158 RUBlACEyE. [Pavetia. 



In the Happy Valley, at West Point, on Mount Gough, etc., Champion, Wilford, and 

 others. Widely spread over tropical Asia, from Ceylon and the Peninsula to Sikkim, Khasia, 

 Burmah, the Archipelago, and apparently to the north coast of Australia. 



12. IXORA, Linn. 



Calyx-limb small, 4-toothed. Corolla-tube slender, lobes 4, imbricate in 

 the bud. Style exserted, with 2 stigmatic lobes, usually spreading. Ovary 

 2-celled, with 1 ovule in each cell peltately attached to the centre of the par- 

 tition. Berry slightly drupaceous, globular, 2-celled. Seeds attached by 

 their flat face. — Shrubs or small trees. Stipules solitary on each side, pointed, 

 with a broad base. Mowers in terminal, dense or large corymbs, or panicles, 

 or sometimes in smaller axillary or lateral cymes. 



A considerable genus, dispersed over the tropical regions both of the New and the Old World. 



1. I. stricta, Roxb. ; W. and Am. Prod. Fl. Penins. i. 427 ; Wight, Ic. 

 £.184. A glabrous shrub. Leaves obovate-oblong, 3 to 5 in. long, the lower 

 ones sometimes narrowed at the base into a short petiole, the upper ones, 

 although narrower below the middle, obtuse at the very base and quite sessile, 

 or nearly so. Mowers in dense terminal sessile corymbs. Calyx small. 

 Corolla-tube 1 to \\ in. long ; the lobes broad, obtuse, about 3 lines long. 



In woods at East Point, near the Buddhist Temple, Champion, Wilford ; also Hance and 

 Wright. The Hongkong plant is always said to have pale pink flowers, which variety is 

 only known from S. China. A white variety (/. blanda, or I. alba, Roxb.) is described by 

 Roxburgh from cultivated plants introduced from S. China. An orange-coloured variety, 

 which I have not seen, is said to be in the Archipelago. 



13. GUETTARDELLA, Champ. 



Calyx-limb deeply 4-lobed, persistent. Corolla-tube slender; lobes 4, spread- 

 ing, slightly imbricate in the bud. Anthers included in the tube. Ovary 4- 

 or rarely 5 -celled, with 1 pendulous oblong ovule in each cell. Style divided at 

 the top into 4 or 5 linear lobes. Fruit a drupe, with 4 or 5 1 -seeded stones. — 

 Shrubs. Stipules one on each side, pointed, with a broad base. Peduncles 

 axillary, bearing a cyme of few small flowers. 



A genus very nearly allied to Guettarda, and of which only one species from the Philip- 

 pine Islands is known besides the Chinese one. 



1. G. chinensis, Champ, in Kew Journ. Bot. iv. 197. A small shrub, 

 the young branches closely pubescent. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 1 to 2 in. long, acute at the base, sprinkled with a few hairs or glabrous above, 

 hoary underneath with close somewhat silky hairs, on a petiole of 1 or 2 lines. 

 Peduncles 6 to 10 lines long, bearing 3 or 5 flowers, the intermediate one 

 sessile, the others terminating the branches. Calyx scarcely 1 line long, with 

 short equal lobes. Corolla 2 lines, with very short obtuse lobes. Drupe 

 ovoid, pubescent, 2 lines long. 



On Mount Gough and Mount Victoria, Champion ; also Wright. Not as yet found out of 

 the island. 



14. CANTHIUM, Lam. 



Calyx-limb short, 4- or 5 -toothed. Corolla-tube short ; lobes 4 or 5, spread- 

 ing, valvate in the bud. Stigma exserted, entire, ovoid or mitre-shaped. 



