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IXORA Bandhuca. , 
Bushy Ixora. Bandhuca. 
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TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA, 
Nat. ord. Rusracem. Jussieu gen. 196. Div. VI. Fructus monocar- 
pus bilocularis dispermus. Stam. 4, Folia opposita, caulis plerdmque fru- 
tescens. 
IXORA. Supra vol. 2. fol. 100. 
I. Bandhuca, fruticosa; foliis ovalibus amplexicaulibus corymbis congestis : 
_ corollz laciniis ovatis obtusis, baccis calyce patente coronatis. Roxb. 
~ flor. ind. 1, 386; (ex angl.), 
Bandhuea. (Sir William Jones in) asiat. res. ( Calcutta edit.) 4, 250. n. 133. 
(excluso synonymo Ixor# coccinex Linn. que est grandiflora, supra vol. 
2. fol. 154.) ) ence 
Frutex dumosus, ramis numerosis flecuosis. Fol. oblonga v. obovato- 
oblonga, obtusa acumine brevi nervis lateralibus horizontali-divaricatis: 
stipule utrinque bracteeque subulato-cuspidate cum ee rubente lanu- 
ginoso; bracter summe angustiores calyct subtense triploque breviores. Cyme 
subfoliose conferte subdivise, pedicellis unifloris brevissimis. Cal. parvulus, 
ovatus, obsolete lanuginosus, limbus erectus tubo subarctior triploque brevior 
segmentis ovato-acuminatis coloratis: Cor. extus lanugine minutissima opa- 
cata, limbus plus duplo brevior tubo, lac. ovatis obtusulis ad latera baseos 
deflexis brevque unguiculatas simulantibus. Vil. colorata, subrobusta, 3-plo 
ultrave breviora antheris flavis lanceolatis mucronatis atque basi utrinque 
glanduld obtusd productis. Stigma exsertum, oblongum, bilobo-partitum. 
(Bacea calyce patenti-persistente coronata. ) 
- can RN nS — 
We owe the introduction of this fine species, as well as 
that of its congener. grandiflora (published in the second 
Volume of this work, fol. 154), to Sir Abraham Hume. 
The plant, of which a sample was imparted to us, flowered 
this summer (for the first time) in the hothouse at Worm- 
leybury, where it had been cultivated for at least six years. 
The following is the account of the species by Dr. Rox- 
burgh. 
“A bushy shrub, uncommonly full of branches; native 
of Hindustan, the flower of which, according to Sir Wil- 
liam Jones, is often alluded to by the best poets of India. 
It is in bloom nearly the whole year, but principally during 
the rains; when it is highly ornamental.” 
“ Stem none, but branches innumerable; these divide 
much and feather down to the ground, forming a large 
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