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IXORA 



IXORA 



apiculate tip, and corolla-lobes broad and acute, and 

 the tube 1-1 ^ in. long. E. Indies. B.R. 154; 513. 



8. macrothyrsa, Teijsm. & Binn. (7. Duffii, Moore). 

 Very large, glabrous: Ivs. a foot long, linear-oblong to 

 oblong-lanceolate : cluster very large, 8 in. across, bear- 

 ing very many deep red tinged crimson fls., with 

 lanceolate obtuse lobes about J/in. long. E. Indies. B. 

 M. 6853. G.M. 50:582. F.E. 19:115. One of the 

 finest of the genus. 



AAA. Fls. in shades of yellow or orange. 



9. fulgens, Roxbg. (7. salicifolia, DC.). Shrub with 

 erect slender polished branches: Ivs. petioled, linear- 

 oblong to obovate-oblong, more or less acute or acumi- 

 nate, shining above and with 20-30 pairs of sunken 

 nerves: cymes sessile or short-peduncled, corymb-like, 

 large, with spreading slender branches, the fls. short- 

 pedicelled; fls. orange-scarlet or orange becoming 

 scarlet; calyx-teeth very short and obtuse; corolla-tube 

 1% in. or less long, the lobes ovate and acute. India. 

 B.M.4523. J.F. 1:38. 



10. congesta, Roxbg. (7. Griffithii, Hook.). Fig. 

 2004. Evergreen tree in its native haunts, glabrous 

 except the cymes: Ivs. very large (6-12 in. long), 



stalked, elliptic or elliptic-oblong, acute or acuminate: 

 cymes sessile or nearly so; fls. orange-yellow, changing 

 to reddish, the segms. rounded. India. B.M. 4325. 

 J.F. 1:50. Much tike 7. fulgens, differing in stouter 

 habit, very large and usually coriaceous broader Ivs., 

 stout not spreading branches in the cyme, and the fls. 

 sometimes sessile. 



11. javanica, DC. Glabrous shrub with Ivs. 4-7 in. 

 long, ovate-oblong, acute or acuminate: corymb 

 terminal, long-peduncled with forking coral-red 

 branches; fls. deep orange-red, the lobes rounded, the 

 corolla-tube \Y<i in. long, slender, red. Java. B.M. 

 4586. J.F. 2:156. 



12. lutea, Hutchinson (7. coccinea var. lutea, Hort.). 

 Differs from 7. coccinea by laxer infl. and pale yellow fls. 

 with larger ovate-rhomboid corolla-lobes. Of garden 

 origin. B.M. 8439. 



13. amboinica, DC. Shrub : Ivs. large, short-petioled, 

 ovate-oblong, acuminate, undulate, glabrous: cyme (or 

 corymb) trichotomously divaricately compound; cor- 

 olla-lobes acute. Amboyna (Moluccas). Apparently 

 in the trade as 7. amboina, with long-lasting "showy 

 orange-yellow flowers." L. H. B. 



