Ixora.] XLV. RUBIACE^E. 275 



branches, 1 ovule in each cell. Fruit a coriaceous or fleshy 2-seeded 

 berry with chartaceous endocarp. Testa membranous, albumen cartilag- 

 inous, embryo incurved at the back of the seed, radicle inferior. 



1. I. parviflora, Vahl; Eoxb. Fl. Ind. i. 383; W. & A. Prodr. 429; 

 Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 222. The Torch-Tree. Vern. Gandhal, Hindi ; Ran- 

 gan, Bengal ; Kauria, Sadri, Mey war ; Kurat, Bombay. 



A large shrub or small tree, wholly glabrous. Leaves short petiolate, 

 coriaceous, hard, shining, cuneate- or obovate-oblong, often with a slightly 

 cordate base, 4-5 in. long, with prominent reticulate veins, and about 10 

 pair of more or less prominent lateral nerves. Stipules triangular, subulate. 

 Flowers white or pink, J-J in. long, in terminal corymbose trichotomous 

 panicles. 



Common in South India, extending north to the Satpura range. Bengal, 

 Behar, Ceylon. Fl. March, April. The green branches make excellent torches, 

 and are used for that purpose by Dak runners. The wood is fairly close-grained. 



/. coccinea, Linn. ; Koxb. Fl. Ind. i. 375; W. & A. Prodr. 427. Syn. /. Band- 

 huca, Boxb. ; /. grandiflora, Ker ; the Flame of the Woods (Sans. Bandhuka, 

 rdktaka) ; with oblong sessile leaves on a cordate base, bright scarlet flowers 2 

 in. long, in short compound terminal corymbs, is indigenous in South India, 

 Chittagong, Burma, the Indian Archipelago. Cultivated in gardens all over 

 India, and in most tropical countries. Naturalised in North Australia. Fl. 

 throughout the year, particularly during the rains. 



11. PAVETTA, Linn. 



Shrubs and small trees, glabrous pubescent or tomentose. Leaves 

 opposite, petiolate, mostly membranous. Stipules intrapetiolar, decidu- 

 ous, generally connate into a sheath. Flowers in trichotomous corymbs, 

 white or greenish. Corolla hypocrateriform ; tube slender, lobes 4-5, 

 stamens inserted in the mouth of corolla. Ovary 2-celled ; style long, 

 slender, filiform, stigma fusiform undivided or 2-dentate ; ovule one in 

 each cell attached to the dissepiment. Fruit a fleshy 2-seeded berry, with 

 chartaceous endocarp. Testa membranous, albumen corneous, embryo 

 incurved at the back of the seed, radicle inferior. 



1. P. tomentosa, Smith; W. & A. Prodr. 431. Syn. Ixora tomentosa, 

 Boxb. Fl. Ind. i. 386 ; Wight Ic. t. 186. Vern. Jui, Beng. 



A large shrub ; branchlets, leaves, and inflorescence clothed with short 

 tomentum. Leaves ovate or ovate-oblong, 5-8 in. long, on petioles 1 in. 

 long ; main lateral nerves 10-15 pair. Flowers white, faintly fragrant, in 

 broad spreading trichotomous panicles. Corolla, before opening, 1 in. 

 long, lobes \ in. long. 



South India, Burma, Bengal ; common in the outer Himalayan ranges of 

 Garhwal and Kamaon, ascending to 4000 ft. Fl. March, April. 



P. indica, Linn. ; W. & A. Prodr. 431 {Ixora Pavetta, Roxb. i. 385), glabrous, 

 with lanceolate or oblong-elliptic leaves on short petioles, 8-10 main lateral 

 nerves, white flowers in broad flat-topped trichotomous corymbs, is a common 

 deciduous shrub in South India as far north as Bombay, and probably on 

 the south face of the Satpura range. Abundant in Bengal. Fl. April, May. 



