576 RUBIACEZ. CLX. Paverra. 
late, branched; flowers tomentose. 
gascar, 
Cinereous Pavetta. Shrub. 
29 P. cra‘ciuis (A. Rich. 1. c.) quite glabrous; leaves elliptic- 
oblong, very acute, almost sessile; stipulas connate, narrow- 
lanceolate ; cymes few-flowered, terminal; flowers very long, 
slender; stamens exserted ; style hardly exserted beyond the 
tube. h.S. Native of Madagascar. Perhaps a proper genus. 
Slender-flowered Pavetta. Shrub. 
**** Species natives of the South Sea Islands. 
80 P. orutina (D. C. prod. 4. p. 492.) leaves ovate-lanceo- 
late; corymbs coarctate, globose, terminal. h. S. Native of 
New Caledonia. Cofféa Opulina, Forst. prod. 1. no. 93, 
Chiocécca Opulina, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 756. Ixòra species, A. 
Rich. Bracteas roundish, scarious. Pedicels rather hispid. 
Lobes of the corolla 4, linear, revolute, obtuse. Style simple, 
clavate, twice longer than the corolla. Flowers white. 
Guelder-rose-like Pavetta. Shrub. 
81 P. sampu'cina (D. C. prod. 4. p. 492.) leaves oblong- 
lanceolate, acute, glabrous; cymes corymbose, terminal. h. S. 
Native of the Friendly Islands. Cofféa Sambicina, Forst. 
prod. 1. no. 92. Branchlets tetragonal. Leaves a span long. 
Branches of the panicle verticillate. Lobes of the corolla 5, 
spreading, bluntish. Style simple, clavate, much longer than 
the stamens, ex Spreng. pug. 1. p. 16. Chiocédcca sambicina, 
Spreng. syst. 1. p. 756. Ixdra species, ex A. Rich. Flowers 
white. 
Elder-like Pavetta. Shrub. 
32 P. rririora (D. C. prod. 4. p. 492.) leaves ovate-lanceo- 
late, acuminated ; peduncles terminal, by threes, 3-flowered. 
k. S. Native of Otaheite. Chiocécca trifldra, Spreng. syst. 1. 
p. 756. Cofféa triflòra, Forst. prod. 1. no. 95. Flowers 
white. 
Three-flonered Pavetta. 
hk. S. Native of Mada- 
Shrub. 
t Species not sufficiently known. 
33 P. ancustiré11a (Roem. et Schultes, syst. 3. p. 175.) 
leaves linear-lanceolate, attenuated at both ends; cymes termi- 
nal, trichotomous, subumbellate ; teeth of calyx acute; corolla 
with a slender tube, and oblong acute lobes. h.S. Native of 
the East Indies. Pavétta Indica, Burm. fl. ind. p. 35. t. 13. f. 
8. exclusive of the synonymes. Ixòra angustifolia, Lam. dict. 
3. p. 45. Flowers white. Stigma nearly entire as in Pavétta, 
and about equal in length to the lobes of the corolla, as in Ixdra. 
Narrow-leaved Pavetta. Shrub 8 to 4 feet. 
34 P. amprexicau’Lis (Pers. ench. 1. p. 131.) glabrous; 
leaves stem-clasping, oval; segments of corolla acute, lanceo- 
late. h.S. Native of the East Indies; and is often mixed 
with P. Indica according to Persoon. 
Stem-clasping-leaved Pavetta. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 
35 P.? parasr’t1ca (Lour. coch. p. 73.) stem parasitical, 
much branched ; leaves verticillate, ovate, tomentose ; clusters 
of flowers axillary ; calyx tetragonal, truncate, villous; corolla 
with a long tube, and 4 oblong inflexed lobes; style equal in 
length to the corolla; berry l-seeded. h. G. Native of 
Cochin-china, in gardens, growing upon trees. Flowers small, 
dusky yellow. This plant should probably be removed from the 
genus. 
Parasitical Pavetta, Shrub 1 foot. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Jadra, p. 574. 
CLXI. SAPRO’SMA (from carpoc, sapros, rancid, and 
ocun, osme, a smell; the wood and berries are very fetid). Blum. 
bijdr. p. 956. A. Rich. mem. soc. hist. nat. Par. 5. p. 178. 
