ixora.] LXlV. RtJfilACfi^. 766 



at the end into 2 stigmatic lobes. Fruit a small globular berry or drupe, the 

 endocarp not hard, forming 2 1 -seeded pyrenes. Seeds broad, with the inner 

 face flat or more frequently very concave. — Shrubs or small trees. Stipules inter- 

 petiolar, pointed, their broad bases often connate within the petioles. Flowers 

 in terminal dense or large corymbs or panicles, or, in species not Australian, in 

 smaller axillary or lateral cymes. 



A large genus, widely dispersed over tropical Asia and Africa, with a few tropical American 

 species. 



Section I. Xxora. — Plowers i-merous. Style-lobes usually spreading. 

 Panicles loose. Corolla-tube 3 to 4 lines long; lobes oblong, nearly as long 



as the tube I. I. timorensis. 



Corymb rather dense, sessile. Corolla-tube 1^ line long ; lobes about the same 



length 2. r. Becklerii. 



Section II. Pentadium. — Flowers S-merous. 

 Corymb rather dense, sessile. Corolla-tube about 1 line ; lojies about 3 lines 

 loiig • 3. 7. pentamera. 



1. I. timorensis (of Timor), Dene. Herb. Tim. Descr. 90 ; Benth. Fl. Amtr. 

 iii. 415. " Goombragne," Cape Grafton, Mrs. Gribble. A small tree, quite glabrous, 

 the bark smooth. Leaves shortly petiolate, oval-oblong, or oblong- elliptical, 

 obtuse, acute, or shortly acuminate, or rarely ovate-lanceolate, 4 to Sin. long, the 

 uppermost floral pair occasionally but rarely sessile and cordate. Stipules 

 shortly connate within the petioles. Flowers white, in large loose terminal 

 panicles more or less pyramidal or rarely almost corymbose, all pedicellate or ^ 

 few sessile in the last forks. Calyx small, the short limb truncate or obscurely 

 toothed. Corolla-tube 3 to 4 lines long, slender, hairy inside at the orifice ; lobes 

 narrow-oblong, nearly or sometimes quite as long as the tube. Fruit black, 

 2-celled, 2-seeded, globular, 2 to 3 lines diameter. Seeds hemispherical, 

 concave on the inner side, testa wrinkled. — I. Klanderiana, F. v. M. Fragm. v. 18. 



Hab.: Cape York and neighbouring islands, M'GilUvray, W. Hill; Eockingham Bay, Dallachy ; 

 Rndeavour River, B. Gulliver. 

 Wood of a light colour, close-grained, hard and tough Bailey's Gat. Ql. Woods No. 253. 



2. I. Becklerii (after Dr. Beckler), Benth. Fl. Austr. iii. 415. A tall shrub 

 or small tree with a roughish bark, quite glabrous. Leaves ovate or elliptical, 

 shortly acuminate, narrowed at the base, 3 to 4in. long, smooth and shinins?. 

 Stipules connate within the petioles, with fine subulate points. Corymbs rather 

 dense, sessile and much shorter than the leaves. Calyx-limb short, irregularly 

 toothed. Corolla-tube about 1^ line long ; lobes 4, about as long as the tube 

 acute. Btyle-lobes short, linear. Fruit 3 to 4 lines diameter. Seeds oval, the 

 inner face slightly concave, the testa wrinkled, but the albumen not ruminate. 



Hab.: Southern scrubs common ; Bundaberg, Sev. B. Scortechini. 



Wood darkish, close-grained and tough. — Bailey's Gat. Ql. Woods' No. 253a. 



3. I. pentamera (parts of flower in fives), Benth. Fl. Austr. iii. 416. A 

 shrub of 8 to 10ft., the branches and inflorescence minutely hoary-pubescent. 

 Leaves petiolate, oval -elliptical, 4 to 6in. long, coriaceous, smooth and shining. 

 Stipules broad, slightly connate, within the petioles, deciduous. Flowers small 

 in a nearly sessile rather dense corymb like that of /. Becklerii. Calyx pubescent • 

 limb short, with 5 broad rounded short lobes or teeth. Corolla glabrous, the 

 tube about 1 line, the lobes oblong, about 8 lines long. Anthers long-linear 

 exserted. Style long, slightly thickened towards the end, entire. — Fruit ovoid- 

 globular, crowned by the calyx-limb, about 3 lines diameter. Pyrenes smooth. 

 Seeds hemispherical, the inner face not concave, but the albumen ruminate as in 

 the section Grmnilia of Psychotria. 



Hab.: Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown. 



In the only flower examined the ovules appeared to be attaphed near the base, but the eestiva- 

 tion of the corolla is much oontorto-imbrioated. — Benth. 



