RUBIACEA. CLX. Paverta. 
triangular, glabrous inside; flowers disposed in panicled co- 
rymbs, bearded; corolla with a long terete tube, which is beard- 
ed at the throat, and oblong obtuse lobes; style setaceous, 
glabrous. kh.S. Native of the East Indies. P. villosa, Roth, 
nov. spec. p. 88. but not of Vahl. 
Roth’s Pavetta. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 
13 P. nauctE#rio'Ra (R. Br. in Wall. cat. no. 6171.) villous in 
every part; leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminated ; corymbs 
terminal; teeth of calyx short, acute ; lobes of corolla obtuse. 
h. S. Native of Pulo Penang. Fruit round. 
Nauclea-flowered Pavetta. Shrub. 
14 P. Brundnis (Wall. cat. no. 6172.) soft and villous all 
over ; leaves obovate ; stipulas and bracteas broad, membranous; 
peduncles trichotomous, having the branches dense and corym- 
bose; lobes of calyx subulate. h. S. Native of the East 
Indies, on the Nellighery mountains. Pavétta mollis, Wall. cat. 
no. 6179, Leaves smoothish above in the adult state. 
Brown’s Pavetta. Shrub. 
15 P. WeseræròLa (Wall. cat. no. 6182.) leaves broad- 
lanceolate, glabrous, tapering to both ends; corymbs downy ; 
os spherical. k. S. Native of Pulo-Penang and Chitta- 
g. 
Webera-leaved Pavetta. Shrub. 
16 P. Sumarrr’ysis (Roth, nov. spec. p. 88. and in Roem. et 
Schultes, syst. 3. p. 176.) leaves petiolate, oblong-elliptic, gla- 
brous, Strigose on the ribs beneath; corymbs trichotomous; 
flowers pentandrous, clothed with white tomentum ; corolla with 
a filiform tube, and oblong obtuse lobes; style much exserted ; 
a oblong, glabrous. h.S. Native of Sumatra. Flowers 
Sumatra Pavetta. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 
= P. LONGIFLÒRA (Vahl, symb. 3. p. 12.) leaves lanceolate- 
elhptic, and are as well as the branches glabrous ; stipulas pilose 
Inside; flowers disposed in fascicles ; teeth of calyx rather long, 
sree b. S. Native of Arabia Felix. Ixora occidentalis, 
a cat. p. cv. Ixòra longiflora, Poir. suppl. 3. p. 208. 
a white. Berries black. Corolla an inch and a half in 
lameter, 
: Sol B, Javana (D.C, prod. 4. p. 491.) leaves on short pe- 
hs oblong, acute at both ends, coriaceous; corymbs termi- 
be fastigiate, trichotomous, downy ; tube of corolla very long ; 
obes of calyx and corolla acute. h.S. Native of Java, in 
Woods on the mountains. Pavétta longiflora, Blum. bijdr. p. 952. 
Long-flowered Pavetta. Shrub. 
Pi P. vizròsa (Vahl, symb. 3. p. 12.) branches and calyxes 
al ee hoary ; leaves on short petioles, elliptic-lanceolate, 
Othed with canescent villi while young ; flowers in fascicles. 
h. G. Native of Arabia Felix. ixdra villésa, Poir. suppl. 3. 
3 208. Leaves smooth on the upper surface in the adult state. 
ranches 4-cornered. Flowers white. Stipulas, style, and 
stigma as in P, Indica. 
Villous Pavetta. Shrub: 
** African species. 
— P. Owanie’nsis (Beauv. fl. d’ow. 1. p- 87. t. 52.) leaves on 
as petioles, ovate-oblong, attenuated at both ends, membra- 
EES glabrous ; corymbs terminal ; lobes of calyx oval, acutish; 
P i of corolla linear, obtuse, almost the length of the tube ; 
Be e seid as long as the tube, clavate at the apex. h.S. Na- 
Pe of the west Coast of Africa, between Waree and Buonopozo. 
de Owariénsis, Poir. suppl. 3. p. 207. Flowers white. 
roat of corolla very villous. Stipulas short, stem-clasping, 
apiculated by a short point at the apex. 
aree Pavetta. Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 
Pred P. CAFFRA (Thunb. prod. p. 29. fl. cap. 1. p. 535.) leaves 
vate, almost sessile, glabrous ; stipulas membranous, connate ; 
575 
flowers subumbellate ; teeth of calyx setaceous ; lobes of corolla 
oblong, acute, shorter than the tube. h. G. Native of the Cape 
of Good Hope, in the woods of Krakokamma. Ixòra Cáffra, 
Poir. suppl. 3. p. 209. Pavétta corymbòsa, Houtt. ed. 1. p. 11. 
t.40. and Crinìta Capénsis, Houtt. pfl. syst. 5. p. 357. t. 40. f. 
