1920] Ridley : Peninsular Siamese Plants. 95 



with a strong point. Cymes of 3 or 4 flowers in the axils ; 

 peduncle short, thick ; bracts ovate ; pedicel short and thick. 

 Calyx tubular, funnel-shaped, -25 in. long with very short 

 sub-ovate lobes. Corolla-tube 1*5 in. long, slender, cylin- 

 dric, lobes linear oblong -5 in. long by '15 in. wide, pubes- 

 cent on the upper face just above the mouth. Stamens in- 

 cluded except the extreme tips. Style little longer thten the 

 corolla-tube, clubbed at tip, Tasan : Pale yellowish white 

 to yellow ; strong scent ; climber ; 6872. Allied to R. frag- 

 rantissimay Ridl. and R. Clarkeiy but the leaves are hardly 

 coriaceous. 



118. Gardenia tubifera, Wall. 



Tapli : fruit green ; 6749. Distrib. Tenasserim, Malay 

 Peninsula. 



119. Guettarda speciosa, L. 



Koh Pipidon : Flowers white ; tree ; 6557. Distrib. Sea 

 shores of Trop. Asia. 



120. Canthium trachystyle, sp. nov. 



Glabrous shrub. Leaves coriaceous in distant pairs, 

 lanceolate, base round, tip acuminate ; nerves 4 pairs deeply 

 sunk above prominent beneath, 3 in. long, 1-25 in. wide, 

 petiole -2 in. long. Stipules short, subulate. Racemes 

 axillary and terminal very short, • 1 in. with numerous small 

 ovate hairy bracts. Pedicels slender, '15 in. long. Calyx 

 campanulate with short indistinct teeth. Corolla tube very 

 short • 15 in. and broad, lobes 5, twice as long, linear-oblong, 

 sub-acute, mouth with a ring of prominent hairs. Style 

 much exsert, in the middle a dense mass of hairs. Stigma 

 large, oblong deeply cut into 2 points. Ovary 2-celled, one 

 ovule in each cell. 



Tapli : Bush ; 6760. Very unlike any species known to 

 me in its stifl' leaves and long hairy style. 



121. Ixora merguensis. Hook. fil. 



Tapli : Flowers white ; 6772. Distrib. Mergui. 



122. Ixora spectabilis, Wall. 



Nam Chut : Inflorescence yellow ; shrub ; 6668. Klong 

 Bagatae : Calyx pink ; fruit white ; 10-12 ft. ; 6562. Distrib. 

 Burma, Tenasserim. 



123. Ixora diversifolia, Wall. Cat. 



Klong Bagatae : Flowers white ; carmine at base ; 10 

 ft. tall ; 6580. Probably only a form of /. pendulay Jack 

 Distrib. Martaban, Tenasserim, Malay Peninsula. 



124. Ixora stricta, Roxb. (/. amoena, Wall.). 



Takuapa Inlet, Mainland : Yellow to deep orange ; 5 to 

 8 ft. ; 6617 ; small and close-leaved form. Delisle Island, 

 off Takuapa : Yellow to salmon red ; 6639. Pulau Mohea 

 off Trang : Salmon, throat pink ; 6 to 8 ft. ; 6529 ; big leaved 

 form, leaves 7 by 3 in. Klong Bagatae : Salmon to yellow ; 

 6 to 10 ft. ; 6571. Tasan : Salmon to yellow ; 9 ft. ; 6992. 

 A form with narrow lanceolate leaves, 6 m. long by 1 '25 in. 



