144 S. Kurz — Contrihutions towards a [No. 2, 



2. S. TERNATUM, Bth. aiid Hf. Gen. PI. II. 131, (Serissa ternata, 

 Kurz in And. Eep. ed. 2. 40 ; Fcsderla ternata, Wall. Cat. 6248 ; Don 

 Gen. Syst. Ill 561). 



Var. a. gentjiis'A, all parts quite glabrous. 



? Var. 13. PUBERULA, stipules, petioles, and nerves beneath more or 

 less pubescent. 



Hab. Var. /3. rather frequent in the tropical forests of the Andamans 

 — Fl. May, June. 



CofTea, L. 



Conspectus of Species. 



* Corolla funnel-shaped. 



All parts quite glalDrous and glossy ; flowers very shortly pedicelled, in axillary clus- 

 ters, C. Arahica. 



* * Corolla salver-shaped. 



X Berries pcduncled. 

 All parts quite glabrous and glossy ; flowers on pedicels, ^ — 1 in. long usually terminal, 



rarely axillary, C. tetrandra. 



X X Berries sessile. 

 Young shoots and nerves beneath sparingly pubescent ; flowers sessile, terminal and 



axillary, C. Benghalensis. 



*1. C. Aeabica, L. sp. pi. 245 ; Eoxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Wall. II. 193 ; 

 Sims. Bot. Mag. t. 1303 ; Wigfft Icon. t. 53 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 305. 



Hab. Occasionally cultivated, but nowhere on a large scale. — Fl. 

 March — May ; Fr. Nov. — Jan. 



2. C. TETEANDRA, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Wall. II. 193 ; DC. Prod. IV. 

 499. (Prismatomeris tetrandra, Hf. in Bth. and Hf. Gen. ]d1. II. 119). 



Hab. Not unfrequent in the tropical forests of the Martaban hills 

 and the Andamans, up to 3000 ft. elevation ; also Chittagong. — Fl. March, 

 April. 



3. C. Bengalensis, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. *ed. Wall. II. 194 ; DC. Prod. 

 IV. 499 ; WA. Prod. I. 435 ; Bot. Mag. t. 4917. 



Hab. Trojiical forests of Martaban and Tenasserim ; also Chitta- 

 gong. 



Ixora, L. 



Conspectus of Speci<is, 

 Siohg. 1. Pavetta, L. Flowers 4- or 5-merous, Style exserted to the 

 same or nearly the same length of the tube, the stigma simple and spindle- 

 like. 



Corolla more funnel-shaped, the tube only 3 lin. long. 

 + Flowers sessile or nearly so, in a dense head. 



Glabrous, turning black in drying ; habit of /. FaveUa /. compactiflora. 



+ + Flowers in cymes or corymbs, shortly pedicelled. 



