Ixora.] RUBIACER. 17 
Glabrous; inflorescence puberulous 3 calyx-teeth acute; corolla- 
. lobes more or less acute a : ‘ S P ‘ . I. coccinea. 
Glabrous, also the inflorescence, of the calyx-teeth 2 acute and 2 
blunt ; corolla-lobes acute or almost acuminate, ° . I, glaueina. 
%* Flowers 5-merous. 
1. I. Helferi, Kz.—An evergreen probably a shrub, all parts 
glabrous ; stipules broadly ovate, acuminate, glabrous; leaves oblong- 
lanceolate, acuminate at both ends, on a 3-4 lin. long petiole, 
entire, 5-8 in. long, thin-membranous, glabrous, turning black in 
drying ; flowers rather large, on a thick puberulous up to a line 
long pedicel, cymulose and forming a long-peduncled brachiate 
sparingly puberulous thyrsoid panicle bearing at the first branching 
a pair of more or less diminutive leaflets; bracts linear-subulate, 
along with the floral stipules glabrous ; calyx nearly 1} lin. long, 
minutely puberulous, the 5 teeth nearly as long as the tube, 
lanceolate, acute ; corolla (in bud) minutely tawny-pubescent on the 
outside of the 4 in. long tube, the lobes about half as long. 
Haz.—Tenasserim. 
to subulate, along with the floral stipules densely hirsute; calyx 
nearly 2 lin. long, hirsute, 5-toothed, the teeth linear-lanceolate, 
nearly as long as the tube ; corolla not seen; berries ovoid, the size 
of a pea, crowned by the calyx-limb, sparingly hirsute, usually 
2-seeded. 
Has.—Rare in the tropical forests of Martaban east of Tounghoo.—Fl. May 
or June (?)—s.—SS.—Metam. 
* * Flowers 4-merous. — 
O Style exserted to the same or nearly the same length of the 
corolia-tube ; stigma simple and thick, spindle-shaped. 
3. I. compactiflora, Kz.—An evergreen tree, or probably a. 
shrub, all parts quite glabrous ; stipules shortly ovate, acute ; leaves 
elliptically to broadly lanceolate, at the cuneate base tapering in 
a strong petiole $-$ in. long, rather long-acuminate, 3-5 in. long, 
entire, almost pergamaceous, quite glabrous, drying blackish ; 
flowers small, sessile or nearly so, forming a dense involucred head 
of about an inch in diameter at the end of the former: year’s 
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