Scyphiphora .] lxxiv. rubiace^. 89 
(1) S. hydrophyllacea Gaertn. Cruet. iii. 91, t. 196; King, 
l.c. 288. Epithinia malayana Jack , Mai. Misc. i. 12. 
Bush about 4 ft. tall. Leaves 2 in. long, 1*5 in. wide, narrowed 
to the petiole, *5 to 1 in. long; nerves invisible. Cymes dense, 
many-flowered, 1*5 in. across. Flowers about *4 in. long. Corolla- 
lobes about half as long as tube. Style long, projecting. Drupe 
•4 in. long, green. Hab. Muddy shores, very common. Singapore, 
Malacca, Negri Sembilan, Pahang. Distrib. All sea-coasts from 
India to Australia. The pyrenes carried about in the sea. Native 
names : Chingum; Sebasah or Sabasoh. 
37 . JACKIA, Wall. 
A tree. Branches few, stout. Leaves large oblanceolate, 
sub-acute, coriaceous. Stipules sheathing, long-bristled. Flowers 
white in large bracteate scorpioid cymes arranged in a panicle of 
corymbs. Calyx obconic, lobes 5, unequal 2 small, 3 large, wing¬ 
like. Corolla funnel-shaped, tube narrow, limb campanulate, short, 
lobes 5, valvate, triangular. Anthers 5 , linear, sub-sessile in throat. 
Disc hairy. Ovary 2-celled; ovules 2 in each cell; style slender, 
long, exsert hairy. Stigmas 2, short. Fruit obconic, hain^, crowned 
by the three enlarged calyx-lobes. Species x, Malay Peninsula, 
Borneo and Bangka. 
(i) J. ornata Wall. Roxb. FI. Ind. (ed. Carey) ii. 321; King , 
l.c. 229; Wall. PI. yls. Rar. t. 293. 
Usually a slender tree 30 ft. tall with few spreading branches. 
Leaves glabrous above, pubescent beneath; nerves 12 pairs, elevate 
beneath; 6 to 12 in. long, 2-5 to 5 in. wide; petioles -4 to -9 in. long, 
velvety. Stipules an inch long or more hairy red. Flowers -4 in. 
long, white; peduncles pendulous, 9 in. long; branches 4 in. long. 
Corymbs 2 in. (in flower) across, 4 in, in fruit. All pubescent. 
Fruit red, wings -5 in. long, lanceolate acute, pubescent. Hab. In 
wet open marshes. A beautiful tree. Singapore, Tanglin; Bukit 
Timah; Kranji. Malacca, Sungei Hudang; Machap (Goodenough); 
Nyalas (Foxworthy). Perak, Larut (Kunstler); Thaiping. Dis¬ 
trib. Borneo. Native names : Sintulang; Selumar; Terong. 
38 . IXORA, Linn. 
Shrubs or small trees. Leaves usually coriaceous. Cymes 
terminal, compound trichotomous and usually corymbose. Calyx 
campanulate, small, 5-toothed. Corolla-tube narrow cylindric, 
long, lobes 4, spreading, shorter, red, yellow, pink or white, twisted 
in bud. Stamens 4 insert in the mouth of corolla-tube; anthers 
linear acuminate, projecting. Ovary 2-celled; ovule solitary in a 
cell; style exsert but not twice as long as tube. Stigmas 2 divergent. 
Fruit globose or didymous, pulpy, usually black with 2 piano- 
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