572 



RUBIACEjE. CLIX. IXORA. 



pear to differ from this species, except in the more acuminated 

 leaves. 



Reddish-fiov/ered Ixora. Shrub. 



181. JAVA'NICA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 487.) leaves on short pe- 

 tioles, ovate-oblong, acuminated, glabrous ; corymbs on long 

 peduncles, trichotomous, divaricate ; segments of the calyx ob- 

 tuse, of the corolla oval and rounded, fj . S. Native of Java, 

 on the mountains in woods. Pavetta Javanica, Blum, bijdr. p. 

 949. Flowers of a deep vermilion colour. Habit of /. cocc'mea 

 and /. incarnata. 



Java Ixora. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



19 I. PAUCIFLORA (D. C. 1. c.) leaves on short petioles, ob- 

 long, acuminated, acute at the base, glabrous ; cymes on short 

 peduncles, tripartite, few-flowered ; teeth of calyx acute ; lobes 

 of corolla oval, acutish. Tj . S. Native of the west of Java, 

 on Mount Pangarangha, in woods. Pavetta pauciflora, Blum. 

 Flowers of a vermilion colour. Allied to /. Javanica, but differs 

 in the cymes being fewer-flowered, and on shorter peduncles ; 

 and in the teeth of the calyx being acute. 



Few-flowered Ixora. Shrub. 



20 I. SALiciF6i.iA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 487.) leaves on short 

 petioles, linear-lanceolate, acuminated, glabrous ; corymbs brac- 

 teate; calycine segments acute ; segments of corolla lanceolate, 

 acuminated. ^ . S. Native of Java, on the mountains. Pa- 

 vetta salicifolia, Blum, bijdr. p. 951.. Flowers scarlet. A very 

 beautiful species. Leaves 9-10 inches long, and 6 lines broad. 



Willow-leaved Ixora. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



21 I. FINLAYSONIA'NA (Wall. cat. no. 6166.) leaves obovate- 

 lanceolate, glabrous, tapering much to the base, obtuse, and 

 mucronate at the apex, petiolate ; corymbs terminal, compound ; 

 lobes of calyx membranous ; lobes of corolla obtuse ; stigma 

 exserted. ij . S. Native of the East Indies. Flowers appa- 

 rently red. 



Finlayson's Ixora. Shrub. 



* * Flowers white. 



22 I. BLA'NDA (Ker. bot. reg. t. 1 00.) leaves oval or ovate- 

 lanceolate, almost sessile ; cymes trichotomous, compound, con- 

 tracted, many-flowered ; teeth of calyx short, bluntish ; lobes 

 of corolla obovate, reflexed ; style a little exserted. fj . S. 

 Native of the East Indies. I. alba, Roxb. fl. ind. 1. p. 389. 

 but not of Lin. Nearly allied to /. stricla, but differs in the 

 corolla being white. Peduncles and calyxes red. Stigma ex- 

 serted, but shorter than the lobes of the corolla. Tube of co- 

 rolla 10 lines long. Flowers at first white, but becoming yellow 

 as they fade. Stipulas broad at the base, and ending in an awn. 



Zf/ond-flowered Ixora. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1768. Sh. 3 to 4 ft. 



23 I. MACROPHY'LLA (Bartl. in herb. Haenke, ex D. C. prod. 

 4. p. 487.) glabrous; leaves cuneate-obovate, or oblong-obo- 

 vate, acute, on short petioles ; peduncles elongated, bracteolate 

 at the base, and trichotomously corymbose at the apex ; teeth 

 of calj x acute, hardly perspicuous ; stigma exserted, with revo- 

 lute lobes ; fruit nearly globose. I; . S. Native of the Island 

 of Manilla. Allied to /. cuneijblia. Flowers blackish in the 

 dried state, but probably white in the recent state. 



Large-leaved Ixora. Shrub. 



24 I. SUBSE'SSILIS (Wall. cat. no. 6139.) leaves oblong, ta- 

 pering to both ends, petiolate, glabrous ; corymbs almost sessile, 

 dense ; lobes of calyx subulate ; lobes of corolla acute ; stigma 

 exserted, 17 . S. Native of Silhet, on the mountains. Stipu- 

 las subulate at the apex. Flowers apparently white. 



Almost-sessile-coiymbed Ixora. Shrub. 



25 I. CUNEIFOLIA (Roxb. fl. irtd. 1. p. 390.) leaves broad- 

 cuneated, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acuminated, glabrous ; 

 corymbs terminal, on long peduncles, panic-led ; flowers crowded; 

 lobes of calyx oblong, conical ; lobes of corolla oblong, obtuse; 



stigma exserted. f? . S. Native of the East Indies, about 

 Dacca and Serampore. Ker. bot. reg. 648. Lodd. bot. cab. 

 t. 1215. Corolla white, with the tube about 6-7 lines long. 

