Ixora.] Lxx. rubiacbj; (hiern). 165 



below when dry, 3-7 by 1-3 in. ; lateral veins about 10-11 pairs, in- 

 conspicuous ; petiole i-J in. ; stipules ovate, connate at the base. 

 Flowers ^ in. long, in company with the leaves, subsessile or on short 

 obsoletely puberulous pedicels ranging up to ^ in., in sessile terminal 

 brachiate hemispherical panicles of about 3 in, diameter ; bracts ovate, 

 connate, small ; bracteoles filiform, very small, opposite, the uppermost 

 at or below the base of the calyx. Calyx red, yV in. long, glabrate ; 

 limb erect, scarcely cup-shaped, truncate or very shortly lobed, with 4 

 minute teeth. Corolla-tabo slender; lirab scarcely -^ in. diameter; 

 lobes 4, oblong, obtuse, obsoletely puberulous at the base inside. An- 

 thers }; in. long. Style exserted by the length of the anthers. 

 Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, by the bank of the river, Mann / 



6. Z. breviflora, Hiern. A shrub, 15 feet high. Branches ashy. 

 Leaves elliptical, narrowed at both ends, chartaceous, turning pale- 

 reddish in the dry state, 4-7| by 1^2J in.'; lateral veins about 11- 

 12 pairs, very slender; petiole ^-f in. ; stipules ovate, apiculate, con- 

 nate at base, :J- in. lonj^. Flowers ^ in. long when expanded, on obsoletely 

 puberulous pedicels ranging up to f in., in trichotomous sessile bra- 

 chiate panicles of 3-6 in. diam., terminal and lateral, usually terminat- 

 ing leafless branches ; bracts opposite, connate, ovate, small ; 

 bracteoles opposite, filiform, very small, the uppermost subulate, minute, 

 at or below the base of the calyx. Calyx green, obsoletely puberulous, 

 ■^ in. long ; limb shallow, concave ; lobes short, broad, subapiculate. 

 Corolla red ; limb nearly ^ in. diam. ; lobes oval-oblong, obtuse, obso- 

 letely pubescent towards the base inside. Anthers ^ in. long. Style 

 exserted to the length of the anthers, bifid above. Fruit subdidymous 

 or subglobose, 5—3- in. long. 



Vpper Galnea. Fernando Po, Mann ! 



7. Z. brachysiphon, Hieni, A smooth glabrous glossy shrub. 

 Branches terete, patent. Leaves elliptical, acuminate at both ends, 

 chartaceous, 4-7 by 15-2-^ in. ; lateral veins about 7-9 pairs, slender ; 

 petiole ^-1 in. ; stipules broadly ovate or subtruncate, apiculate, ^-^ in. 

 long. Flowers ^ in. long when expanded exclusive of the style and 

 corolla-lobes, pentamerous, on slender bracteolate pedicels of ^— § in., 

 in lax divaricately branched trichotomous pedunculate corymbose 

 cymes of 3-4 in. diam. ; common peduncle ^-^ in. ; bracteoles subu- 

 late, the upper ones very small. Calyx green, ^q in. long, campanulate, 

 ebracteolate, obtusely puberulous ; limb 6-cleft ; teeth ovate, keeled, 

 apiculate. Corolla white, glabrous except the pubescent throat ; tube 

 very short, ^-\ in. ; lobes obovate- oblong, obtuse, :J— | in. long, reflexed. 

 Anthers rather shorter. Disk glabrous. Ovules impressed on the 

 fleshy placentas. Style glabrous, exserted by -^q-^ in., bidentate at 

 the tip. 



Upper Guinea. Bagroo River, Mann ! 



8. I. ^uineensis, Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl p. 414. Branches 

 terete. Upper leaves oval-oblong, subacuminate, obtusely narrowed 



