Arboreous Ixora. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1800. Shrub 4 to 12 

 I feet. 



33 I. BRACHY'PODA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 488.) glabrous leaves, 

 on very short petioles, elliptic-oblong, bluntly acuminated ; sti- 

 pulas intrapetiolar, combined, truncate, and mucronated on 

 both sides ; corymbs terminal, pedunculate, shorter than the 

 leaves ; limb of calyx very short, bluntly 5-toothed. I? . S. 

 Native of equinoctial Africa, in the woods of Casamancia, where 

 it was collected by Leprieur and Perrottet. Leaves 6 inches 

 long, and 2 broad, and the petioles about 2 lines long. Tube of 

 corolla, almost an inch long. Bracteas small. Flowers pale in 

 the dried specimens, but are probably white in the recent 

 state. 



Short-petioled Ixora. Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 



34 I. ACUMINA'TA (Roxb. fl. ind. 1. p. 393.) leaves petiolate, 

 broad-lanceolate, acuminated, smooth, glaucous : floral leaves 

 stern-clasping, and broader ; corymbs supra-decompound, crowd- 

 ed, almost sessile ; lobes of calyx ensiform ; lobes of corolla ovate- 

 oblong, obtuse ; stigma exserted, undivided, f? . S. Native of 

 the East Indies, in the province of Silhet, in woods. Flowers 

 large, white, with the tube 1^ inch long. Calyxes white. 



Acuminated-leaved Ixora. Shrub 3 to 5 feet. 



35 I. SIAME'NSIS (Wall. cat. no. 6162.) leaves ovate-oblong, 

 mucronate, cordate at the base : upper ones attenuated at both 

 ends ; corymbs terminal ; lobes of corolla acute ; stigma ex- 

 serted. Tj . S. Native of Siam, in the East Indies. Flowers 

 white ? 



Siam Ixora. Shrub. 



36 I. OPA V CA (R. Br. in Wall. cat. no. 6141.) leaves long-lan- 

 ceolate, acuminated, petiolate, glabrous ; corymbs downy ; teeth 

 of calyx small ; lobes of corolla obtuse ; stigma exserted. fj . S. 

 Native of Pulo-Penang. Flowers apparently white. 



Opaque-leaved Ixora. Shrub. 



37 1. BRACHIA V TA (Roxb. fl. ind. 1. p. 39 1.) leaves on short 

 petioles, broad-lanceolate, obtuse, glabrous ; panicle brachiate, 

 with remote diverging corymbose branches ; tube of corolla fili- 

 form, and the lobes are obovate and emarginate ; anthers sessile 

 at the throat ; stigma exserted. Tj . S. Native of Bengal, in 

 woods. Flowers small, white. Nearly allied to I. parviflora, 

 Vahl, but differs in the flowers being white. Berries deep 

 purple, rather larger than peas. Petioles about half an inch long. 



Brachiate-panlcled Ixora. Clt. 1823. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



38 I. DEcipiENs (D. C. prod. 4. p. 488.) glabrous; leaves on 

 short petioles, oblong-lanceolate, acutish at the base, acute or 

 obcordate at the apex ; stipulas broad at the base, and ending in 

 a subulate awn at the apex ; corymbs terminal, tripartite at 

 the base, sessile, with panicled branches ; lobes of calyx 

 short, bluntish ; corolla with a slender tube, and oval, bluntish 

 lobes ; style pilose. Fj . S. Native of Coromandel, on the 

 mountains. I. parviflora, Roxb. fl. ind. 1. p. 393. but not of 

 Vahl, nor Lam. Flowers white, sweet-scented. Tube of 

 the corolla 4 lines long, twice the length of the lobes. Berries 

 roundish, black. 



Deceiving Ixora. Fl. Aug. Oct. Clt. 1806. Tree 20 feet. 



39 I. BRUNONIS (Wall. cat. no. 6136.) leaves obovate-lanceo- 

 late, sessile, cordate at the base, acuminated at the apex, downy 

 beneath, but villous on the nerves ; peduncles and corymbs vil- 

 lous, as well as the calyxes and corollas outside ; bracteas and 

 teeth of calyx subulate ; lobes of the corolla narrow, acute ; 

 stigma exserted. F; . S. Native of Pulo-Penang. Flowers 

 apparently white. Allied to 7. villosa. 



Brown's Ixora. Shrub. 



