Chasalia. | RUBIACER. 15 
a pea ; the pyrenes hemispherical with a longitudinal obsolete rib on 
the back ; albumen equable. 
Has.—Not unfrequent in the tropical forests from Martaban down to 
Tenasserim and the Andamans.—F1. Apr. May.—s, 
IXORA, L. 
ceous or rarely crustaceous one-seeded pyrenes. Seeds plano- 
convex or the inner face more or less concave.—Tr. rubs, 
with free or at the base usually connate interpetiolar stipules. 
Flowers often showy, in or less crowded larger or smaller 
* Flowers 5-merous ; panicles long-peduncled. 
Leaves glabrous, membranous. = : : . é . I. Helferi. 
Leaves almost coriaceous, more or less shortly pubescent beneath . J. longifolia, 
* lowers 4-merous, 
O Style exserted to the same or nearly the same length of 
the tube, the stigma simple and thick, spindle-like. 
X Corolla-tube only 3 lin. long; flowers sessile or nearly 
so. 
-+ Flowers in dense heads. 
Glabrous, turning black in drying : é 
wers in cymes or corymbs 
. ° : - I. compactiflora, 
) rymbs. 
Glabrous, the corymbs puberulous and recurved ; berries crowned 
y the calyx-lobes . ’ : : ‘i i ° . J. recurva. 
Glabrous, also the erect or nearly erect corymbs ; berries marked 
the circular scar of the fallen calyx-limb . ; - «J, weberefolia, 
X Corolla-tube 4-3 in. long; flowers pedicelled 
ong ; ‘ 
All parts and inflorescence glabrous, not turning black in drying. I. pavetta. 
less puberulous to tomentose, usually turning 
black in drying ; inflorescence shortly puberulous . ‘ . I. tomentosa. 
All parts villous-pubescent, not turning black in drying ; inflores- 
cence villous from spreadi airs . : . ; . I. naucleiflora. 
O Styles shorter or langer exserted, never exceeding the 
tube by t 
lobes usually spreading, rarely lonyer cohering. 
X Flowers white or rarely pale rose-coloured (never 
orange or scarlet). 
+ Corolla shortly puberulous or pubescent outside. 
All parts more or less pubescent; cyme rather small, almost 
sessile; leaves sessile .° . s ¢ : : : 
++ Corolla quite glabrous, except the throat inside 
in very few species, 
A Panicle thyrsoid, brachiate, trichotomous, more 
or less long-peduneled. 
I. Brunonis. 
