70 PLANTS OF PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND. 



TETRANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. 



IXOKA. 



1. Ixom malaica, H. (Apparently I. congcsta Roxb.). 



Sp. Diff. Shrubby, erect ; Leaves short petioled, oblong 

 ovate, pointed, corymbs terminal ; teeth of the calyx obsolete. 

 Anthers bristle pointed. 



Stam : shrubby, erect. Leaves : opposite, petioled, large, 

 oblong ovate, pointed, most entire, smooth. Petioles : short, 

 spreading. Flowers : in terminal corymbi ; of a deep orange. 

 Teeth of the calyx : obsolete. Divisions of the Corol : very 

 obtuse. Anthers terminated with a bristle like point. Stigma : 

 two lobed. Found near the waterfall, and in the sides of the 

 hill. 



2. I. lanceolata, H. (I. lobbiana Hook.?). 



Sp. Diff. Shrubby, leaves short petioled, lanceolate pointed 

 corymbs terminal, trichotomous ; teeth of the calyx and 

 segments of the corolla pointed ; anthers bristle pointed. 



Stam : shrubby. Leaves: opposite, decussated, lanceolate, 

 pointed, most entire, smooth. Petioles short, spreading. 

 Flowers orange in corymbs terminal, trichotomous through- 

 out, compact. Calyx teeth pointed. Corolla segments point- 

 ed. Filaments short, very slender; anthers incumbent, 

 terminated with a bristle like point. Found on the hill half 

 way up. 



3. I. ciuieata, H. (I. arguta Br.). 



Sp. Diff. leaves wedge form, pointed, half stem clasping, 

 villous below ; corymbs terminal, compact ; segments of the 

 calyx and corolla acute villous. 



Stam: shrubby; branchlets pubescent. Leaves opposite, 

 decussated, sessile, almost stem clasping wedge form, pointed, 

 most entire, rough, below villous. Flowers white, very slender, 

 very numerous, in terminal compact corymbi. Bracts two to 

 each flower, lance-linear, sharp, villous. Calyx villous, deeply 



Jour. Straits Branch 



