158 HUBJACE*. [Favetia. 



In the Happy Valley, at West Point, on Mount Gongh, etc.. Ckampion.mifoi^, and 

 others. "Widely spread over tropieal Asia., from Ceylon and the Pemnsnla to Sikkim, Khasia, 

 Burmah, the Archipelago, and apparently to the north coast of Australia. 



12. IXORA, Linn. 



Calyx-limb smaH, 4-tootlied. Corolla-tube slender, lobes 4, imbricate in 

 the bud. Style exserted, with 3 stigmatic lobes, usually spreading. Ovary 

 3-ceUed, with 1 ovule in each cell peltately attached to the centre of the par- 

 titipn. Berry sightly drupaceous, globular, 2-ceUed. Seeds attached by 

 their flat face. — Shrubs or small trees. Stipules solitary on each side, pointed, 

 with a broad base. Mowers ia terminal, dense or large corymbs, or panicles, 

 or sometimes in smaller axiQary or lateral cymes. 



A considerable genus, dispersed over the tropical regions both of the New and the Old World. 



1 . I. stricta, Boxb. ; W. and Am. Prod. Fl. Penins. i. 427 ; WigU, Ic. 

 ^.184. A glabrous shrub. Leaves obovate-oblong, 3 to 5 in. long, the lower 

 ones sometimes narrowed at the base into a short petiole, the upper ones, 

 although narrower below the middle, obtuse at the very base and quite sessile, 

 or nearly so. Mowers in dense terminal sessile corymbs. Calyx small. 

 CoroUa-tube 1 to 1 J in. long ; the lobes broad, obtuse,, about 3 Imes long. 



In woods at East Point, near the Buddhist Temple, Champion, Wilford; also Hance and 

 Wright. The Hongkong plant is always said to have pale pink flowers, which variety is 

 only known from S. China. A white variety (/. blanda, or I. alia, Eoib.) is described by 

 Roxburgh from cultivated plants introduced from S. China. An orange-coloured variety, 

 which I have not seen, is said to be in the Archipelago. 



13. GUETTABDBLLA, Champ. 



Calyx-limb deeply 4-lobed, persistent. CoroUa-tnbe slender; lobes 4,spread- 

 ing, slightly imbricate in the bud. Anthers included in the tube. Ovary 4- 

 or rarely 5 -celled, with 1 pendulous oblong ovule in each cell. Style divided at 

 the top into 4 or 5 linear lobes. Eruit a drupe, with 4 or 5 1-seeded stones. — 

 Shrubs. Stipules one on each side, pointed, with a broad base. Peduncles 

 axillary, bearing a cyme of few small flowers. 



li. genus very nearly allied to Guettarda, and of which only one species from the Philip- 

 pine Islands is known besides the Chinese one. 



1. G, chinensis, Champ, in Kern Journ. JBot. iv. 197. A small shrub, 

 the young branches dosely pubescent. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 1 to 2 in. long, acute at the base, sprinkled with a few hairs or glabrous above, 

 hoary underneath with close somewhat silky hairs, on a petiole of 1 or 2 lines. 

 Peduncles 6 to 10 lines long, bearing 3 or 5 flowers, the intermediate one 

 sessile, the others terminating the branches. Calyx scarcely 1 line long, with 

 short equal lobes. Corolla % lines, with very short obtuse lobes. Drupe 

 ovoid, pubescent, 2 lines long. 



On Mount Gough and Mount Victoria, Champion; also Wright. Not as yet found out of 

 the ieland. 



14. CANTHITJM, Lam. 



Calyx-limb short, 4- or 5 -toothed. CoroUa-tube short ; lobes 4 or 5, spread- 

 ing, valvarte in the bud. Stigma exserted, entire, ovoid or mitre-shaped. 