1. ex Thunb. and Reem. syst. 3. p. 175. Ixòra alba, Burm. 
herb. Pav. thyrsiflora, Thunb. herb. Corymbs of flowers 
terminating in shorter branches. Flowers white. Style much 
exserted, clavate at the apex. This is a beautiful shrub when 
in flower. 
Caffrarian Pavetta. 
to 4 feet. 
21 P. parvirtora (Afz. rem. guin. p. 47.) leaves oblong, 
attenuated at both ends; stipulas acute; peduncles dichoto- 
mously umbellate ; calyxes and corollas villous. h. S. Native 
of Guiana. Flowers white. 
Small-flowered Pavetta. Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 
22 P.? Smeatuma’nni (D. C. prod. 4. p. 492.) leaves oval, 
short-acuminated, coriaceous, smooth, on short petioles; co- 
rymbs axillary, on short peduncles ; teeth of calyx oblong, cili- 
ated ; corolla with a terete tube, and the limb globose before ex- 
pansion. h.S. Native of Sierra Leone. Pavétta parviflora, 
Smeathm. herb. Perhaps this plant belongs to a different genus. 
Smeathmann’s Pavetta. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 
23 P. suscia’pra (Schum. pl. guin. p. 78.) branches terete, 
nearly glabrous ; leaves ovate, acuminated, rather ciliated at the 
base ; petioles rather hairy ; stipulas ciliated on the inside, ovate, 
mucronate; corymbs festigiate, terminal; lobes of calyx lan- 
ceolate, acute. h. S. Native of Guinea. Flowers white. 
Stigma globose. 
Nearly-glabrous Pavetta. Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 
24 P. GENIPÆFÒLIA (Schum. pl. guin. p. 78.) branches terete, 
downy ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminated, shining, glabrous, 
downy beneath and on the petioles ; stipulas setaceously acumi- 
nated; corymbs terminal, globose; peduncles and calyxes hairy. 
h. S. Native of Guinea. Flowers white. 
Genipa-leaved Pavetta. Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 
25 P. LATERIFIÒRA ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, coriaceous, 
acuminated, almost sessile, disposed in 2 rows ; peduncles axil- 
lary, subcorymbose. h.S. Native of Sierra Leone. Flowers 
white. Berry roundish, containing a l-seeded nut. Cotyledons 
long, twisted. Perhaps the same as P. Smeathméanni. 
Side-flowered Pavetta. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 
26 P. canr'scens (D. C. prod. 4. p. 492.) branchlets clothed 
with white hairs ; leaves elliptic, attenuated at the base, on short 
petioles, reticulately veined, downy above, and clothed with 
canescent villi beneath; corymbs lateral, many-flowered, almost 
sessile ; pedicels and calyxes hairy; corolla with a downy tube, 
and a glabrous limb; style much exserted, rather clavate at the 
h.S. Native of the South Western Coast of Africa, in 
Angola. Pavétta tomentdsa, A. Rich. mem. soc. hist. nat. par. 
5. p. 181. but not of Roxb. Flowers white. 
Canescent Pavetta. Shrub. 
*** Species natives of Madagascar. 
27 P.? antuopny’tta (A. Rich. in mem. soc. hist. nat. 
par. 5. p. 181.) quite glabrous; leaves short, oval, acute, rather 
fleshy ; stipulas broad, short, acuminated, permanent; flowers 
cymose, terminal, pentamerous; one of the calycine lobes is drawn 
out into a leaf; anthers inclosed; style much exserted. bh. S. 
Native of Madagascar. Perhaps a proper genus. 
Leaf-flowered Pavetta. Shrub. 
28 P. crve’rea (A. Rich. 1. c.) shrub clothed with grey to- 
mentum; leaves rather oval, acute, gradually narrowed at the 
base, clothed with cinereous tomentum, especially beneath; sti- 
pulas connate, lanceolate, permanent ; cymes terminal, peduncu- 
Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1823. Shrub 3 
apex. 
