348 Rubiacece. [Ixora. 



3. X. parviflora, Vahl, Symb. Bot. iii. 11 (1794). Maha- 

 ratamfoala, S. Xarankutti, Fainkuray, T. 



Moon Cat. 10. Thw. Enum. 155. C. P. 2575. 



Fl. B. Ind. iii. 143. Wight, Ic. t. 711. Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 222. 



A small, much-branched tree, bark thick, reddish-brown, 

 exfoliating in irregular pieces, branchlets somewhat com- 

 pressed, glabrous ; 1. 3-5 in., oval-oblong or somewhat obo- 

 vate, rounded at base, suddenly and shortly acuminate, acute, 

 glabrous, coriaceous, dark green and shining above, paler 

 beneath, venation pellucid, petiole very short, stout, stip. 

 short, cuspidate, subpersistent ; fl. very small and numerous, 

 on short ped., cymes trichotomous, stalked, laxly arranged in 

 lax terminal inflor.; cal.-segm: very shallow, tooth-like ; cor.- 

 tube \-\ in., very slender, lobes less than half as long as tube, 

 oblong, reflexed ; fruit small, \ in., globose. 



Var. /3, zeylanica, Hk. f. in Fl. B. Ind. I. c. I.jucunda, var. y, 

 Thw. Enum. 155. C. P. 2. 



L. larger, 4-7 in., broader, more acuminate, acute at base, 

 thinner ; branches of inflor. longer ; fl. rather larger ; fruit f in. 



Low country, especially in the dry region ; common. Var. /3 in lower 

 montane zone, Adam's Peak; Medamahanuwara ; Hunasgiria. Fl. 

 April-July ; white, var. (3, pinkish, very sweet-scented. 



Also in India and Burma ; var. /3, endemic. 



Wood very hard and heavy, fine-grained, brownish-yellow. 



4. I. jucunda, Thw. Enum. 155 (1859) (excl. var, y). [Plate LIL] 

 C. P. 702, 3424. 



Fl. B. Ind. iii. 144. 



A small tree, 10-12 ft., branchlets stout, thickened at the 

 nodes ; 1. large, 4-6 in., oval or lanceolate, acute at both ends, 

 glabrous, rather coriaceous, petiole j-J in., stip. acuminate ; 

 fl. on rather long ped., numerous, cymes large, rather lax, 

 trichotomous ; cal.-segm. oval, obtuse, shorter than ov. ; cor.- 

 tube 1^ in., lobes oblong-oval, less than \ length of tube; 

 fruit %-\ in., nearly globose. 



In forests, moist region up to 4000 ft.; rather common. Fl. most of 

 the year ; white or pink, sweet-scented. 



Endemic. 



A very beautiful shrub. C. P. 3424 is var. /3 of Thwaites, which differs 

 in having narrower, often linear-lanceolate, leaves, cor. with smaller, 

 shorter, strongly reflexed lobes and acute cal.-segm., but seems to be 

 connected with type by intermediates. The cal. and whole inflorescence 

 are often bright coral-red. 



5. I. coccinea, L. Sp. PL no (1753). Ratambala, 6*. 

 Vedchi, T. 



Herm. Mus. 15, 36. Burm. Thes. 125. Fl. Zeyl. n. 54 and 55. I. alba, 

 L. Sp. PI. no. Moon Cat. 10. Thw. Enum. 154. C. P. 190. 



Fl. B. Ind. iii. 145. Burm. Thes. t. 57. Wight, Ic. t. 153. Bot. Mag. 

 t. 1 54 (I. grandiflora). 



