_ better with what I have always considered to be his parvi- 
flora, and which is so. labelled in Sir Joseph Banks’s Her- 
barium. ‘They differ in the following respects: That Ixora 
parviflora is a tree, this a shrub; in that the leaves are 
linear-oblong with a cordate base, of a much firmer tex- 
ture, and more polished; in this they taper for two thirds 
of their length to the base (hence the specific name cunei- 
folia). In that the segments of the calyx are short and 
obtuse; in this long and acute. In that the berries are 
round and black; in this short-turbinate and red. ‘The 
_ corymbs also differ somewhat. In both species the flowers 
are white, but in this much larger.” Roxb. 1. c. 
____Requires to be cultivated in the hothouse. The blossom 
is delicately fragrant. a 
The specific identity of our plant has been determined 
by collation with Dr. Roxburgh’s samples in the Lam- 
bertian Herbarium. The name of the species does not 
seem very happily selected. 2 
“ Trunk short, branches upright. Leaves short petioled, 
broad, cuneate, lanceolate, recurved, taper, obtuse-pointed, 
firm, polished, somewhat bullate; 4-6 inches long, 14-2 
broad. Flowers very numerous, crowded, white, with a 
very slight tinge of red on the outside, fragrant. Berry 
round, turbinate, size of a small cherry, when Tipe of a 
bright red.” Roxb. U. c. a 
