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[Ixora. 
different species, I. stenophylla Ridl. Excluding the plants quoted by King 
except Wray’s 519, we may establish the var. angustifolia thus : 
var. angustifolia. Small tree (Wray). Leaves narrow lanceolate acuminate, 
7 in. long, 1 in. wide; nerves 12 pairs. Corymb large many-flowered. 
Flowers larger than ordinary Lobbii and petals usually more acute. Hab. 
Mountains, Selangor, Gunong Mengkuang Lebah (Robinson). Leaves long, 
sharply acuminate. Perak, Hill Gardens, Thaiping Hills (Wray). 
(n) I. stricta Roxb. Hort. Beng. 10; FI. I. i. 379; Hook. fil. 
F.B.I. iii. 145; King, l.c. 80. 
A shrub about 5 ft. tall. Leaves coriaceous variable lanceolate 
or elliptic acute or acuminate, base ctmeate; nerves 7 to 8 pairs; 
2-5 to 5 in. long, 1*25 to 2 in. wide; petioles -15 to -2 in. long. 
Stipules broad, triangular with long points. Corymbs sub-sessile, 
dense or lax, 2 to 3 in. across. Calyx cylindric, 4 broad lobes or 
none. Corolla orange (in cultivation yellow or pink), tube *8 in. 
long, limb *4 in. across, lobes oblong, rounded. Fruit globose, 
black. Hab. River-banks; common. Singapore, Chan Chu Kang. 
Johor, Kota Tinggi; Gunong Pantai. Pahang, Pekan; Tahan 
River. Malacca, Ayer Panas (Derry). Selangor, Rantau Panjang 
(Kloss); Klang Gates. Negri Sembilan, Gunong Angsi. Perak, 
Temengoh; Bujong Malacca. Dindings, Lumut. Tringganu, 
Pulau Redang (Yapp); Bundi (Rostados). Penang, Waterfall. 
Kelantan, Kwala Lebir; Kota Bharu. Kedah, Yan. Lankawi, 
Dayong Bunting (Robinson). Adang islands, Pulau Rawei. Setul. 
var. amcena Wall. Cat. 6121. Corymbs very dense nearly 
sessile, 3 in. across, tube 1*5 in. long, lobes -15 in. long. Leaves 
more coriaceous. Not so common as typical stricta. Hab. Pahang, 
Tahan River. Perak, Gunong Kerbau (Robinson). Penang, Muka 
Head. Distribution of both forms, Tenasserim, Cochin-China, 
Borneo, Java. Native names: Siantan jantan; Siantan hutan; 
Jarum-jarum Merah. 
A great variety of forms and hybrids of this species with other species 
are in cultivation in gardens, and of all colours, orange, yellow, red, pink 
and white. 
(12) I. stenophylla Ridl. Trans. Linn. Soc. iii. 311. 
Bushy shrub 6 ft. tall. Leaves lanceolate-acuminate acute 
tapering to both ends, coriaceous; nerves 8 pairs fine, ascending; 
4 to 5 in. long, *75 in. wide; petioles -25 in. long. Corymbs small, 
6- to 12-flowered; bracts ovate acute; pedicels short. Calyx- 
teeth ovate acute small. Corolla light orange, tube slender, 1-25 in. 
long, lobes lanceolate acute nearly -5 in. long. Fruit pea-shaped, 
black, pulp purple. Seeds grey, mottled purple. Hab. Rocky 
stream-banks in forests. Pahang, Tahan River (Ridley). Disirib. 
Borneo. 
(13) I. humilis King and Gamble, l.c. 79. 
Dw T arf plant about a foot tall. Leaves large, coriaceous sessile, 
elliptic or sub-obovate, sub-acute generally more or less narrowed 
