Ixora.'\ LXXT. EOBUCEiE. (J. D. Hooker.) 139 



Anthers sessile. Fruit globose or didymous, ^ in. diam., smooth. — I have seen no 

 specimen of Thwaites' var. p, with the branches and leaves on both sides velvetty. 



5. I. Motoniana, Wall. Cat. 6132; robust, glabrous except the puberu- 

 lous cyme, leaves petioled elliptic or oblong; obtuse thickly coriaceous, nerves 

 12-15 pair, cymes peduncled brachiate many-flowered clusters rounded, calyx- 

 teeth lanceolate longer than the ovary, corolla ^ in., tube very slender, lobes 

 ■oblono; obtuse glabrous, mouth glabrous. I. Wightiana, Wall. Cat. 6161. I. 

 ■grandiflora, 8chlecht. in Herb. Hohen. No. 1369. 



NiLGHEBRY and PnxNEY Mrs., Wight, &c. 



Branches thick, bark rough. Leaves 6-8 by 1-3 in., rarely obovate, jiale brown 

 ■when dry, base acute or obtuse; nerves 10-12 pair, strong, ascending; petiole stout, 

 :j-| in. ; stipules with long strong cuspidate points, glabrous. Cymes sometimes 

 -6 in. diam. ; peduncles stout, 2-6 in. ; lower bracts often leafy ; bracteoles setaceous ; 

 flowers red, fchortly pedicelled, glabrous. Anthers sessile, nearly as long as the 

 ■corolla-lobes, base subentire. Stigma small, davato, entire or cleft. Fruit glabrous, 

 ^ in. diam. 



6. Z, Jolmsoni, Hook. f. ; glabrous, branches robust, leaves petioled 

 large elliptic acute at both ends, stipules triangular acute, cymes sessile corym- 

 biform, branches very short and flowers densely crowded, calyx-teeth linear- 

 lanceolate much longer than the tube, corolla-tube | in., lobes linear-oblong 

 acute, mouth naked. 



"Western Pbndtsula, near Wenna Mala in Cochin, Bev. Mr. Johnson. 



Leaves crowded on the young branches, 6-8 by 3-3J in., thinly coriaceous, brown 

 when dry, opaque ; nerves 12-15 pair, arched, prominent beneath ; petiole very stout, 

 ^ in. ; stipules short, appressed. Cymes \\ in. long, branches rather slender but very 

 short and much divided; bracts and bracteoles lanceolate, coriaceous, numerous. 

 Calyx-teeth rigid, erect, broader as well as longer than the ovary. Filaments and 

 anthers slender. Stigma fusiform, cleft. Fruit not" seen. — I have seen but one 

 specimen of this fine species. 



7. X. subsessilis, Wall. Cat. 6139; glabrous, leaves petioled lanceolate 

 elliptic or oblanoeolate acuminate, stipules with long cusps, cymes subsessile 

 brachiate, branches slender lax-flowered, calyx-teeth filiform much longer 

 (rarely only equalling) than the ovary, corolla-tube ^-Ij- in., excessively 

 slender, lobes narrowly oblong acute, mouth glabrous. G. Don Gen. Syst. iii. 

 572. I. oxyphylla, Wall. Cut. 6159. 



As.sAM and Khasia Mts., ascending to 4000 ft., De Silva, &c. 



A shrub or small tree ; branches with pale bark. Leaves very variable, 4-8 by 

 -|-3 in., thinly coriaeeoxis, pale when dry, opaque or shining ; nerves very slender ; 

 .•subulate points of stipules much longer than the short sheath. Cymes 1-5 in. diam. ; 

 bracts elongate-subulate or filiform ; flowers white or rosy. Calyx-teeth variable in 

 length. Corollor-limb \-^ in. diam. Filaments long, flattened ; anthers very slender. 

 Stigma slender, entire or cleft. Fruit 5 in. diam., gibbous, crowned with the slender 

 calyx-teeth. — Wallieh's L oxyphylla has shorter calyx-teeth, but seems connected by 

 intermediates with subsessilis. Some Assam specimens have teetli even shorter than 

 the ovary. 



8. X. Brunonis, Wall. Cat, 6136 ; branches tomentose, leaves long sessile 

 narrowly oblanceolate caudate-acuminate pubescent with spreading hairs, base 

 cordate, cymes sessile corymbiform hirsute, flowers subcapitate, calyx-teeth 

 linear-lanceolate about equalling the ovary, corolla-tube ^ in. hairy, mouth 

 naked. G. Bon Gen. Syst. iii. 573 ; Xurz For. Fl. ii. 20. Pavetta Brunonis, 

 Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 270 (not of Wt. Ic). Rubiacea, Wall. Cat. 8447. 



Fegu and Tavot, Kure. Penang and Singapobe, Wallich, Phillips, &c. Maingay 

 ^J£ew Distrib. 858). 



