f^s ^^* ^^^^g' linear, recurved. 

 Fruit I in. long, ovoid, on hairy pedicels g in. long, striate, sparsely 

 hairy, crowned with the persistent calyx-teeth, red when ripe. Fl. B. I. 

 V. 3, p. 140; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 193 ; AVoodr. in Journ. Bomb. 

 IS'at. V. 11 (1898) p. 645.— Flowers : Mar. 



KoNKAN : N. & S. Konkan, Law ! Kanara : Southern Ghi'its of N. Kanara, Talbot; 

 Gondabcl Ghat, S^oc^'s ! ; Nilkund, Woodrow \ — Distrib. India (W. Peninsula). 



3. Ixora nigricans, Br. in Wall. Cat. (1828) 6154. A large ever- 

 green shrub or small tree ; young branches, leaves, and inflorescence 

 turning black in drying. Leaves 4-6 by lg-2| in., membranous, elliptic- 

 oblong, elliptic-lanceolate, or (sometimes) elliptic-obovate, acute or shortly 

 acuminate, glabrous, base acute or rounded ; main nerves 12-15 pairs, 

 slender, arched ; petioles 5-^ in. long ; stipules shortly triangular at 

 base, cuspidate with a long stiff bristle. Flowers white, odorous, in 

 sessile or peduncled brachiate usually glabrous cymes which are broader 

 than long ; bracts at the base of the main peduncles foliaceous, | in. 

 long, lanceolate, cuspidate, those beneath the branches of the cyme sub- 

 ulate ; bracteoles minute, subulate ; buds very narrowly fusiform, not 

 much broader than the corolla-tube. Calyx glabrous, y\j in. long ; teeth 

 ^ in. long, triangular, acute, subfleshy. Corolla-tube ^ m. long, slender, 

 glabrous, without hairs in the mouth ; lobes -j-\ by -j^^ in., oblong, sub- 

 acute, glabrous. Style glabrous. Stigma-branches recurved. Fruit 

 globose or didymous, size of a pea. Seeds plano-convex, rugose on the 

 back. Fl. B. I. v. 3, p. 148 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 113 ; Wight, Icon. t. 318 ; 



