IXORAS 253 
TXORA CHELSONI (Chelsea). Stems branching, dwarf. 
Flowers profuse, bright orange -salmon, in large, dense, 
rounded corymbs; June to September. A garden hybrid. 
I. coccrnEa (scarlet). Stems 3 to 4 feet high. Leaves heart-shaped, 
shining. Flowers bright scarlet, 2 inches long, in maaberiate corymbs ; 
June to September. Introduced from East Indies (1814). 
I. CoLetr (Cole’ s). A handsome and robust garden hybrid, the pro- 
geny of J. coccinea and J. stricta. Leaves roundish. Flowers pure white, 
in large corymbs. 
I. CONCINNA (neat). A garden hybrid with large corymbs of bright 
salmon-coloured flowers, which afterwards become more pinkish. First 
produced in 1882. 
I. Frasert (Fraser's). A garden variety with brilliant salmon- 
coloured flowers, the corolla-tubes carmine-scarlet; in numerous large 
globular corymbs. 
I. FULGENS (glittering). Stems 3 to 4 feet high. Leaves slender- 
lance-shaped. Flowers orange-scarlet, in dense terminal corymbs; June 
to August. Introduced from the East Indies (1823). 
I. JAVANICA (Javan). Stems 3 to 4 feet high. Leaves oval- -oblong. 
Flowers orange, in dense corymbs; June to September. Introduced from 
Java (1846). 
I. MACROTHYRSA (large thyrsus). A fine plant with broad leaves 
as much as 10 inches long, and immense corymbs of deep-red flowers. 
Introduced from South Sea Islands (1878). 
I. Piterimi (Pilgrim’s). A fine garden hybrid, owning J. Williamsi 
(a garden variety) as parent, produced in 1880. The flowers are bright 
orange-scarlet tinged with crimson, and clustered in dense round corymbs, 
-7 inches across. 
I. prINcEps (foremost). A natural species from Java, with lance- 
shaped leaves 6 or 7 inches long, and flowers which are at first buff-white 
but afterwards deep reddish orange. 
I. REGINA (queen). A garden variety with oval leaves and large 
corymbs of violet-salmon flowers. 
I. SPLENDENS (splendid). A garden variety with bluntly elliptic 
leaves and brilliant coppery-scarlet flowers in very large corymbs. 
I, WitiiAmsI (Williams’). A garden variety with large corymbs of 
reddish-salmon flowers. 
Ixoras all require stove treatment, and it is almost 
impossible to give them too high a temperature or too 
humid an atmosphere during the summer. J. Pilgrimi will succeed in 
a much lower temperature than the others; and for all the house should 
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Principal Species. 
Cultivation. 
