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Ramuli glabri, primo parurn compressi, mox teretes, ad 4 mm. 

 diametro, brunneo- vel j'allide brunneo-corticati. Folia elliptica 

 vel oYato-elliptica, rarius late oblongo-oblanceolata vel obovato- 

 oblanceolata, apice breviter obtusissime acuminata, basi saepius 

 cuneata vel late cuneata, 6"5-18 cm. longa, 1-7-7*7 cm* lata, 

 chartaceo-coriacea, ncrvis lateralibns utrinque 10-12 intra mar- 

 ginem anastomos^ntibus supra conspicxiis subtus prominentibns, 

 nervis transversfs p^^gina utraque conspicuis vel inferiore fere 

 snbprominulis, margine plerumque leviter recurve, petiole 0'5- 

 1-7 cm. longo supra canaliculate suffulta; stipulae e basi 4 mm. 

 lata subulato-acuminatae, 7 mm. longae. Inflorescentia ter- 

 minalisj sessilis, glabra; cjmae bracliiataej articulataej ramuli 

 laterales inferiores ad 5 cm. longi, superiores ab inferioribus ad 

 6'5 cm. distantes, ad 2 cm. longi; bracteae bracteolaeque parvae; 

 cymularum pedunculi ad 3'5 mm. longi, floribus terminalibus 

 sessilibus, lateralibns pedicello 1'6 mm. longo suffultis; Acres 

 pallide pnnicei (ex Collins). Receptacnlum 0'75 mm. altum. 

 Sepala 4, vix 0"75 mm. longa, 0-75 mm. lata. Corollae tubus 

 6'5 mm. longus, lobi 4, oblongi, emarginulati, 3"5 mm. longi, 

 2*25 mm. lati. Filamenta 1"5 mm. longa, antheris 3'5 mm. 

 longis. Stylus circiter 1 cm. longus, bifidus. Fructus brunneus, 



subglobosus, circiter 5 mm. diametro. 

 Sriracba, 4'5 m., Mrs. Z). /. Collins 60. 



Ixora Kerrii, Craih [Bubiaceae-Ixoreae] ; ab 7. stricta, Eoxb., 

 corollae tubo breviore eiusque lobis arete reflexis distinguenda. 



Frutex l*5-2'4 metralis (ex Kerr), omnino glaber; ramuli 

 primo parum compressi, mox teretes, ad 5 '5 mm. diametro, cor- 

 tice pallide brunneo reticulato-striato obtecti. Folia oblonga ad 

 oblongo-ovata, apice breviter acuminata, obtusa, basi cuneata, 

 obtusa vel rotundata, interdum leviter cordata, ad 21 cm, longa 

 et 7 cm. lata, mox coriaceo-cbartacea, nervis lateralibns utrinque 

 circiter 11-14, supremis bene intra marginem anastomosantibus, 

 pagina superiore conspicuis vel fere subprominulis inferiore 

 prominentibus, nervis transversis uti reticulatione laxa pagina 

 litraque oculo armato conspicuis, petiole validiusculo 3-5 mm. 

 longo suf?ulta ; stipulae basi latiusculae, apice longe subulato- 

 acuminatae, ad 1 cm. longae. Inflorescentia densa, ad 20 cm. 

 diametro, sessilis vel pedunculo communi usque ad 5 cm. lon^o 

 sufEulta, articulata, glabra; ramuli inferiores 2-8-6 cm. longi; 

 cymularum pedunculi breves, floribus sessilibus ; bracteae bracteo- 

 laeque parvae. Receptacnlum circiter 1 mm. altum. Calyx vix 



0'5 mm. longus* Corollae puniceae (ex Kerr) tubus gracilis, 



1-1'3 cm. longus; lobi reflexi, oblongi, apice rotundati vel parum 

 xetusi, circiter 2'5 mm. longi et 1-5 mm. lati. Antherae apice 

 acuminatae, paululo ultra 3 mm. longae. Stylus gracilis, fid 

 1'6 cm. longus, glaber. Fructus purpureus (ex Kerr)^ plus 

 minusve late ellipsoideus, 1 cm. altus, seminibus brunneo-stra- 

 miueis. Ixora sp. near 2. stricta, Roxb., Craib, Contrib. Fl- 

 Siam in Aberd. Univ. Studies, No, 57, p. 109. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sutep, in evergreen jungle, 1350-1650 m., 



Kerr 1745, 1745a. 



