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IXORA 



IXORA 



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

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



8. macrothyrsa, Teijsm. & Binn. (/. 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 orr orange. 



9. fulgens, Ro.xbg. (/. salicifdlia, DC). Shrub with 

 «rect slender pohshed 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- 

 pediceUed; fls. orange-scarlet or orange becoming 

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

 IJ^ in. or less long, the lobes ovate and acute. India. 

 B.M. 4,523. 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 Uke /. fuUjens, 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 IJ^ in. long, slender, red. Java. B.M. 

 4586. J.F. 2:1.56. 



12. Ifitea, Hutchinson (/. coccinea var. liitea, Hort.). 

 Differs from /. 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 /. amboina, with long-lasting "showy 

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



