LXXIV. RUBIACE^. 
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Ixora.\ 
(1) I. Brunonis Wall. Cat. 6136; King , l.c. 72. 
A shrub, tomentose 4 to 5 ft. tall. Leaves membranous, sessile, 
oblanceolate caudate-acuminate tapering to the cordate base, 
glabrous except nerves above, tomentose beneath, 5 to 10 in. long, 
1-5 to 2-25 in. wide. Stipules ovate keeled and tailed. Cymes 
1-5 in. long, 20-flowered; peduncles tomentose. Flowers sessile, 
white. Calyx -15 to -2 in. long, narrow-campanulate, teeth narrow 
lanceolate acuminate as long as tube. Corolla 1*5 in. long, more or 
less hairy, throat hairy, limb -5 in. across. Fruit ovoid puberulous, 
•35 in. long. Hah. Woods, chiefly in the north. Pahang, Gunong 
Senyum (Evans). Penang Hill (Wallich, Curtis, etc.). Waterfall; 
Penara Bukit. Pulau Adang. Lankawi (Curtis). Disirib. Tavoy, 
S. Siam. 
(2) I. clerodendron Ridl. Trans. Linn. Soc. iii. 311. 
A small, little-branched shrub; young parts pubescent. Leaves 
lanceolate or obovate narrowed to both ends, glabrous above, 
pubescent beneath, 9 in. long, 3*5 in. wide. Stipules triangular, 
subulate, -5 in. long. Cyme 1 in. through, dense, pubescent, 
many-flowered. Calyx-lobes ovate pubescent longer than the tube, 
red, nearly -25 in. long. Corolla white, tube x in. long, slender, 
lobes oblong ovate sub-acute, *12 in. long. Stamens exsert. Fruit 
grey with red streaks, *25 in. long, crowned with the red persistent 
sepals. Hab. Open woods, east coast. Pahang, Kwala Tembeling, 
and other places on the Pahang River (Ridley). Disirib. S. Siam. 
(3) I. pumila Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mus. x. 142. 
Dwarf plant 1 to 4 ft. tall; stem pubescent. Leaves obovate 
to oblanceolate, tip blunt or sub-acute base usually narrowed, 
glabrous above, pubescent beneath; nerves 15 pairs; 7 i n - l° n g> 
3 in. wide. Stipules ovate with a long subulate process decurrent 
on the back *3 in. long. Corymb 3 in- wide, on a pubescent peduncle 
3*5 in. long. Bracts narrow-linear acuminate. Calyx-lobes linear 
acuminate, -12 in. long, pubescent, much longer than the ovary. 
Corolla-tube slender, 1 in. long, lobes oblong, all white, glabrous, 
•15 in. across. Stamens exsert, brown. Hab. Pahang, Gunong 
Senyum (Evans); Kwala Tahan (Seimund). 
(4) I. Kingstoni Hook. fil. F.B.I. iii. 140 ; King, l.c. 73. 
Big bush. Leaves thin membranous or rather stiff glabrous, 
oblong or elliptic-oblong short acuminate, narrowed to cuneate 
base; nerves 15 to 18 pairs; 5 to 9 in. long, 2 to 3 in. wide; petioles 
•4 to -5 in. long. Stipules semi-linear with a short point. Corymbs 
3 to 4 in. across; peduncles short; branches puberulous. Bracts 
ovate-lanceolate, sub-coriaceous. Flowers crowded, sessile. Calyx 
•2 to -3 in. long, tube short, lobes longer lanceolate, broad, nearly 
•1 in. long. Corolla-tube 1-25 in. long, lobes obovate, rounded, 
•5 to -6 in. across, red. Fruit ovoid crowned by the large sepals. 
Hab. Forests. Johor, Gunong Pulai. Muar (Curtis). Malacca, 
Nyalas (Goodenough). Pahang, Gunong Senyum (Evans). Selangor, 
