Ixora chinensis

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Read about Ixora chinensis in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Ixora chinensis, Lam. (I. stricta, Roxbg. I. coccinea, Hort., not Linn. I. bldnda, Ker. I. crocata, Lindl. I. rosea, Sims). Apparently the common species, known in greenhouses as I. coccinea: glabrous shrub, with sessile or subsessile lvs. which are obovate or obovate- oblong, and slender-tubed fls. in dense corymbs, the corolla-lobes short and rounded and the tube 3/4-l in. long. Malayan archipelago and China. B.M. 169 (as I. coccinea); 2428. B.R. 100; 782.— Runs into nearly pure white forms. There are said to be yellowish fld. forms. Prince of Orange, a popular variety, is said to be a form of this species.


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