Ixora] LXI. RFJBIACE.E 380 



Western Peninsula, extending north to the Satpura range, common in deciduous 

 forest. Behar. Chutia Nagpur, Orissa. Bare further east. Sundriban. Chittagong. 

 Nicobars. Prome district. Thaungyin at 5.0n0 ft. (Lobb). Fl. Feb.- April.— Ceylon 

 dry region. Branches of the green wood make excellent torches. 15. L brachiata, 

 Roxb. Peninsula in evergreen forest, on the West side and in Ganjam. Similar to 

 14, but 1. narrowed into petiole J-J in. long, lower cyme branches long, tip of corolla 

 globose in bud, tube J-J in. 



16. L frrandifolia, Zoll. and Morr. (/. rosel/a. Kurz and /. macroHphon, Kurz). Anda- 

 mans and Nicobars. Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. A shrub or small tree. 1. elon- 

 gate-elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, blade 6-12, petiole ^-1 in. long, stipules large with 

 a long, often bifid cusp, ri\ white or pale rose, pedicels usually longer than calyx, 

 corolla glabrous, tube |-lj in. long. 17. L brunnescens, Kurz. Andamans and Nicobars. 

 A small tree, nearly allied to 16, 1. obovate. 5-7 in. long, sessile or on averyshorl stout 

 petiole, base rounded or cordate. IS. L cuneifolia, Roxb. Wight Ic. t. 709. Silhet. 

 Pegu. Martaban. Tenasserim. A shrub, young shoots, petioles and underside of 1. 

 minutely puberulous. sometimes almost glabrous. L. elongate-elliptic or elliptic- 

 lanceolate, blade 6-9, pet. J in. long. sec. u. 10-12 pair, arching, terminating in distinct 

 intramarginal veins, numerous shorter intermediate nerves, stipules with short filiform 

 cusps. Fl. white, sessile or shortly pedicelled, corolla-tube A-j in. long, fr. red. 



19. I. nigricans, Br. : Wight let. 318. Vent. Saivkan, Burin. 



A small tree, entirely glabrous, turning black in drying. L. ckartaceous, 

 lanceolate, oblanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, blade 5-7, pet. \-\ in. Cymes 

 shortly pedunculate or nearly sessile, rounded, broader than long, bracts 

 subulate. Fl. white, pedicels usually as long as or longer than calyx, with 2 

 lanceolate bracteoles. Corolla-tube glabrous within and without, J, -jj in. long, 

 lobes linear J— | in. long, forming a narrow bud, not much broader than tube, 

 filaments nearly as long as anthers. Fr. black \- \ in. diam. 



Assam, Manipur, Cachar. Burma. Upper and Lower, in evergreen and deciduous 

 forest. Western Peninsula, chiefly on the west side, common in evergreen forest. 

 Fl. .Ian. -Hay. Malay Peninsula. Java. 20. L erubescens, Wall. (J. memecylifolia, 



Kurz . Pegu, Tenasserim. Similar. I. thinly coria US, nearly sessile, base rounded 



Or cordate. 



21. I. undulata, Ro.\l>. : Wiirh; Ic. t. 70S. Sikkim Terai and lower hills. Bhutan, 

 Assam, Khasi hills. Upper Burma (Daukyat po). A large shrub or small tree, I. 



chartac is, glabrous, lanceolate, edges undulate, blade 5-9, pet. Jin. long. Cymes 



often pubescent, shortly pedunculate, spreading, pyramidal or top rounded. ramifications 

 slender. PI. greenish-white, supported byseveral linear bracteoles, calyx-teeth lanceo- 

 late, usually equal to ovary in length. 22. I. barbata, Roxb. Andamans and Nicobars. 

 Cultivated at Calcutta and elsewhere. A large shrub, 1. elliptic, blade 6-8, pet. J-j 

 in. long, the uppermost pair at the base of peduncle smaller, sessile cordate. Cyi 

 sometimes compact, I 12 in. broad, broader than high, calyx-teeth short, triangular, 

 acute, corolla white, tube L-1J in., month woolly. 28. l oblonga, Br, Tenasserim, 

 similar, but corolla-tube shorter. 



E. Cal.-teetli as long as or shorter than ovary. ( 'vines compact, corymbiform, 

 usually sessile. 



24. I. coccinea, Finn.: Wight Tc. t. 163. — Syn. /. Bandkuca, Roxb. ; 

 Wight [c. t. I 19. Vern. Rangan, Beng. ; Bakora, Pendkul, Mar. 



A large shrub, entirely glabrous. L. coriaceous, sessile or nearly so, elliptic-, 

 souiot imes ohovate-oblong, cj mes sessile, dense-fld. Fl. brilliant scarlet, some- 

 times yellow, corolla-tube L-lf in. long, lobes ovate, acute, mouth naked, 

 anthers short, yellow, exserted. 



Western Peninsula, common near the We, tern coast, also along the Uhats on river 

 banks, Chittagong indigenous?). In Burn mly cultivated. An ornament of 

 Indian gardens. Fl. throughout the year.— t leylon low count ry to 2,000 it. common. 



25. I. strlcta, Roxb. Tenasserim (Kurz), similar to 24, fl. h rose 

 and white, corolla-tube J 1 in., lobes small, rounded. 2'i. I. amoena. Wall. Tenasserim. 

 Maia\ Penins. and Archipel., I. petioled, lanceolate. 27. I. fulgens, Roxb.; Wight 

 Ic. t. 151. (Pavetta Lobbii, Teysm. and Binnend.). Tenasserim, Malay Penins. and 



Archip.,1. shining, petioled, Ian late, -■ 10-80] lir, ! ■ rlet. 28 



I. congesta, Roxb, Attaran. Mergui, Malay Penins., I. rigidlj coi inceolate, 



blade 8 12, pet. J-A in. long, fl. orange and scarlet, calyx-teeth broad, very short. 



