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628 
Sept, 
- There is 
acaintt the Evidenee of his Senfes as well as 
free: names it Jafminuin flore tetrapetalo Ixcra \-Flower ; 
Linnzi, Schetti Horti Matabarici : tetrapetalousJaf- 
mine, which Linnzeus calls Ixora, and the Ma- 
layans Schetti. Would it not appear from’ this 
that Burman held at oncé the Number of the» 
greater and lefier Parts of a Flower, frivolous 
in Point of generical Characters, and placed 
Linn 2£us on ‘the Rank of the leaft {cientifick 
Writers. — 
The Eftablithment of a Syftem on the fmall 
i of Flowers, which is at prefent under- 
ftood to be the Glory of Linnavs, is indeed 
liable to Exception : 
racters of Genera, and his Diftinctions of 
Species, he deferves all that Honour which is 
paid him now, and will be paid to his Me- 
ies as long as Botany is a Science. _ 
Referring this Shrub to the: Ixora, he adds | 
as its Diftinétion from the other Species, Fo- 
hits ovalibus femi-amplexi-caulibus : 
oval Leaves which partly embrace the Stalk. 
a great deal of Wildnefs in the 
general Growth of the Shrub, and of Uncer- 
tainty in the Difpofition of the Leaves; but 
' thofe on the upper Parts of the Branches 
at the Bafe. 
have always this particular Character. 
It is a Shrub of confiderable Growth, and in 
its aative Country rifes with numerous Shoots to 
; eight or nine Foot in Height, varioufly branched ; 
and, when in- full: Flower, too bright. to be 
Jong looked upon. 
The Root is long, and penetrates to a creat 
‘Depth in the Earth, -and is brown on the Out. 
fide, red within, and full of Juice. 
The main Stems are of a dufky purplifh 
Srcsests the Branches paler, and of a fomewhat 
browner Hue; and the young Shoots prey. 
The Leaves ftand in Pairs, and are large and 
jhandfome; thofe on the lower Part of the Bran- 
ches have fhort Footftalks, thofe on the upper 
none: and of thefe laft, fuch as ftand neareft 
to the Extremities, in Part furround the Stalk 
They are of an oval’ Form, and. 
‘Their Colour on the upper 
firm Subftance. : 
Side is a fine {trong brownifh green, bright and 
_ fhining ; and on the under Side more pale and 
dead. : 
yellowith 5 
fhe gives fo much in. Colour, often denies’ 
that farther Advantage. 
_.The..Flowers.. crown the. Tops of all the 
Branches in large Tufts, and they are of a 
glowing Crimfon, deep and bloody as it was 
at firft, afterwards paler, and as they fade 
they have no Scent. Nature, when 
Each Flower has its ‘Cup, which is oped 
of a fingle Piece, cut into four Parts at the 
Edge, and permanent. The Flower is formed 
‘of a fingle Petal, tubular at the Bafe, and 
cht into eis Parts. at the Edge: | 
The Tube is very long and lender, and is 
but: for the reft, his Cha-— 
Ixora with 
‘with Care in feparate Pots: 
A COMPLEAT RGBY 
of the famé Crimfon with the ret of thé 
‘whole, and each Pigwen” feems to have its: 
-long flender crimfon Footftalk: fo Vawn 
RHEEDE fuppofed thefe tubular Bafes of the 
' Flowers to Be, and fuch Burman feems to have 
underftood them, calling the Flower Tetrape- 
talous: the four Parts unite at the Head 
of this Tube, and are therefore nothing more 
than Segments. Thefe Seorhents are oval,’ 
flat, and expanded. 
The Filaments are four; they are very fhort 
and crooked, and they are placed in the 
Divifions of the Flower, and crowned with 
oblong Buttons. 
_ The Style is fingle, and of the Teenenlts of 
the Tube; it rifes from a round Ruditecda 
in the Bafe of the. Cups and is crowned with 
a Head fplit into two Parts; 
The Fruit is a roundifh Berry; iad eran 
into. two Cells; in each of which are two 
Seeds, angular on one Side, and convex on 
the other. 
The four Filaments and fingle Style refer 
the Shrub to the Tetrandria Monogynia of Lin-- 
nzeus; the fourth Clafs of that Author, and its 
frft Section. : 
Culture of this Txora. 
It is a Native of the warmeft Parts of Afia 
and America; and with us will never fhew its 
full Beauty, unlefs’ it be allowed the Advan- 
tage of ‘a Stove, © 
The Method of propagating the Shrub fhould 
be by Layers, The Seeds never ripen perfectly 
in cold Climates, and there is great Uncertainty 
in getting them frefh, and ina growing Con- 
dition; from the Indies. The firft raifine of 
the Shrub muft be from thefe ; and the Me- 
thod is to be the fame we have juit directed 
for. the raifing the Protea: but when’ a good 
Plant is once obtained, the Layers are’ the right 
Practice. 
In March, two or three Boxes. of a rich 
Compoft fhould be placed about the Shrub, 
and raifed to fuch a Height that a Branch 
may be eafily brought down to each. This 
is to be laid in the ufual. Manner, fecuring.. 
it well in its Place, and from Time to Time — 
refrefhing it with Water. 
- The Warmth of the Air, and the Moifture 
added to the natural vegetative Vigour of the 
Tree, .will make them foon take Root. In 
June they will be ready to take off from the 
old Plant; and they muft then be planted 
they muft be fha- 
ded and watered till they have taken Root, 
-and they will afterwards require no more Care 
than that beftowed on other Stove Plants. 
Sept. 
this gives a fingular Afpect to the ——-—= 
