: Prater 2236, 
IXORA SIPHONAN THA, Oliv. 
Rostacez. Tribe Ixorex. 
I. siphonantha, Oliv. (sp. nov.); glaberrima, foliis petiolatis elongato- 
Ovalibus acutis iacel i uspidatis icula ter- 
apiculatis lobis corolla c, 4-plo brevioribus, filamentis brevissimis, 
r 
stigmatis lobis linearibus divergentibus, 
Has. Northern Madagascar, Baron (No. 6,611.) 
Folia (in ram. florif.) 7-10 poll. longa, 14-2} poll. lata. Panicula 
rum peduneulo ¢. 14-2 pedalis. Flores flavi, 8-10 poll. longi. Oalyz 
lobis 2-21 lin, longis. Qvula solitaria, peltatim inserta. 
A noble addition to this large genus. I donot know any species 
of Izora with flowers so large.—D. Oxiver. 
Fig. 1. Calyx and style-base. 2. Anther, front and back. 3. Longitudinal section 
of ovary, _4i/ enlarged. 
