584 GARDEN PLANTS. PART II. 



17. I. longiflora. A handsome lanceolate-leaved shrub ; bears, 

 in August and September, lax corymbs of exquisitely-fragrant 

 white flowers, with exceedingly long tubes. 



18. I. opaca. A large shrub, compared with other species, of 

 rather coarse appearance ; bears large corymbs of very fragrant 

 white, flowers, before opening, prettily tipped with red. 



19. I. parviflora. A small tree; bears in March small dingy- 

 white, somewhat fragrant flowers. Not attractive when in 

 flower, and far from being so at any other time. 



20. I. Ragoosula, A species so-called in the Agri-Horticul- 

 tural Society's Gardens, but whence the name is derived, or of 

 what it is the corruption, I have in vain endeavoured to dis- 

 cover. A most delightful erect shrub, about four feet high, 

 not bushy, with smooth oblong leaves, about three-and-a-half 

 inches long ; bears in constant succession, almost throughout 

 the whole year, small pretty corymbs of delicate rose-coloured 

 flowers. Propagated easily by cuttings. 



21. I. rosea. A shrub about five feet high, of spreading 

 habit, with oval, smooth, firm leaves, about six inches long ; 

 flowers of the same colour as those of the last, but larger, and 

 in larger loose corymbs. Dr. Wallich remarks : " This shrub 

 is exceedingly elegant on account of its large round corymbs, 

 which for eight months of the year are produced in a constant 

 succession. The colour of the flowers is a pale-pink, gradually 

 becoming reddish as they grow old, beautifully contrasting with 

 the shining dark-green leaves, which are not unlike those of 

 I. Bandhuca." 



22. I. strict a. A small woody shrub, three or four feet high, 

 of erect growth, rather scanty both of stems and of foliage : 

 leaves oval, smooth, about five or six inches long ; bears, more 

 particularly in March and April, large, very compact, convex 

 corymbs of flowers of a scarlet-salmon colour, the exquisite 

 beauty of which nothing can excel. Dr. Koxburgh, however, 

 remarks that " it is by no means so gaudy as I. coccinea and 

 I. Bandhuca, which are certainly two of our most showy Indian 

 shrubs." In my opinion Bandhuca will not for a moment bear 

 comparison with it. The pallid sickly hue of the foliage often 

 much detracts from its beauty, and the stems of plants of any 

 age have mostly a cankered, unhealthy appearance, as though 

 the climate did not altogether suit it. 



