IXORA GRIFFITIIII. 
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Nat. Orel., Rubiace.e. 
Ixora Griffithii, — Hooker. Griffith’s Ixora.—Glabrous; 
leaves large, oblong-ovate, acuminate, acute at the base, 
shortly petiolate, retieularly veined ; stipules short, broad, acu¬ 
minate ; cyme full, dense, and compound ; calyx small, short 
obtusely four-toothed ; tube of the corolla elongated and slender; 
lobes of the limb round, very obtuse, patent ; anthers linear- 
subulate, spreading horizontally; style a little exsevted, stig- 
matic branches very short. 
Synonymy —Ixora Griffithii, Hooker in Bot. Hag. 432.3. 
I. hydrangeseformis of gardens. 
Generic Character —Ixora, D. C.— Calyx -with an ovate 
tube ; limb small, four-toothed. Corolla salver-shaped ; tube 
slender, terete, longer than the lobes ; limb four-parted, patent. 
Anthers four, sessile in the throat of the corolla. Style equal 
to the tube of the corolla, or a little longer (yet shorter than the 
corolline lobes), bifid at the apex; lobes of the stigma divergent, 
or revolute. Berry drupaceous, crowned by the persistent calyx, 
sub-globose, two-celled. Cells of the fruit papery, flat or con¬ 
cave within, gibbous on the back, one-seeded. Albumen cartila¬ 
ginous. Embryo dorsal, erect, incurved ; cotyledons foliaceous ; 
radicle long. 
B ESCRIPTION.—A large branching shrub, the branches terete, rich brown. Leaves large, 
oblong, ovate, acuminate, somewhat cuneate at the base, tapering into a short stout petiole, 
penninerved, with numerous transverse veinlets, glabrous, as is every part of the plant. 
Stipules broad, short, acute. Cyme large, broad, nearly flat at the top, compound with a 
great number of salmon coloured (or sometimes yellow and scarlet) flowers, with a pair of 
leafy bracts at its base. Calyx very small, with four short blunt teeth. Corolla salver-shaped, 
salmon colour (or at first orange-yel- 
low, then red-orange); the tube long, 
slender: the limb of four rotundate, very 
obtuse, spreading lobes. Anthers ses¬ 
sile, inserted at the mouth of the tube, 
and lying horizontally between the lobes. 
Style a little longer than the tube ; 
stigma bifid. 
History, &c. —Discovered by Mr. 
Griffith at Mergui, and first introduced 
by Mr. Low from Singapore. It was 
disposed of at first under the unpublished 
name of I. hydrangeseformis, by which 
it is in part known in gardens ; but the 
description given by Sir W. J. Hooker 
is under the name here adopted.—H. 
For an opportunity of figuring this 
beautiful plant, we are indebted to 
Messrs, Lucombe, Pince, and Co., of 
Exeter, who kindly sent us a very fine 
specimen in April last, and from which 
the annexed vignette was taken. 
Cueture. —This splendid species, like all the rest of the family, delights in an atmosphere 
produced by fermenting materials, such as a dung frame, or pit. When procurable, those 
short stubby pieces, generally found upon large plants when they have done blooming, are the 
best to propagate from, as they root freely, and also produce abundance of branches. Take the 
cuttings when the wood is tolerably ripe, and having cut them into slips of about three inches 
long, place them immediately in small pots, in sandy turfy soil, and plunge the pots in a brisk 
bottom heat. If the atmosphere is not very moist it will be necessary to cover the cuttings for 
a time with a bell glass, but if the atmosphere is close no such protection will be necessary. 
When the cuttings are rooted pot them off separately, using rich turfy peat and sand, and 
plunge them again in a brisk bottom heat. If sufficient heat can be commanded, it is a matter 
of little importance at what time the cuttings are put in ; but, when a preference can be had, of 
course spring is the best time. If your object is to grow large specimens, select the best plants 
in February, and having stopped the shoots, to make the plants bushy, pot them directly they 
have made shoots an inch long, using rich turfy peat and gritty sand, with some small potsherds 
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