Jxora.~\ LXXV. EDBIACE^. (J. D. Hooker.) 139 



Anthers sessile. Fruit globose or didymous, ^ in. diam., smooth. I have seen no 

 specimen of Th wakes' var. ft, with the branches and leaves on both sides velvetty. 



5. I. Notoniana, Watt. Cat. 6132 ; robust, glabrous except the puberu- 

 lous cyme, leaves petioled elliptic or oblong obtuse thickly coriaceous, nerves 

 12-15 pair, c} r mes peduncled brachiate many-flowered clusters rounded, calyx- 

 teeth lanceolate longer than the ovary, corolla in., tube very slender, lobes 

 oblong obtuse glabrous, mouth glabrous. I. Wightiana, Wall. Cat. 6161. I. 

 grandiflora, Schlecht. in Herb. Hohen. No. 1369. 



NILGHERRY and PULNEY MTS., Wight, &c. 



Branches thick, bark rough. Leaves 6-8 by 1-3 in., rarely obovate, pale brown 

 when dry, base acute or obtuse ; nerves 10-12 pair, strong, ascending; petiole stout, 

 5~| in. ; stipules with long strong cuspidate points, glabrous. Cymes sometimes 

 C in. diam. ; peduncles stout, 2-6 in.; lower bracts often leafy; bracteoles setaceous; 

 flowers red, shortly pedicelled, glabrous. Anthers sessile, nearly as long as the 

 corolla-lobes, base subentire. Stigma small, clavate, entire or cleft. Fruit glabrous, 

 3 in. diam. 



6. I. Johnsoni , Hook. f. ; glabrous, branches robust, leaves petioled 

 large elliptic acute at both ends, stipules triangular acute, cymes sessile corym- 

 biforni, branches very short and flowers densely crowded, calyx-teeth linear- 

 lanceolate much longer than the tube, corolla-tube in., lobes linear-oblong 

 acute, mouth naked. 



WESTERN PENINSULA, near Wenna Mala in Cochin, Rev. Mr. Johnson. 



Leaves crowded on the young branches, 6-8 by 3-3 in., thinly coriaceous, brown 

 when dry, opaque ; nerves 12-15 pair, arched, prominent beneath ; petiole very stout, 

 in. ; stipules short, appressed. Cymes 1^ in. long, branches rather slender but very 

 short and much divided; bracts and bracteoles lanceolate, coriaceous, niimerous. 

 Calyx-teeth rigid, erect, broader as well as longer than the ovary. Filaments and 

 anthers slender. Stigma fusiform, cleft. Fruit not seen. I have seen but one 

 specimen of this fine species. 



7. X. subsessilis, Wall. Cat. 6139; glabrous, leaves petioled lanceolate 

 elliptic or oblanceolate acuminate, stipules with long cusps, cymes subsessile 

 brachiate, branches slender lax-flowered, calyx-teeth filiform much longer 

 (rarely only equalling) than the ovary, corolla-tube -! in., excessively- 

 slender, lobes narrowly oblong acute, mouth glabrous. G. Don Gen. Syst. iii. 

 572. I. oxyphylla, Wall. Cat. 6159. 



ASSAM and KHASIA MTS., ascending to 4000 ft, De Silva, &c. 



A shrub or small tree ; branches with pale bark. Leaves very variable, 4-8 by 

 f-3 in., thinly coriaceous, pale when dry, opaque or shining ; nerves very slender ; 

 subulate points of stipules much longer than the short sheath. Cymes 1-5 in. diam. ; 

 bracts elongate-subulate or filiform ; flowers white or rosy. Calyx-teeth variable in 

 length. Corolla-limb %-^ in. diam. Filaments long, flattened ; anthers very slender. 

 Stigma slender, entire or cleft. Fruit 3- in. diam., gibbous, crowned with the slender 

 calyx-teeth. Wallich's /. oxyphylla has shorter calyx-teeth, but seems connected by 

 intermediates with subsessilis. Some Assam specimens have teeth even shorter than 

 the ovary. 



8. I. Z&runonis, Wall. Cat. 6136 ; branches tomentose, leaves long sessile 

 narrowly oblanceolate caudate-acuminate pubescent with spreading hairs, base 

 cordate, cymes sessile corymbiform hirsute, flowers subcapitate, calyx-teeth 

 linear-lanceolate about equalling the ovary, corolla-tube in. hairy, mouth 

 naked. G. Don Gen. Syst. iii. 573 ; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 20. Pavetta Brunonis, 

 Miq. Fl. Iml Bat. ii. 270 (not of Wt. 7c.). Poibiacea, Wall. Cat. 8447. 



FEGU and TAVOY, Kure. PENANG and SINGAPORE, Wallich, Phillips, &c. Maingay 

 (Kew Distrib. 858). 



