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RUBIACEjE. CLVII. CHOMEIIA. CLVIII. BACONIA. CLIX. IXORA. 



celled from abortion) nucleus; cells 1 -seeded. Seeds pendu- 

 lous in the cells, oblong. American shrubs, usually spinescent, 

 glabrous or downy. Leaves opposite on short petioles, stiff, 

 coriaceous. Stipulas short, interpetiolar. Peduncles axillary, 

 one or few-flowered, short. This genus differs from Ixora in 

 habit and inflorescence, but more particularly in the fruit con- 

 taining a hard nut ; and from this it is more nearly allied to Sco- 

 losdnt/ius than to Ixora. 



1 C. SPINO'SA (Jacq. amer. 18. t. 13.) leaves ovate, acumi- 

 nated, almost sessile, glabrous ; peduncles axillary, usually 3- 

 flowered ; lobes of calyx and corolla acute. J? . S. Native of 

 Carthagena, in woods ; and probably of St. Domingo. Ixora 

 spinosa, Lam. diet. 3. p. 344. Flowers white, fragrant at night, 

 1 j inch long. 



Spiny Chomelia. Clt. 1793. Shrub 8 to 12 feet. 



2 C. FASCICULA'TA (Swartz, fl. ind. occ. 1. p. 238.) leaves 

 ovate, acute, glabrous, on short petioles ; pedicels 2-3-together, 

 axillary, 1 -flowered; lobes of calyx rather spatulate, unequal ; 

 lobes of corolla oblong. ^ . S. Native of Grenada, in hedges. 

 Ixora fasciculata, Swartz, prod. p. 30. Willd. spec. 1. p. 610. 

 Flowers white. Fruit unknown. 



Fascicled-Rowered Chomelia. Clt. 1825. Shrub 5 feet. 



3 C. OBTU'SA (Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnaea. 4. p. 185.) 

 leaves elliptic, acutish at the base, glabrous, on short petioles ; 

 peduncles axillary, 1-3-flowered ; lobes of calyx and corolla ob- 

 tuse. I? . S. Native of the south of Brazil. Flowers white. 



Blunl-cn\yxed Chomelia. Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 



4 C. PUBE'SCENS (Cham, et Schlecht. in Linnaea. 4. p. 187.) 

 leaves ovate, acute, on short petioles, pilose on the nerves above, 

 and silky beneath ; peduncles axillary, 1 -flowered. ^ . S. 

 Native of Brazil within the tropic. Perhaps the same as C. 

 Brasiliana, A. Rich. mem. soc. hist. nat. Par. 5. p. 183. 



Dorvny Chomelia. Shrub. 



Cult. See Ixora, p. 574. for culture and propagation. 



CLVIII. BACO'NIA (in memory of Bacon, baron of Veru- 

 lam. Lord Bacon's speculations in natural knowledge may allow 

 us to claim him as a botanist). D. C. ann. mus. hist. nat. 

 par. 9. p. 219. Juss. mem. mus. 6. p. 374. A. Rich. mem. soc. 

 hist. nat. Par. 5. p. 184. D. C. prod. 4. p. 485. Verulamia, 

 D. C. mem. mss. Poir. diet. 8. p. 543. Smith, in Ilees" cycl. 

 vol. 37. 



LIN. SYST. Tetrdndria, Monogynia. Calyx with a very short 

 tube, adnate to the ovarium at the base, and a bluntly 4-cleft 

 limb. Corolla funnel-shaped, with a short terete tube, a bearded 

 throat, and 4 oblong acute lobes, which are longer than the tube, 

 and twisted in aestivation. Anthers 4, linear, almost sessile, 

 erect, situated at the throat between the lobes, and a little 

 shorter than them, at length twisted spirally. Style filiform, 

 exserted ; stigma undivided, or hardly 2-lobed. Disk thick, 

 crowning the ovarium. Berry dry, 2-celled, 2-seeded. Seeds 

 semi-globose. Albumen cartilaginous. Embryo erect, nearly 

 terete. A glabrous African shrub. Leaves opposite, petiolate, 

 oval, acuminated at both ends. Stipulas connate, sheathing, 

 short. Corymbs terminal, trichotomous. Flowers white. 

 This genus is nearly allied to Ixora, but differs in the tube of 

 the corolla being shorter ; and to Polyozus, but differs in the 

 stigma being undivided. 



1 B. CORYMBOSA (D. C. diss. ined. t. 1. ann. mus. 9. p. 219.) 

 17 . S. Native of Sierra Leone, where it was collected by 

 Smeathmann. Verulamia corymbosa, Poir. diet. 8. p. 543. 

