142 Lxxv. ETJBiACEiE. (J. D. Hookcr.) [Iseora^ 



Mabtauan, Tenassemm, and Andaman Islands, in forests, Wallwh, Heifer (Kew 



Distrib. 2992). . , , . 



A large eyergreen shrub. Leaves 4-9 hy 14-2i m., rather membranous, brown 

 Tchen dry, shining above; nerves 15-18 pair, very slender, horizontal or arched;, 

 floral pair very variable, large or small, base rounded or cordate ; petiole \-% in. ; 

 stip\xles -with long cusps. Pedmicles very slender, often from short lateral shoots ; 

 cyme 2-3 in. diam., few-flowered ; flowers loose, white, sessile or pedieelled ; braet-s; 

 and bracteoles minute, subulate or obsolete. Filaments slender. Stigma cleft. Fruit 

 size of a pea, didymous. 



16. X. Brandisiana, Kurz in Joum. As. Soc. 1872, ii. 316; Fm: Fl. ii, 

 25 ; glabrous except the cyme, leaves short-petioled elliptic- or oblong-lanceo- 

 late acuminate, peduncles 4-5 in. drooping, cymes small subbrachiate branches 

 short, calyx-teeth triangular shorter than the ovary, corolla-tube f-1 in. (1^- 

 2 in., Kurz), lobes oblong, mouth villous. 



Upper Tenasseeim, Heifer ; at Attran, Brandis, 



An evergreen shrub. Leaves 4-6 by )|-2 in., rather membranous, dark brown 

 when dry, finely acuminate, base rounded or acute; nerves 12-14 pair, slender j 

 uppermost pair often small and sessile ; petiole ^ in. ; stipules broad, cusp long. 

 Cyme ^2 in. diam. ; branches short, pubescent, soon dividing and rather stout, 

 puberulous ; bracts and bracteoles minute, subulate ; flowers rather fascicled, white. 

 Corolla very long (Kurz). Anthers sessile, base entire. Fruit unknown. — I have 

 only two indifferent specimens from Dr. King and Heifer : both agree in aU respects 

 with Kurz's description, except that the peduncles are not short, nor the corolla-lobes 

 acute, and the flowers do not exceed 1 in. in length. The remarkable acumination of 

 the leaves, and the cymes being hardly brachiate, distinguish it from all others of" 

 this group. 



tt Peduncle of cyme, less than 2 in. ; erect or suberect, or 0. 



§ Cymes not ariiculate at the raini/ications, hrachiate, rarely ewymhiform. 



17. X. bracbiata, Eo.vb. Hort. Beng. 10 ; F^r.'lnd. i. 381 ; quite glabrous^ 

 or cymes pubescent, leaves petioled oblong or elliptic obtuse, cymes sessile or 

 shortly peduncled brachiate with 2-3 pairs of long branches, flowers in globose 

 clusters, calyx-teeth shorter than the ovary, corolla-tube ^ in., lobes short 

 obtuse globose in bud, mouth naked. DC. P;-o*-. iv. 488 ; W. Sf A. Prodr.. 

 429 ; Wight Ic. t. 710 ; Tf^dll. Qat. 6142. I. obtusata and I. Arnottiana, Miq^ 

 in Herh. Hohenach. 161 and 565. 



Western Peotnsula ; on the Ghats from the Concan southwards. 



A tree 30 ft., or a stout shrub. Leaves 3-7 by l^— 3 in., pale when dry, always 

 obtuse, coriaceous or rather membranous, narrowed or rarely rounded at the base ; 

 nerves as faint as the veins ; petiole ^-f in. ; stipules short, cusps short. Cymes 4-6- 

 in. long and broad, rachis and long horizontal branches slender inarticulate, inter- 

 nodes distant; lower bracts stipuliform, bracteoles minute; flowers white, odorous, 

 sessile or pedieelled. Anthers sessile. Style glabrous or pubescent ; stigma sub- 

 capitate, simple or cleft. Fniii globose or obscurely didymous. Seeds very thin, 

 sides incurved so that the transverse section represents a dorsally compressed tube. — 

 Flowers the smallest of the genus, and the only one with globose buds. 



18. X. parviflora, Valil Symb. iii. 11, t. 52; glabrous, or the cymes 

 pubescent, leaves siibsessile oblong or elliptic obtuse base rounded or cordate- 

 very rarely narrowed, cymes sessile brachiate with 3-5 pairs of short branches, 

 flowers in subglobose clusters, calyx-teeth very short obtuse, corolla glabrous, 

 tube ^ in., lobes oblong, buds ovoid. Soxb. Fl. Ind. i. 383; DC. Prodr. iv. 

 488; Wight in Sooh. Bat. Misc. iii. 293, Suppl. t. 34; Ic. t. 711; W. ^ A. 

 Prodr. 429; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 222; Dalz. ^ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 113; Brand. For. 

 Fl. 275; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 21. I. arborea, JRo.rb.; DC. I. c. I. decipiens^ 

 DC. I.e. I.Fa.retta,,Andr.Bot.Eep.t.7S{notofPoxb.). 



