164 TAX. RUBiACE^ (hieen). [Ixora. 



1 in. diameter ; lobes oval, obtuse, glabrous. Anthers partly included. 

 Style exserted to half the length of the corolla-lobes, bifid at the tip. 

 Fruit -? in. diameter — I. Brunonis, Hort. ex Walp. Rep. vi. p. 45, non 

 Wall. 



IVIozaxab. Blstr. Mozambique, Forbes ! 



Occurs also in Madagascar. 



3. I. laziflora, Smith in Bees Gycl. xix. n. 8. From a shrub of 

 3-4 feet to a small bushy tree. Leaves oval-oblong or narrowly ellip- 

 tical, moT'e or less acuminate or acute, narrov/ed at the base sometimes 

 very shortly so or rarely (especially the uppermost ones which are 

 also smaller) rounded, chartaceous, variable in size, in some specimens 

 ranging up to 9 by 2-^ in. besides the petiole, which ranges up to § in. ; 

 lateral veins numerous, slender, spreading ; stipules connate below, 

 ovate, apiculate, keeled at least towards the apex, ^-^ in. long. 

 Flowers about 1 in. long when expanded, fragrant, on rather slender 

 pedicels ranging up to | in., in lax trichotomously branched peduncu- 

 late hemispherical terminal panicles of 2-8 in. diameter ; common 

 peduncle 1-2 in. ; bracteoles small, opposite, ovate, acute, at the base of 

 e&vh. ramification of the inflorescence, the uppermost at the base of the 

 calyx. Calyx red, -^^ in. long, ovoid; teeth short, broad, obtuse, sub- 

 conni-\'ent. Corolla white, tinged with pink ; tube slender, lobes 

 ^^ in. long, obovate- oblong, obtusely pointed, more or less pubescent 

 towards the base inside or obsoletely so. Anthers about ^^ in. long, 

 exserted. Style exserted by the length of the corolla-lobes, at length 

 bilobed above. Fruit ^ in. long, | in. diameter, didymous, red. — Bot. 

 Mag. t. 4482 ; I hrachypoda, DC. Prodr. iv. p. 488, calyx obscurely 

 5 -dentate, according to De Candolle ; I. odoratissima, Klotzsch in 

 Schoenl. Bot. Nachl. 227, t. 1. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Whitfield! Barter! (Sugar Loaf Mountain) 

 and others ; Grand Bassam, Middleton ! Th. Voyel ! Bagroo River, Mann ! Cape 

 Palmas, Ansell ! Th. Vogel! Senegambia, Perrottet and Leprieur ; Fernando Po, 

 Mann ! 



4i. Z. Thomsoni, Hiern. A shrub with terete branches. Leaves 

 oval, acuminate, obtusely narrowed at the base, firmly chartaceous, 

 glossy above, 2-4 by 1-2 in. ; lateral veins about 6 pairs, slender ; mar- 

 gins rather revolute ; petiole J in. ; stipules much apiculate from a short 

 broad connate base, ^ in. long, caducous. Flowers white, nearly ^ in. 

 long when expanded, on glabrous rather slender pedicels of ^~| in., in 

 lax trichotomous terminal shortly pedunculate panicles of 3-4 in. dia- 

 meter ; bracteoles ovate or lanceolate, small, ciliolate, the uppermost 

 at the middle or base of the pedicels. Calyx campanulate, ^ in. long, 

 glabrous ; lobes 5, ovate, subobtuse. Corolla glabrous on both sides ; 

 lobes 5 (-4 ?), oblong-lanceolate, subacute, equalling the tube, glabrous. 

 Anthers exserted, sessile, ^ in. long, caudate-apiculate. Style exceed- 

 ing the corolla-tube by ^ in,, glabrous, bifid at the tip. 

 Upper Guinea. Old Calabar, Rev. W. C. Thomson! 



5. Z. I'iparia, Hiern. A shrub, 15 feet high. Branches ashy. 

 Leaves elliptical, acuminate at both ends, chartaceous, pale at least 



