Chomelia
(named after J. B. Chomel, physician to Louis XV.; author of "Abrege de L'Histoire des Plantes usuelles," 12mo, Paris, 1712). ORD. Rubiaceoe. Stove evergreen shrubs. For culture, see Ixora, from which the present genus differs in habit and inflorescence, but more particularly in the fruit containing a hard nut.
C. fasciculata (fascicled). fl. white; pedicels two or three together, axillary, one-flowered. l. ovate, acute, glabrous, on short petioles. h. 5ft. Grenada, 1825.
C. spinosa (spiny).* fl. white, 1 1/2in. long, fragrant at night; peduncles axillary, usually three-flowered. l. ovate, acuminate, almost sessile, glabrous. h. 8ft. to 12ft.Carthagena, 1793.