 Ixora nitida, Schum. pi. guin. p. 77. 



Var. ft, angustifolia (D. C. prod. 4. p. 485.) leaves narrower 

 than in the species, and more acuminated at both ends. Vj . S. 

 Native of Gambia and Cayor, in humid places, where it was col- 

 lected by Leprieur and Perrottet. 



Corymbose-flowered Baconia. Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 

 Cult. See Ixora, p. 574. for culture and propagation. 



CLIX. IXO'RA (the name of a Malabar idol, to which the 

 flowers of some of the species are offered). Lin. gen. no. 131. 

 Juss. gen. p. 203. mem. mus. 6. p. 375. Gaertn. fruct. 1. p. 

 117. t. 25. D. C. prod. 4. p. 485. Pavetta sect. Ixora, Blum, 

 bijdr. Ixora species of Lam. and Roxb. Pavetta species, A. 

 Rich. 



LIN. SYST. Tetrdndria, Monogynia. Calyx with an ovate 

 tube, and a small 4-toothed limb (f. 106. a.). Corolla salver- 

 shaped (f. 106. 6.), with a slender terete tube (f. 106. d.), and a 

 4-parted spreading limb (f. 106. 6.) ; tube longer than the lobes. 

 Anthers 4, almost sessile in the throat, exserted a little. Style equal 

 in length to the tube of the corolla, or a little longer, but shorter 

 than the corolline lobes, bifid at the apex (f. 106. e.) ; lobes of 

 stigma diverging or revolute. Berry drupaceous, nearly globose, 

 crowned by the permanent calyx, 2-celled, containing 2 charta- 

 ceous 1 -seeded pyrense, which are flat or hollow inside, and gib- 

 bous on the back. Albumen cartilaginous. Embryo dorsal, 

 erect, incurved, with foliaceous cotyledons, and a long radicle. 

 Shrubs, sometimes rising to the height of small trees, natives of 

 Asia, rarely of Africa. Leaves opposite. Stipulas broad at the 

 base, acute at the apex, or ending in a bristle-like awn. Corymbs 

 terminal, usually trichotomous. Flowers scarlet, rose-coloured, 

 flame-coloured or white, usually fragrant. 



* Flowers scarlet, Jlarne-coloured, rose-coloured, or flesh-co- 

 loured. 



1 I. GRANDIFLORA (Ker. bot. reg. t. 154.) leaves sessile, cor- 

 date, oblong, acute, shining ; lobes of calyx acute ; lobes of 

 corolla ovate-lanceolate, acute ; corymbs umbellate ; style hardly 

 exserted ; berry crowned by the lobes of the calyx, f? . S. 

 Native of the East Indies, at Tanjore ; and of China and Ceylon. 

 Burm. fl. zeyl. t. 57. Pluk. aim. t. 59. f. 2. I. coccinea, 

 Lin. spec. 159. exclusive of the synonymes. Roxb. fl. ind. 1. p. 

 385. Smith in Rees' cycl. no. 1. Pavetta coccinea, ex Blum, 

 bijdr. 950. An elegant shrub. Flowers scarlet, disposed in 

 ample corymbs. Tube of corolla almost 2 inches long. 



Great-flowered Ixora. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1814. Sh. 3 to 4 feet. 



2 I. BANDHU'CA (Roxb. fl. 

 ind. 1. p. 386.) leaves sessile, 

 cordate, stem-clasping, oval-ob- 

 long, obtuse ; corymbs coarc- 

 tate ; lobes of calyx acutish ; 

 lobes of corolla ovate, acutish ; 

 style exserted ; berry crowned 

 by the spreading calyx. fj . S. 

 Native of the East Indies, where 



FIG. 106. 



it is often celebrated by the Hin- 

 doo poets. Ker. bot. reg. t. 513. 

 Bandhuca, Jones in asiat. res. 4. 

 p. 250. Schetti, Rheed. mal. 2. 

 p. 13. t. 12. ex Ham. in Lin. 

 trans. 14. p. 190. I. arborea, 

 Lodd. bot. cab. t. 609 ? but not 

 of Roxb. I. obovata, Roth, 

 nov. spec. p. 90. ? A shrub, 



with spreading branches. Flowers of a deep scarlet colour. 

 Tube of corolla 1 5 lines long. (f. 106.) 



Bandhuca Ixora. Fl. July. Clt. 1815. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



3 I. PROPI'NQUA (R. Br. in Wall. cat. 6119.) leaves almost 

 sessile, ovate or oblong, cordate at the base, coriaceous, gla- 

 brous, mucronate or acuminated ; corymbs compound, sessile, 



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