. CLIX. IXORA. 



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many flowered ; calycine teeth acute ; lobes of corolla oblong, 

 acuminated ; style exserted, bifid, smooth. fj . S. Native of 

 Madras, Ceylon, and Martaban. I. coccinea Ceylon6nsis, Roxb. 

 Flowers scarlet. Very nearly allied to /. Bandhuca. 

 Allied Ixora. Shrub. 



4 I. STRI'CTA (Roxb. fl. ind. 1. p. 388.) leaves almost sessile, 

 lanceolate-oblong or oblong ; corymbs dense, compound ; lobes 

 of calyx acutish ; lobes of corolla obovate, very blunt ; stigma a 

 little exserted ; anthers apiculated. Jj . S. Native of China, 

 about Canton, Manilla, the Moluccas, and Philippines, and now 

 cultivated in Java. I. coccinea, Curt. bot. mag. t. 169. Schnev. 

 icon. t. 1. Lour. coch. p. 75. Osb. res. p. 220. but not of Lin. 

 1. stricta, Roxb. hort. beng. p. 10. I. flammea, Salisb. prod. p. 

 62. I. speciosa, Willd. enum. 1. p. 157. I. incarnata, Roxb. 

 ex Smith, in Rees' cycl. no. 4. Roem. et Schultes, syst. 3. 

 p. 179. exclusive of the synonymes. Pavetta stricta, Blum, 

 bijdr. p. 950. Flamma sylvarum peregrina, Rumph. amb. 

 4. t. 47. Branches straight. Flowers of an orange scarlet 

 colour, much crowded. Tube of corolla 9-10 lines long. Ber- 

 ries red. 



Straight-branched Ixora. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1690. Shrub 

 1 to 3 feet. 



5 I. CROCA'TA (Lindl. bot. reg. 782.) leaves firm, rather 

 coriaceous, oval-lanceolate, much attenuated ; corymbs many- 

 flowered, decompound, crowded, fastigiate ; teeth of calyx 

 ovate, acute, short ; lobes of corolla obovate-cuneated, 3 times 

 or more shorter than the tube ; style a little exserted, rather 

 hairy in the middle. Jj . S. Native of China. I. Chinensis, 

 Lam. diet. 3. p. 344. Flowers orange coloured. Tube of 

 corolla 15 lines long. The species is very nearly allied to /, 

 stricta ; but differs in the leaves being stiffer, and in the tube of 

 the corolla being twice the length. 



Saffron-coloured-fiowered Ixora. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1822. 

 Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



6 I. INCARNA'TA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 486. but not of Roxb. ex 

 Smith,) leaves almost sessile, oblong, obtuse and rather cordate 

 at the base, and bluntish at the apex ; corymbs on short pe- 

 duncles ; lobes of calyx acute ; lobes of corolla oval-oblong, 

 acute. Tj . S. Native of the Moluccas, and now cultivated in 

 Java. Lodd. bot. cab. t. 1048. Pavetta incarnata, Blum, bijdr. 

 p. 950. The flowers are either pale rose-coloured, flesh-co- 

 loured or white ; but in the British gardens there is only the 

 pale red flowered variety to be found. Tube of corolla 10-11 

 lines long. 



Flesh-coloured-fiowered Ixora. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



7 I. AMOJ^NA (Wall, cat.no. 6121.) leaves oblong-lanceolate, 

 glabrous, petiolate ; stipulas cuspidate at the apex ; corymbs 

 compound, pedunculate ; lobes of calyx obtuse ; lobes of corolla 

 bluntish ; style and anthers exserted. Tj . S. Native of the 

 East Indies, at Amherst, Chappedong, Tavoy, Pulo-Penang, &c. 

 Flowers apparently pale, scarlet. 



Pleasing Ixora. Shrub. 



8 I. FU'LGENS (Roxb. fl. ind. 1. p. 387.) leaves almost sessile, 

 lanceolate, acute ; corymbs terminal, compound ; lobes of calyx 

 cordate ; tube of corolla with a contracted mouth ; lobes of 

 corolla lanceolate, acute ; berry 2-lobed. ^ . S. Native of the 

 Moluccas. I. lanceolata, Lam. diet. 3. p. 343. I. longifolia, 

 Curt. bot. mag. Rumph. amb. 4. t. 46.? and therefore 

 I. longifolia, Smith in Rees' cycl. no. 3. ? Branches weak. 

 Flowers deep scarlet. Berries deep purple. Perhaps the Bem- 

 Schetti, Rheed. mal. 2. t. 57. is a paler variety of this or a 

 nearly allied species. 



Fulgent Ixora. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1823. Shrub 2 to 5 ft. 



