110 49. RUBIACE^. [Vangueria. 



VANGUERIA, Juss. 



Small spinous tree. Leaves and flowers as in Canthium. Ovary 

 usually 5-celled.. Drupe large, globose, 1 inch in diameter, smooth ; 

 pyrenes, 4-5 woody, smooth. 



V. spinosa, Roxb. Fl. Ind. 1. 537 ; Fl. Br. 1. 3. 13G, Alu, Vern. Com- 

 mon in the deciduous forests of North Kanara, usually a small tree. Frui^ 

 large, globose. Fl. Mch., Apl. Fr. K.S. Roxb. in the Fl. Ind. says the 

 fruit of his species is small, size of a cherry. The fruit of the North 

 Kanara tree is often more than I inch in diameter and is green when ripe. 

 I have not observed it turning yellow. 



IXORA, L. 



Shrubs or small trees. Leaves with interpetiolar stipules. 

 Flowers often showy in axillary and terminal corymbose cymes. 

 Calyx 4-5-toothed or lobed. Corolla-tube long slender, lobes 4, 

 spreading. Ovary 2-celled ; style filiform, exserted ; stigma slender, 

 fusiform, or 2-lobed ; 1 ovule in each cell. Fruit a small berry or 

 drupe with 2 plano-convex coriaceous pyrenes. Flowers white or 

 pink. Fruit dark-coloured. Leaves green when dry. 



Shnibs. 



Calyx teeth linear, much longer than ovary. Corolla-tube 



very slender. Fruit glabrous, calyx teeth persistent ... I. lanceolaria. 

 Calyx teeth longer and broader than ovary. Fruit 5 inch, 



hairy, striate, 1-2 seeded ... ... 1. polyantha. 



Calyx teeth shorter than ovary. Fruit smooth, 2-lobed. ... I. elongata. 



Trees, cymes brachiate. 



Cyme branches long. Flower buds globose ... ... ... 7. hrachiala. 



Cyme branches short. Flower buds ovoid I. parvijlora. 



Shrubs. 



Flowers scarlet. Fruit red fleshy globose I. coccinea. 



Flowers white. Fruit black didymous, fleshy. Leaves 



turning black when dry ... , I. nigricans. 



I. lanceolaria, Colebr. in Roxb. Fl. Ind. I. 387; Fl. Br. 1.3,138; 

 Common in the evergreen forests of North Kanara, particularly on the 

 southern ghats. Fl. R. and 0. S. Fr. Aug. 



I. polyantha, Wgt. Ic, t. 1060; Fl. Br. I. 3. 140 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 134-7. 

 From the Konkan southwards, common on the southern ghats of North 

 KAnara, in evergreen forests. Fruit | in, ovoid, striate. Sparsely hairy, 

 crowned with the calyx-lobes ; 1-2-seeded ; pedicels | in. densely hairy, 

 Fl. Mch. Fr. ripe Nov. 



I. elongata, Heyne. in Wall. Cat, 6131 ; Fl, Br. I. 3. 141 ; I. peduncu- 

 lata, Dalz. & Gibs. Bo n. Fl. 113. Konkan and North Kanara, on the 

 ghdts. Fl. Feb. Fl. H S. 



I. -brachiata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. 1. 381 ; Fl. Br. I. 3. 142. From the 

 Konkan southwards in evergreen forests, common on the North Kanara 

 ghdts. Fl. C. S. Fr. Apl., May, 



I. parviflora, Vahl, Symb, III, 11, t, 52 ; Fl. Br. I. 3. 142; Bedd. Fl. 

 Sylv. t. 222; Dalz, & Gibs. Bomb, Fl, 113 ; Brandis For. Fl. 275, The 



