Ixora.] Rubiacece. 347 



style exserted, stigmas 2 ; fruit globose or sub-didymous, with 



2 plano-convex pyrenes. — Sp. 100; 37 in Fl. B. Ind. 



Cal.-segm. as long as or longer than ov. 

 L. under 3 in., cal.-segm. twice as long as ov. . 1. I. calycina. 

 L. over 3 in., cal.-segm. as long as ov. . . . 2. I. Thwaitesii. 

 Cal.-segm. shorter than ov. 



Cor. -tube under \ in 3. I. PARVIFLORA. 



Cor.-tube over 1 in. 



L. over 4 in., acute at base 4. I. JUCUNDA, 



L. under 4 in., rounded at base . . . . 5. 1. COCCINEA. 



1. X. calycina, Thw. Enum. 155 (1859). 

 C. P. 448. 



Fl. B. Ind. iii. 138. Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 97. 



A bush or small tree, much branched, branchlets nodulose 

 with closely placed and very prominent l.-scars, young parts 

 glabrous; 1. 1^—3 in., oval or oblong-oval, slightly cordate or 

 rounded or acute at base, acute, margin often recurved, 

 glabrous, rather glaucous beneath, rigid, petiole extremely 

 short, stip. short with an almost spinous point, persistent; 

 fl. nearly sessile, cymes rather small, trichotomous, glabrous, 

 bracts linear; cal.-segm. more than twice as long as ov., linear- 

 lanceolate, acute, glabrous; cor.-tube fin., very slender, lobes 

 short, broad, ovate, acute, recurved ; fruit | in., broadly ovoid, 

 crowned with long cal.-segm., purple. 



Montane zone 4000-7000 ft. ; rather common. Fl. Feb., March, and 

 September ; pale pink. 

 Endemic. 



2. I. Thwaitesii, Hk.f. in Fl. B. Ind. iii. 138 (1880). 

 /. acuminata, Thw. Enum. 155 (non Roxb.). C. P. 748. 

 Fl. B. Ind. iii. 138. Bot. Mag. t. 5197 {I.jucunda). 



A small slender tree, bark thick, exfoliating in oval pieces, 

 branchlets compressed ; 1. rather large, 4^-7 in., lanceolate or 

 linear-oblong, rounded or acute or tapering at base, shortly 

 acuminate, acute, lat. veins rather prominent, petiole very 

 short, stip. with a long cuspidate point, persistent; fl. rather 

 large, nearly sessile, crowded, cymes large, very corymbose 

 and flat-topped ; cal.-segm. about as long as ov., narrowly 

 lanceolate, acute; cor.-tube 1-1 1 in., lobes \~ \ r in., spreading; 

 fruit I in., nearly globose, somewhat didymous, red. 

 Var. fi, velutina. 



Twigs and 1. on both sides densely and finely velvety. 



Low country in both moist and dry regions ; rather common. Var. (3 

 at Uma-oya. I'l. Jan. -May; cream-coloured. 



Endemic. 



Wood very hard and closed-grained, pale brownish-yellow. The 

 flowers vary much in size. The figure in the Botanical Magazine is very 

 good for this species, but is unfortunately named I. jucunda. 