9 I. NOTONIA'NA (Wall. cat. no. 6132.) leaves ovate-oblong or 

 oblong, acuminated, coriaceous, glabrous ; panicles terminal, 

 with the branches corymbose and dense ; lobes of corolla obtuse ; 



stigma exserted, undivided ; stipulas much acuminated. tj . S. 

 Natives of the East Indies, on the Nellighery mountains. Flowers 

 apparently red or scarlet. 



Noton's Ixora. Shrub. 



10 I. TENUIFLORA (Roxb. fl. ind. 1. p. 397.) leaves on short 

 petioles, oblong, obtuse, smooth ; panicles terminal, corymbose, 

 contracted ; lobes of calyx cordate, obtuse ; corolla with a long 

 slender tube, and oblong obtuse lobes, which are longer than the 

 erect style or stamens, fj . S. Native of the Moluccas. Flowers 

 scarlet. Allied to I.fulgens. 



Slender-flowered Ixora. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



111. CONOE'STA (Roxb. fl. ind. 1. p. 397.) leaves on short 

 petioles, oblong, coriaceous, acuminated, with coarse parallel 

 veins ; corymbs terminal, short, dense ; flowers almost sessile ; 

 teeth of calyx bluntish ; lobes of corolla oblong, obtuse ; stigma 

 exserted. Jj . S. Native of the Moluccas. Flowers scarlet. 

 Allied to I.fulgens. 



Crpntded-fiowered Ixora. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



12 I. PE'NDULA (Jack, mal. misc. no. 2. p. 11.) leaves broad- 

 elliptic, quite glabrous, pale beneath ; branches compressed ; 

 corymbs on long trichotomous peduncles, pendulous ; lobes of 

 calyx small, acutish ; lobes of corolla narrow ; stigma ex- 

 serted. 1? . S. Native of Pulo-Penang, where the most of the 

 Malay Ixoras are called Bunga-yarum. Flowers red. 



Pendulous Ixora. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



13 I. ELONGA'TA (Heyne, ex Wall. cat. no. 6131.) leaves 

 petiolate, broad-ovate, tapering much to the base, glabrous ; floral 

 ones ovate, sessile, cordate at the base, and clasping the stem ; 

 peduncles terminal, trichotomous, with the branches corymbose; 

 corymbs hairy ; corolla with a smooth tube, but the segments 

 are downy on the outside, particularly in aestivation ; lobes of 

 corolla acute ; stigma exserted. Tj . S. Native of the East 

 Indies. Flowers apparently red or scarlet. 



Elongated-i)e&\mc\ed Ixora. Shrub. 



141. RO'SEA (Wall, in Roxb. fl. ind. 1. p. 398.) leaves almost 

 sessile, oblong, acute, acuminated, contracted at the base and 

 somewhat emarginate, rather downy on the nerves beneath, as 

 well as the branchlets ; corymbs terminal, decompound, large, 

 loose ; lobes of calyx acute, rather ciliated ; lobes of corolla 

 oblong-cuneated, acute ; stigma exserted. Tj . S. Native of 

 Bengal, on the hills of Silhet. Ker, bot. reg. t. 540. Sims, bot. 

 mag. 2428; Lodd. bot. cab. t. 729. Flowers rose coloured. 

 Tube of corolla about an inch long. There is a variety of this 

 plant having the leaves glabrous beneath. 



Tfose-coloured-flowered Ixora. Fl. July. Clt. 1819. Shrub 

 2 to 4 feet. 



15 I. PARVIFLORA (Vahl, symb. 3. p. 11. t. 52. but not of 

 Lam.) leaves on short petioles, coriaceous, lanceolate-oblong, 

 obtuse, cordate at the base, glabrous ; stipulas triangular, acute ; 

 corymbs panicled, terminal ; teeth of calyx short, bluntish ; 

 lobes of corolla oblong, 3 times shorter than the tube ; stigma a 

 little exserted. ^ S. Native of the East Indies. Flowers 

 scarlet. 



Small-flowered Ixora. Shrub. 



16 I. AMBOINICA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 487.) leaves on short 

 petioles, ovate-oblong, acuminated, undulated, glabrous ; corymbs 

 compound, trichotomous, divaricate ; lobes of calyx and corolla 

 acute. Tj . S. Native of Amboyna. Pavetta Amboinica, 

 Blum, bijdr. p. 949. Leaves larger than any other of the 

 genus. 



Amboyna Ixora. Shrub 4 feet. 



17 I. ERUBE'SCENS (Wall. cat. no. 6143.) leaves oblong, blunt 

 at both ends, glabrous, on short petioles : upper ones sessile ; 

 corymbs downy ; lobes of corolla linear ; stigma exserted. Jj . 

 S. Native of the Burmese empire, on the banks of the Atram. 

 Flowers reddish. I. afFinis, Wall. cat. no. 6144. does not ap- 



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