388 LXL EUBIACE.E [Ixora 



Testa membranous, radicle inferior, albumen usually fleshy. Species about 

 too, tropics of Aaia and Africa, a few in America. 



A. Cal.-teetK longer than ovary. Cymes compact, corymbiform, usually 

 sessile. 



1. I acuminata, Eoxl). ; Wii^lit le. t. 706. Sikkuii, outer lulls and valleys. Assam, 

 Bliutan. Khasi hills. Caclmi. A larg<- sbrub, 1. large, almost membranons, blade 

 5-13, ]jet. l-i in, \oi\s,. Fl. cro^uled, oeeasionally B-iiierous, wbite, flagrant, b^actl^ and 

 calyx led, corolla-tii'be 1-1 j in., Tery slender, moutli I in. across. Dinpe ^-| in. long, 

 cro'\\ned witli tlie slf^nder calj^x-teeth. 2. I. subsessilis, "Wall. Assam. Kliasi and 

 Kaga hills. IJ^Ianipur. Yunnan. A shrub, 1. thinly coriaceous, lanceolate, blade 5-8, 

 pet. I in. long. Fl. pink or Avhite, corolla-tube very blender, |-1^ in. long, mouth |-J 

 m. across. 8. I Brunonis. Wall. Khabaung forests, Pegu Yoma. Tavoy. Malay 

 Peninsula. A siufill bhrub, branchlets, 1 and cymes pubescent. L sessile or nearly 

 so, oblaneeolate, 6-10 in. long. PL pale rose-coloured, corolla-tube \ in. long, hairy. 

 4. I merguensis, Hook. f. Mergui. Glabrous, 1. oblaneeolate, blade 7-12, narrowed 

 into a stout pet. |-| in. long. PI. flesh coloured, corolla-tube i-| in. long. 5. I 

 polyanttia, AVight Ic. t 1066. West side of the Peninsula, from the Konkan south- 

 wards. A large, very ornamental shrub. L. elongate-elliptic, glabrous, blade 8-16 

 in. long, pet. short. Cjmes woolly, ^^ ith dense spreading hairs, bracts, bracteoleb and 

 calyx-lobes ovate-lanceolate, calyx hairy. Corolla glabrous, tube ^-1^ in. long, mouth 

 § in. across. Pr. ovoid, I in. long, sparsely hairy, crowned with the calyx-lobes. 

 6. I. Johnsoni, Hook, f. ''Cochin. Similai, but entirely glabrous, 1. coriaceous, 

 cal^^'x-teetli linear* 



B. CaL-teeth longer tlian ovary, cymes pedunculate, lower branches 

 spreading. 



7. I. lanceolaria, Colebr. ; Wight Ic. t. 827, West side of the Peninsula, in ever- 

 green foresth, from North Kanara southwards. A small shrub, 1. glabrous, lanceolate, 

 blade 4-7. pet. I in. long. PL i\hite, corolla-tube J~J in. long, mouth | in. across, lobes 

 linear. 8. I. notoniana, Wall. Nilgiri and Palni hills. L. thickly coriaceous, glabrous, 

 elongate-elliptic, blade 6-8, pet. stout, \-l in. long, stipules with long cuspidate ijomts. 

 Cymes ample, up to 10 in. across, jjeduncle up to 5 in. long, fl. red, corolla-tube glabrous, 

 j in. long, lobes oblong, 



C. CaL-teetL as long as or sborter tban ovary, cymes long-pedunculate. 



9. I. spectabilis, Wall. Burma. Arakan to Tenasserim. A small evergreen tree, 1. 

 pale beneath, elongate-elliptic, blade 5-8, pet. up to | in. long, the uppermost pair^ 

 often sessile, with rounded or cordate base. Cymes pubescent, with long spreading 

 branches, peduncles 6-10 in. long witli one or two pairs of large sessile foliaceous 

 bracts in the lower hall 'E], white, sessile, corolla J~| in. long, lobes linear. 10. L 

 diversifolia, Wall. Martaban and Tenasserim, similar but 1. not pale beneath, cymes 

 glabrous and ii. pedicelled. 11. L Brandisiana, Kurz. Tenasserim. L. oblong-lanceolate, 

 finely acuminate, peduncles 4-5 in. long, deiiexed, cymes pubescent, compact, 2 in. diam., 

 branches short. 12. I. eloagata, Heyne. Western Ghats from the Koiikan to Coorg, 

 similar to 9, but corolla-tube shorter, ^ in. long, lobes short, oblong. 18. I. villosa» 

 Boxb. ; Wight Ic. 1. 150. Sikkim, foot of bills. Assam. Garo and Kha&i bills. Cachar. 

 Khabaung forests (Kurz). A shrub, branchlets, petioles, underside of 1., stipules and 

 cymes pubescent, 1. thinly coriaceous, variable in shape, blade 6-10, petiole J-^ in., 

 stipules J- 1 in. long, with long filiform points. PI white, fragrant, in peduncled cymes 

 with long brachiate branches, corolla-tube 1 in. long. 



D. Cal.-teeth as long as or shorter than ovary, cymes on short peduncles, 

 less than 2 in. long, branches spreading. 



14. I. parviflora, Yahl; Wight Ic. t. 711 j Bedd. FL Sylv. t. 222. Vern. 

 Kuraj Undi^ Lokandl^ Mar. ; Kor%^ Gorivi, Tel. ; Goravi, Kan. ; Korivi, 

 Tarn. 



A small glabrous tree, cymes sometimes slightly pubescent. L. coriaceous, 

 hard, shining, sessile or shortly petiolate, oblong or obovate-oblong, with a 

 rounded or slightly cordate base, 4-5 in. long, the reticulate veins nearly as 

 prominent as the second, nerves. FL white or pink, scented, in ample, nearly 

 sessile, compou^nd trichotomous cymes. Corolla glabrous, tube J—| in,, lobes 

 oblong, style pubescent, tip of corolla ellipsoid in bud. 



