138 Lxxv. EUBiACEJi. (J. D. Hooker.) llxora. 



t)tlier leaves 5-9 by IJ to 3 in., narrowed into a very short petiole J-J in., pale when 

 ■dry, vei-y coriaceous ; nerves 15-20 pair, slender, arcliing; stipules broad with very 

 short points. Cyines 2-4 in. diam., sometimes almost capitate, quite glabrous ; flowers 

 white, sweet-scented, sometimes 5-merous ; bracts and bracteoles long, filiform. Cdlyic 

 J-^ in. CoroUa f in. across the narrow obtuse lobes. Anthers sessile. Stigma fusi- 

 form or 2-fid, with short arms. FrwU \-% in. long, ellipsoid or oblong, straight or 

 oblique, crowned with the slender calyx-teeth. — The extreme forms are the Sikkim, with 

 5-merous flowers and very small orbicular floral leaves ; and Upper Assam ones, with 

 these sometimes 20 in. long and 7 broad. Griffith's Bhotan specimens (Kew Distrib. 

 2983) have calyx-teeth sometimes hardly longer than the tube. 



2. I. lauceolaria, Colebr. in Hoxb. Fl. Incl. i. 387; glabrous or the 

 .cymes pubescent, branches slender, leaves short-petioled lanceolate or linear-lan- 

 ceolate subacute, nerves very slender, cymes sessile or peduncled corymbiform 

 or bracbiate, branches slender, calyx-teeth oblong-lanceolate much longer than 

 the ovary, coroUa glabrous, tube very slender ^-f in., lobes linear-oblong obtuse, 



mouth naked. DC. Prodi: iv. 484; TF. §• A. Prodi: 429; Wt. le. t. 827; 



Wall. Cat. 6125 ; Sot. Mag. t. 4899. I. leucantha, Heyne in Wall. Cat. 6148 ; 



G. Bon Gen. Syst. iii. 572. I. Wallichii, Herb. Wight, not of W. 8,- A. Prodi: 



Westben Peninsula, from Belgaum southwards. Berry, &c. 



An erect shrub witli " ash-coloured branches and pendulous slender green branch- 

 lets -with compressed joints" {Roxb.). Leaves spreading, 5-7 by §-2 in., quite smooth 

 and rather shining on both surfaces, pale and reticulate when dry ; nerves numerous, 

 ^lender, often almost horizontal ; base rounded or acute ; stipules short, with long 

 slender points. Cymes 2-3 in. diam., from glabrous to hoary-pubescent ; branches 

 erecto-patent ; bracts and bracteoles oblong-lanceolate, caducous. Calyx J in. long, 

 glabrous, with 2 erect appressed bracteoles ; teeth lineai^oblong or lanceolate. 

 CoroUa white, f in. across the narrow lobes. Filaments slender. Stigma slender. 

 Fruit globose or didymous, calyx-teeth persistent. — In W. & A. Prodr. is - var. j8, 

 foiinded on Wight's n. 1341, and described as having oblong-lanceolate leaves some- 

 times pubescent beneath ; I do not find the latter character on Wight's specimens. I. 

 WcHMchii of Wight's Herbarium is not the plant described under that name in the 

 Prodromus, not having leaves pubescent beneath, but a slight variety of /. lanceolaria, 

 •with narrower bracts and elliptic-lanceolate leaves. 



3. X. calycina, Thio. Enum. 155; glabrous, leaves subsessile ovate ob- 

 long or orbicular obtuse or acute, base acute rounded or cordate, nerves hori- 

 zontal, cymes subsessile corymbiform contracted dense-flowered, calyx-teeth 

 lanceolate much longer than the ovary, coroUa J in., lobes ovate acute, mouth 

 glabrous. Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 97. 



Ceylon ; Central Province, ascending to 7000 ft., Macrae, WalJeer, &c. 



A small tree. Leaves l|-3 in., coriaceous, midrib stout, dark brown and reticu- 

 late when dry; nerves 6-8 pair, slender; stipules cuspidate. Cymes rarely peduncled, 

 ■peduncles puberulous ; flowers white tinged with rose, subsessile ; bracts and brac- 

 teoles slender. Stigma short thick vrith short recurved arms. Filaments short. 

 Fruit J in., ovoid or spherical ; calyx-teeth persistent. 



4. Z. Tbwaitesii, Hook, f. ; gkbrous or shoots and cymes pubescent, 

 leaves short-petioled oblanceolate oblong or elliptic acute flat or undulate, 

 nerves ascending, cymes sessile corymbiform contracted dense-flowered, calyx- 

 teeth acute longer than the ovary, corolla 1-lJ in., lobes obovate acute. I. 

 acuminata, Thiv. Enmn. 155, excl. var. (3, not of Roxb. 



Ceylon ; not uncommon, ascending to 3000 ft. 



Leaves 3J-5 in., thinly coriaceous, opaque, margins usually undulate, always 

 narrowed into the short petiole ; stipules -with long cuspidate points. Cymes as in 

 J. calycina, but calyx-teeth shorter and corolla longer with longer lobes, stigmas the 

 ■eame. Corolla-throat glabrous, in which it differs from Roxburgli's S. acuminata. 



