16() liXX. Rt/BiACEJE (hiekn). [Ixara. 



at the base, firmly chartaceons, of the same colour on the two surfaces, 

 6 by 2^ in. ; lateral veins about 6 pairs, slender, inconspicuous, mar- 

 gins flat ; petiole ^ in. ; stipules connate at the base. JBlowers tetra- 

 merous, f in. long when expanded, very shortly pedicellate, several, in 

 rather dense trichotomous terminal sessile panicles of 2 in. diam. ; 

 lower bracteoles pluri-setose from a short connate base, upper minute, 

 subulate, at the base of the short pedicels. Calyx glabrous, -^ in. 

 long ; limb truncate, subentire. Corolla-lobes oblong, obtuse, ^ in. 

 long, glabrous. Anthers exserted, ^ in. long. Style exserted to the 

 length of the corolla-lobes, bilobed above. 

 Upper Guinea. Guinea Coast, Herb. Hook. ! 



9. Z. follosa, Hiern. Much branched. Branches leafy, obtusely 

 angular, ashy, compressed towards the extremities ; bark transversely 

 rimose. Leaves elliptical, somewhat narrowed or subacuminate at the 

 apex, mucronulate, wedge-shaped or rounded at the base, rigidly coria- 

 ceous, glossy, 1-8^ by ^IJ in., margins recurved ; lateral veins about 

 10 pairs, slender ; petiole ^-\ in. ; . stipules caudate -apiculate from 

 an oval connate base, \ in. long. Flowers tetramerous, f in. long 

 when expanded, on short bracteolate pedicels, in dense hemispherical 

 trichotomous terminal petiolate panicles of 1^-2 in. diam. ; common 

 peduncle J-l^ in., bracteate ; bracteoles decussate rigid ovate-lanceo- 

 late, the uppermost at the base of the calyx. Calyx ^ in. long, gla- 

 brous, campanulate, bracteolate ; limb concave ; lobes ovate, obtuse. 

 Corolla-tube slender ; limb ^-f in. diam. ; lobes oval, rounded, obso- 

 letely puberulous inside near the base. Anthers ^ in. long. Style 

 exserted by the length of the anthers, bifid at the tip. — Ixora^ sp.. 

 Hook. f. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond. vii. p. 197. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroon Mountains, alt. 5000 ft., Mann! 



10. Z. Soyauzil, Hiern. A shrub, 4 feet high. Branches diva- 

 ricate, terete, puberulous towards the extremities. Leaves oval, sub- 

 acuminate, somewhat wedge-shaped at the base, glabrate, chartaceons, 

 turning black in the dry state, 1^-2^ by f-l^ in. ; lateral veins about 

 5 pairs, sometimes with little hairy depressions in the axils ; petiole ^-^ 

 in. long ; stipulejs subulate from a very short broad base. Flowers 

 pentamerous, white, f in. long, on short pedicels ranging up to ^ in. 

 bracteolate at the base or middle, several together in globose subsessile 

 short panicles of 1^2 in. diam. terminating the branches and lateral 

 shoots. Calyx small, glabrous ; Hmb 5-cleft ; teeth ovate. Corolla 

 glabrous on both sides, 5-lobed ; leaves oval, mucronulate, spreading, 

 ^-^ in. long. Anthers narrowly linear, ^ in. long, on filaments of half 

 the length, exserted. Disk glabrous. Style glabrate, exserted by 

 f-J in., undivided, slender. 



Ziower Guinea. Loango, Soyaux ! 



11. Z. inundata, Hiern. A shrub, 5 feet high. Branches terete 

 or at the extremities compressed. Leaves narrowly elliptical, attenuate 

 at both ends, thinly coriaceous, 1-6 by ^-1 in. ; lateral veins about 10 

 pairs, inconspicuous ; petiole ranging up to ^ in. ; stipules ovate, api- 



