I.XX. UUllIACK.i:. 61 1 



with globose buds {Hooker). Y\. H. I. v. .'i, p. 142 ; AVight, Icon. t. 71<> ; 

 Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 194. — Flowers: Nov.-Feb. Veen. Gorhdle. 



KoNKAN : Law I, StocAsl; S.KonVan, Rt/ckie, 354 I Deccan : Kliandala, Woodrowl 

 Kanaka: Mrs. ly'ardl; Mendele, A't^cA/c, 304/2. — Disxniu. India (W. Peninsula). 



(!. Ixora parviflora, VaJil, Si/mh. v. 3 (1724) p. 11. t. 52. A 



small mucli-branclK'd evergreen tree ; bark thick, reddish-brown ; 

 branchlets somewhat compressed, glabrous. Leaves 8-5 by 1^-2| in., 

 very coriaceous and hard, reliculately veined, oblong or elliptic, obtuse, 

 glabrous and shining, pale when dry, base usually rounded, sometimes 

 cordate ; nuiin lateral nerves 8-10 pairs, slender, faint; petioles scarcely 

 ^ in. long, rugose ; stipules ^ in. long, broadly ovate, with a cuspidate 

 point about i in. long. Flowers white, odorous, small and very 

 numerous, in subglobose clusters, in sessile cymes brachiate with 

 3-5 pairs of short brandies ; pedicels very short or ; bracts and 

 bracteoles as in /. hrac/iiata ; flower-buds ellipsoid. Calyx J^ in. long, 

 ovoid-oblong ; teeth 4, minute, not more than J^^ in. long, triangular, 

 subacute. Corolla-tube -3-1V ^"' ^^^^Ki ^^'itltout hairs in the mouth ; 

 lobes 4, linear-oblong, obtuse, f-^-| by yu in. Style densely clothed 

 with white hairs ; branches of the stigma elliptic-lanceolate. Fruit | in. 

 in dlam., didymous. Fl. B. I. v. 3, p. 142 ; Grah. Cat. p. 92 ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. p. 113; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 2, p. 348; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, 

 p. 194 ; AVoodr. in Jonrn. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) p. 645 ; AVatt, Diet. 

 Econ. Prod. v. 4, p. 533. — Flowers : Jan.-Apr. Vern. liai-KuJd. 



Tlirougliout the Presidency in deciduous forests, Talbot. Konkan : Elopbanta, 

 Grahum; Matheran, Cooke \, Woodroivl Deccan: Nasik, Kdiiitkarl; Khandala, 

 Coolc\\ Gokak, Bhival S. M. Country: Kakti hills near Belgauin, lUlchie, 1788! 

 Kanaka : ou the Kala naddi, Ritchie ! — Distkib. Throughout a considerable part of 

 India, chiefly in hilly districts; Ceylon. 



The tree has been called the" Torch Tree" \n consequence of its brandies having 

 been used by dak runners for torches. The wood is very hard and close-grained and 

 takes a good polish. 



7. Ixora coccinea, Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) p. 110. A glabrous shrub 

 2-3 ft. high. Leaves 2-4 by I5-2I in., coriaceous, pale when dry, 

 sessile or nearly so, oblong, obtuse (rarely acute), apiculate, base rounded 

 or subcordate ; main nerves 8-12 pairs, slender ; stipules with a long 

 rigid cuspidate point. Flowers numerous, bright-scarlet, in dense sessile 

 or very shortly peduncled corymbiform cymes ; pedicels very short, 

 glabrous or puberulous ; bracts and bracteoles small, lanceolate-subulate, 

 acute ; buds fusiform, very acute. Calyx y\j- in. long, glabrous ; teeth 

 -^-f^ in. long, triangular, acute. Corolla-tube reaching 14 in. long, 

 slender, without hairs in the mouth ; lobes h by ^— i in., elliptic-oblong, 

 subacute. Fruit globose, size of a pea, smooth, fleshy, crowned with 

 the calyx-teeth, purple when ripe. Seeds deeplv ventrally concave. 

 Fl. B. I. V. 3, p. 145 ; Grah. Cat. p. 91 ; Dal/.. & Gibs. p. 112 ; Wight, 

 Icon. t. 153; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 2, p. 348: Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, 

 p. 194; AA'oodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) p. 646; AVatt, Diet. 

 Econ. Prod. v. 4, p. 533. Ixora BamlJiaca, Eo.\b. Hort. Beng. (1814) 

 p. 10 ; Grah. Cat. p. 92. — Flowers more or less throughout the year. 

 Vebn. Bakord. 



A handsome slirub known as the " Flame of the ]Voo(7.<," often grown in gardens, but 

 indigenous in tlie Presidency. Konkan: common, Dahell <S,- Gib^n ; S. Konkan, 

 iiV/c7i/e, 348 1 ; Vingorla, Woodroxi-l; Ooran (,an island iu lionibaj harbour), Cookel; 



