HORTUS VEITCHII 



ISOLOMA HYPOCYETIFLOEUM, Benth. & Hook. f. 



Syns. Gloxinia hypocyrtiflorum, Hook. ; Hypocyrta brevicalyx, Hort. Veitch. 

 Bot. Mag. t. 5655 ; Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1867, with fig. 



An interesting Gesneraceous plant, introduced through Eichard Pearce 

 from Ecuador, with ornamental foliage and attractive flowers. 



In the Botanical Magazine above quoted, Dr. Hooker writes of it as 

 follows : " In its habit, fibrous roots, and the presence of propagula it is 

 a Gloxinia ; in the corolla a Hypocyrta ; in the glands a Gesnera ; whilst 

 in the small calyx it differs from all these genera." 



The leaves are of a pleasing green with silvery white veins ; the flowers 

 scarlet with a yellow gibbous portion. 



IXOEA ACUMINATA, Boxb. 



Gard. Chron. 1857, p. 378 (advt.). 



A handsome species with large pure white trusses, introduced from 

 India through Thomas Lobb. 



IXOEA BUEBIDGEI, Hort. Veitch. 



Gard. Chron. 1881, vol. xvi. p. 153 (Eeport of R.H.S. Floral Committee); Veitchs' 



Catlg. of PI. 1883, p. 14. 



Sent from Borneo by F. W. Burbidge, and like Ixora salicifolia in habit 

 and foliage. It differs from that species in having inflorescenses axillary 

 in the uppermost leaves, as well as terminal, and the flowers bright 

 orange-scarlet in dense trusses. 



IXOEA FLOEIBUNDA, Griseb. 



Gard. Chron. 1855, p. 315 (advt.). 



A very neat and compact-growing species with bright reddish-scarlet 

 flowers, abundantly produced in large trusses, from Java through Thomas 

 Lobb. 



IXOEA FULGENS, Eoxb. 



Syns. I. salicifolia, DC. 

 Bot. Mag. t. 4523. 



A scarlet-flowered species with narrow leaves, a native of Java, in which 

 island it was first found by Blume, and later introduced to cultivation 

 through Thomas Lobb from Mount Seribu : exhibited for the first time in 

 July 1850. 



IXOEA LOBBII, London. 



Gard. Chron. 1853, p. 497 (advt.) ; London's Ency. PI. supp. ii. 1853. 

 A stove species with bright orange-scarlet flowers discovered in the 



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