'388 LXI. RUBIACE.E [Ixora 



Testa membranous, radicle inferior, albumen usually fleshy. Species about 

 100, tropics of Asia and Africa, a few in America. 



A. Cal. -teeth longer than ovary. Cymes compact, corymbiform, usually 

 sessile, 



1. I. acuminata, Roxb. ; Wight Ic. t. 706. Sikkim, outer hills and valleys. Assam, 

 Bhutan. Khasi hills. Caehar. A large shrub, 1. large, almost membranous, blade 

 5-13, pet. J— | in. long. Fl. crowded, occasionally 5-merous, white, fragrant, bracts and 

 calyx red, corolla-tube 1-1| in., very slender, mouth | in. across. Drupe |-J in. long, 

 Crowned with the slender calyx-teeth. 2. I. subsessilis, Wall. Assam. Khasi and 

 Naga hills. Manipur. Yunnan. A shrub, 1. thinly coriaceous, lanceolate, blade 5-8, 

 pet. J in. long. Fi. pink or white, corolla-tube very slender, J-l£ ™- l ori g. mouth J-i 

 in. across. 8. I. Bmnonis, Wall. Khabaung forests, Pegu Yoma. Tavoy. Malay 

 Peninsula. A small shrub, branchlets, 1. and cymes pubescent. L. sessile or nearly 

 so, oblanceolate, 6-10 in. long. Fl. pale rose-coloured, corolla-tube \ in. long, hairy. 

 4. I merguensis, Hook. if. Mergui. Glabrous, 1. oblanceolate, blade 7-12, narrowed 

 into a stout pet. J-J in. long. Fl. flesh coloured, corolla-tube A-§ in. long. 5. L 

 polyantha, Wight Ic. t. 1066. West side of the Peninsula, from the Konkan south- 

 wards. A large, very ornamental shrub. L. elongate-elliptic, glabrous, blade 8-16 

 in. long, pet. short. Cymes woolly, with dense spreading hairs, bracts, bracteoles and 

 calyx-lobes ovate-lanceolate, calyx hairy. Corolla glabrous, tube A-1A in. long, mouth 

 | in. across. Fr. ovoid, i in. long, sparsely hairy, crowned with the calyx-lobes. 

 6. I. Johnsoni, Hook. f. Cochin. Similar, but entirely glabrous, 1. coriaceous, 

 calyx-teeth linear. 



B. Cal.-teeth longer than ovary, cymes pedunculate, lower branches 

 spreading. 



7. I. lanceolaria, Colebr. ; Wight Ic. t. 827. West side of the Peninsula, in ever- 

 green forests, from North Kanara southwards. A small shrub, 1. glabrous, lanceolate, 

 blade 4-7, pet. £ in. long. Fl. white, corolla-tube A-f in. long, mouth f in. across, lobes 

 linear. 8. I. notoniana, Wall. Nilgiri and Palni hills. L. thickly coriaceous, glabrous, 

 elongate-elliptic, blade 6-8, pet. stout, \— § in. long, stipules with long cuspidate points. 

 Cymes ample, up to 10 in. across, peduncle up to 5 in. long, fl. red, corolla-tube glabrous, 

 \ in. long, lobes oblong. 



■ C. Cal.-teeth as long as or shorter than ovary, cymes long-pedunculate. 



9. I. spectabilis, Wall. Burma. Arakan to Tenasserim. A small evergreen tree, 1. 

 pale beneath, elongate-elliptic, blade 5-8, pet. up to § in. long, the uppermost pairs 

 often sessile, with rounded or cordate base. Cymes pubescent, with long spreading 

 branches, peduncles 6-10 in. long with one or two pairs of large sessile foliaceous 

 bracts in the lower half. Fl. white, sessile, corolla A-§ in. long, lobes linear. 10. I. 

 diversifolia, Wall. Martaban and Tenasserim, similar but 1. not pale beneath, cymes 

 glabrous and fl. pedicelled. 11. I. Brandisiana, Kurz. Tenasserim. L. oblong-lanceolate, 

 finely acuminate, peduncles 4—5 in. long, deflexed, cymes pubescent, compact, 2 in. diam., 

 branches short. 12. I. elongata, Heyne. Western Ghats from the Konkan to Coorg, 

 similar to 9, but corolla-tube shorter, J in. long, lobes short, oblong. 13. I. villosa, 

 Koxb. ; Wight Ic. 1. 150. Sikkim, foot of hills. Assam. Garo and Khasi hills. Caehar. 

 Khabaung forests (Kurz). A shrub, branchlets, petioles, underside of 1., stipules and 

 cymes pubescent, 1. thinly coriaceous, variable in shape, blade 6-10, petiole \—h in., 

 stipules J- 1 in. long, with long filiform points. Fl. white, fragrant, in peduncled cymes 

 with long brachiate branches, corolla-tube 1 in. long. 



D. Cal.-teeth as long as or shorter than ovary, cymes on short peduncles, 

 less than 2 in. long, branches spreading. 



14. I. parviflora, Yahl; Wight Ic. t, 711 ; Bedd. PI. Sylv.t. 222. Vera. 

 Kura, Undi, Lokandi, Mar. ; Korl, Gorivi, Tel. ; Goravi, Kan. ; Eorivi, 

 Tarn. 



A small glabrous tree, cymes sometimes slightly pubescent. L. coriaceous, 

 hard, shining, sessile or shortly petiolate, oblong or obovate-oblong, with a 

 rounded or slightly cordate base, 4—5 in. long, the reticulate veins nearly as 

 prominent as the second, nerves. M. white or pink, scented, in ample, nearly 

 sessile, compound trichotomous cymes. Corolla glabrous, tube \— £ in., lobes 

 oblong, style pubescent, tip of corolla ellipsoid in bud. 



