PLATE LXXVIII. 



IXORA PAVETTA. 

 Sweet Ixora. 



CLASS IV. ORDER I. 

 TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Four Chives. 



One Pointal. 



GENERIC 



Calyx. Pcrianthium quadripartitum, mini- 

 mum, eredtum, perfiftens. 



Corolla monopetala, infundibuliformis. Tu- 

 bus cylindraceus, longiflimus, tenuis. Lim- 

 bus quadripartitus, planus; laciniis ovatis. 



Stamina. Filamenta quatuor, breviflima, in 

 divifuris corollse. Antherae oblongae. 



Pistillum. Gormen fubrotundum, intra bafin 

 calycis. Stylus filiformis, longitudine tubi. 

 Stigma bifidum. 



Pericarpium. Bacca fubrotunda, bilocularis. 



Semina duo, tunc convexa, inde angulata. 



CHARACTER. 



Empalement. Cup with four divifions, very 

 fmall, upright, and remaining. 



Blossom of one petal, funnel-fhaped. Tube 

 cylindrical, very long, and fmall. Border 

 of four divifions and flat ; the fegments 

 egg-fhaped. 



Chives. Four threads, very fhort, placed in 

 the divifions of the bloiTbm. Tips oblong. 



Pointal. Seed-bud roundiih, in the bottom 

 of the cup. Shaft thread-fhaped, the length 

 of the tube. Summit two-cleft. 



Seed-vessel. A roundiih berry, with two cells. 



Seeds, two, hollow on the inlide, and angled 

 without. 



SPECIFIC 

 Ixora foliis obtufis, undulatis, petiolatis, flori- 

 bus fafciculatis, odoratis, fordide luteis. 



CHARACTER. 



Ixora with blunt, waved, leaves, having foot- 

 ftalks; flowers grow in bunches, are fweet 

 fcented, and of a dirty yellow. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1. The Empalement, (magnified). 



2. A BlolTom with the feed-bud attached, (natural fize). 



3. The fame with the Empalement, (magnified). 



4. The Pointal, (natural fize). 



5. The fame, magnified. 



To the Lady Dowager de Clifford are wc indebted, for the introduction of this new fpecies of Ixora, 

 a native of the Eaft Indies; her Ladvfliip having received it from thence, in the year 1~Q6. It is a 

 tender hot-houfe plant, growing to the height of a foot, or more, and very bufhy ; the bunches of 

 flowers are very large, covering nearly the whole upper part of the plant, and are exceedingly fra- 

 grant. The blofibms begin to expand about the beginning of Auguft, and continue to blow in fuc- 

 ceflion, till the end of October. The only plant we have yet heard of, in England, is in her Lady- 

 fhip's collection at Paddington; where it has flowered for the firft time this year, and where our 

 drawing was made. It is propagated like the other fpecies of Ixora, by cuttings, and fliould be kept 

 in rich earth. 