 Berries turbinate, red. Down very minute on the peduncles, 

 branchlets, and usually on the nerves of the leaves underneath. 

 Wedge-leaved Ixora. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1822. Sh. 2 to 4 ft. 



26 I. BARBA V TA (Roxb. fl. ind. 1. p. 394.) leaves oblong, 

 on short petioles, shining : upper ones almost sessile, and roundly 

 cordate at the base ; panicle spreading, loose, sub-corymbose ; 

 lobes of calyx acutish ; lobes of corolla oblong, bearded with 

 long white hairs at the throat ; stigma exserted. ^ S. Native 

 of the East Indies. Smith, in Rees' cycl. no. 6. Sims, bot. 

 mag. 2505. Bern. Schetti, Rheed. mal. 2. t. 13. ? Flowers 

 white. Stigma, according to Roxb. almost at the throat, but in 

 the specimens examined it is exserted. Berries red. 



Bearded Ixora. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1823. Sh. 8 to 12 ft. 



27 I. OXYPHY'LLA (Wall. cat. no. 6159.) leaves elliptic-lan- 

 ceolate, long-acuminated, glabrous, on short petioles ; stipulas 

 subulate at the apex ; lobes of calyx subulate ; stigma exserted. 



1? . S. Native of Silhet, on the mountains. Flowers appa- 

 rently white. 



Sharp-leaved Ixora. Shrub. 



28 I. UNDULA'TA (Roxb. fl. ind. 1. p. 395.) leaves broad- 

 lanceolate, acuminated, undulated, glabrous ; panicle terminal, 

 compound, having its branches corymbose at the apex ; lobes 

 of calyx acute ; segments of corolla linear, bluntish ; stigma ex- 

 serted ; berry transversely oval, somewhat didymous. Ij . S. 

 Native of Bengal, in woods. Smith, in Rees' cycl. no. 7. Roth, 

 nov. spec. p. 91. Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 3. p. 190. Lindl. 

 hort. trans. 7. p. 50. Ixora Cania. Ham. ex Wall. cat. 

 no. 6130. Flowers white. Tube of corolla, 5 lines long; lobes 

 reflexed. 



Waved-leaved. Ixora. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1820. Shrub 

 3 to 4 feet. 



29 I. SPECTA'BILIS (Wall. cat. no. 61 33.) leaves broad, elliptic- 

 lanceolate, petiolate, glabrous : upper ones oblong, cordate at 

 the base and stem clasping ; peduncles elongated, trichotomous, 

 having the branches corymbose ; teeth of calyx small, acute ; 

 lobes of corolla narrow. Jj S. Native of the Burmese Em- 

 pire, near Martaban. Flowers apparently white. 



Shomy Ixora. Shrub. 



30 I. LANCEOLA'RIA (Colebr. in Roxb. fl. ind. 1. p. 397.) 

 leaves approximate, very long, ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, 

 on short petioles, glabrous ; corymbs terminal, almost sessile, 

 small ; bracteoles coloured ; corolla with a filiform tube, and 

 linear-oblong lobes ; anthers linear, bifid at the base ; style ex- 

 serted. fj . S. Native of the East Indies, in Travancore. 

 Branches twiggy, pendulous, somewhat dichotomous. Stipulas 

 subulate at the apex, rather longer than the petioles. Corolla 

 white, having the tube 9 lines long. Berries red, globose. 



Zanceofar-leaved Ixora. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



31 I. LEUCA'NTHA (Wall. cat. no. 6148.) leaves ovate-lanceo- 

 late, acuminated on short petioles ; peduncles and corymbs 

 downy ; stipulas subulate at the apex ; lobes of calyx, and 

 bracteas subulate ; lobes of corolla long and narrow ; stigma 

 much exserted ; corymbs loose, (j . S. Native of the East 

 Indies, near Travancore. Flowers white. 



White-flowered Ixora. Shrub. 



32 I. ARBOREA (Roxb. mss. ex Smith, in Rees' cycl. no. 5. but 

 not of Lodd.) leaves elliptic-oblong, obtuse, on short petioles, ra- 

 ther undulated, smooth ; corymbs trichotomous, divaricate, sessile, 

 many-flowered; teeth of calyx acutish ; lobes of corolla oblong, 

 obtuse, one-half shorter than the tube ; stigma hardly exserted. 



1? . S. Native of the East Indies. I. Pavetta, Andr. bot. rep. 

 t. 78. Pers. ench. 1. p. 130. but not of Roxb. Corolla white, 

 5 lines long. Stigmas 2, thickish, greenish at the throat. 