40 I. VILLOSA (Roxb. fl. ind. 1. p. 392.) leaves broad-cuneated- 

 lanceolate, acuminated, villous beneath, on short petioles ; co- 

 rymbs trichotomous, or 6 to 7 times divided, with the branches 

 trichotomous and villous; lobes of calyx oblong, ciliated; 



CLIX. IXORA. 



573 



corolla with a very long slender tube, and oblong obtuse lobes. 

 Ij . S. Native of the East Indies, in Silhet. Flowers white, 

 fragrant. Stipulas and branches villous. 

 Villous Ixora. Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 



41 PUBIFLORA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 489.) leaves sessile, obovate- 

 oblong, cuneated, and somewhat cordate at the base, acuminated 

 at the apex, downy on the nerves on both surfaces, as well as 

 the branchlets, corymbs, and corollas ; stipulas long, subulate at 

 the apex ; corymbs terminal, dense, sessile ; teeth of calyx and 

 alabastra, very acute. fj . S. Native of the East Indies. A 

 very distinct species. Leaves 8 inches long and 3 broad. Corolla 

 having the tube about 9 to 10 lines long, and the lobes linear 

 and acute, about 3 lines long. 



Dorvny-Jlorvered Ixora. Shrub. 



42 I. LONGIFOLIA ; leaves broad, elliptic-lanceolate, tapering 

 to both ends, glabrous above, and villous beneath, particularly on 

 the nerves, as well as the branches, petioles, peduncles, panicles 

 and fruit ; segments of the calyx subulate. J? . S. Native of 

 Pulo-Penang. I. macrophylla, R. Br. in Wall. cat. no. 6165. 



Long-leaved Ixora. Shrub. 



f Species not sufficiently known. 



43 I. A'LBA (Lin. spec. 160. but not of Roxb.) leaves ovate- 

 lanceolate : flowers fasciculate. Jj . S. Native of the East In- 

 dies, b"ut is a very obscure species, and probably fictitious ; the 

 description taken from the figure in Pluk. aim. t. 109. f. 2. and 

 Bern. Schetti Rheed, mal. 2. t. 14. Plukenet's plant belongato 

 /. incarnata, and Rheede's probably to 7. fulgens. The flowers 

 are said to be terminating in small clusters, white, and without 

 scent. 



White-finwered Ixora. Shrub 6 to 7 feet. 



44 I. LOUREIRI ; leaves ovate-oblong, acute, smooth, nearly 

 sessile ; cymes or corymbs fasciculate. f? . G. Native of 

 Cochin China. I. alba, Lour. coch. 76. Flowers white. Ber- 

 ries red. 



Loureiro's Ixora. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



45 1. MONTA'NA (Lour. coch. p. 76.) leaves oblong, broadest 

 at the apex, obtuse, cuneated and cordate at the base, nearly 

 sessile, glabrous ; corymbs termina!, fastigiate. T? . G. Native 

 of Cochin China, on the mountains. Flowers scarlet. 



Mountain Ixora. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



46 I. NOVEMNE'RviA(Lour. coch. p. 76.) climbing; leaves ovate- 

 lanceolate, almost sessile, 9-nerved, rough ; cymes terminal, 

 hemispherical. >j . w . G. Native of Cochin China, in unculti- 

 vated places. Flowers white, terminating in hemispherical cymes. 

 Tube of the corolla very long and slender. Stigma ovate, bifid. 

 Berry 1 -seeded. 



Nine-nerved-\eaved Ixora. Shrub cl. 



47 1. 1 VIOLA V CEA (Lour. coch. p. 76.) climbing ; leaves lan- 

 ceolate, almost sessile, pilose, 9-nerved ; cymes axillary, fj . G. 

 Native of Cochin China, in uncultivated places, climbing over 

 trees. Flowers violaceous. Berry 1 -seeded. Seed ovate, 

 rough. 



Violaceous-flowered Ixora. Shrub cl. 



48 I. THYRSIFLORA (Poir. suppl. 3. p. 208.) leaves almost ses- 

 sile, ovate-cuneated, obtuse, glabrous on both surfaces, hoary 

 beneath ; stipulas ovate, acute ; thyrse terminal, crowded ; teeth 

 of calyx acute, somewhat setaceous ; corolla with a slender tube, 

 and oval obtuse lobes, which are shorter than the tube. Jj . G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



Thyrse-florvered Ixora. Shrub. 



49 I. LAXIFLORA (Smith, in Rees' cycl. vol. 19. no. 8.) leaves 

 elliptic-oblong, acute, tapering into the petioles at the base : 

 upper ones rounded at the base, almost sessile ; panicles corym- 

 bose, loose, longer than the leaves ; lobes of the corolla convex, 

 spreading, bearded in the disk above : style nearly the length of 