D. C. prod. 4. p. 493.—Brichia, Schwagr, 
CLXI. SAPROSMA, 
CLXITI. Covssarga. 
Lin. syst. Tetrándria, Monogynia. Calyx with an oval tube, 
and a small 4-toothed permanent limb. Corolla 4-cleft, with a 
hairy throat. Stamens 4, inserted in the throat of the corolla; 
filaments short; stigma bifid, Berry oval, smooth, umbilicate, 
l-seeded, crowned by the permanent calyx. Embryo erect, in 
fleshy albumen.—Trees or shrubs, natives of Java. Leaves op- 
posite, glabrous, acuminated at both ends. Flowers crowded, 
terminal, rarely axillary, sessile. Berry and wood very fetid.— 
This genus comes very near the following. 
1 S. arvo'reum (Blum. bijdr. p. 956.) arboreous ; leaves pe- 
tiolate, elliptic-oblong; flowers crowded, terminal, and some- 
times axillary. h.S. Native of Java, in mountain woods. 
Tree Saprosma. Tree. 
2 S. rrutico'sum (Blum. bijdr. p. 956.) shrubby; leaves 
almost sessile, oblong-lanceolate ; flowers crowded, terminal. h. 
S. Native of Java, on Mount Parang. 
Shrubby Saprosma. Shrub. 
Cult, See Ixdra, p. 574. for culture and. propagation. 
CLXII. COUSSA‘REA (Aublet does not give the meaning of 
this word). Aubl. guian. 1. p. 98. t. 38. Lam. ill. 1. p. 281. t. 
65. A.Rich. mem. soc. hist. nat. Par. 5. p. 177. t. 18, f. 1. and 
2. D.C. prod. 4. p. 493.—Coussarea and Freelichia, Juss. mem. 
mus. 6. p. 376.—Froelichia, Vahl. ecl. pref. 3. but not of 
Meench, nor Wulf.—Billardiéra, Vahl, ecl. 1. p. 13: t. 10. ES 
but not of Smith, nor Mæœnch,—Pechèya, Scop. intr. p- 143. 
no. 530. 
Lin. syst. Tetrándria, Monogýnia. Calyx with an ovate tube, 
and a short tubular sinuately 4-toothed limb. Corolla with an 
elongated terete tube, which is hardly tumid at the apex, and a 
glabrous throat. Stamens 4, inserted in the upper part of the 
tube, inclosed ; anthers oblong-linear. Style filiform ; stigma 
bipartite, with the lobes linear, and hardly exserted. fee 
ovate-globose, hardly fleshy, crowned by the tubular limb 0 
the calyx, 1-celled, I-seeded. Seed rather globose, fixed to o 
sides of the parietes. Embryo small, in a pit at the bottom . 
the albumen, which is horny, with a thick coriaceous radicle, 
which is longer than the small cotyledons.—Glabrous shrubs, 
natives of America. Leaves opposite, coriaceous, on short pe- 
tioles. Stipulas solitary on both sides, acute. Flowers termina’ 
few, rather crowded, on short pedicels, white. 
1 C. vrora‘cea (Aubl. guian. 1. p. 98. t. 38.) leaves orale 
acuminated ; flowers terminal, almost sessile. h. S. Native o 
French Guiana, in the woods called Caux woods. Flowers white. 
Berries violaceous. 
Violaceous-berried Coussarea, Shrub 7 to 8 feet. : 
2 C. racemo'sa (A. Rich. in mem. soc. hist. nat. Par. 2i P, 
177.) leaves elliptic, acuminated; stipulas caducous; „flower 
small, disposed in terminal pedunculate racemes; fruit ovo! 
compressed, white. h.S. Native of French Guiana. 
Racemose-flowered Coussarea. Shrub. Bed $ 
3 C. macroca’rpa (A. Rich. l-c.) leaves elliptic, cae 
nated; stipulas caducous; flowers disposed in termina an 
axillary, hardly pedunculate racemes ; fruit ovoid, black. R> 
Native of French Guiana. Very like the preceding species. 
Long-fruited Coussarea. Shrub. ae 
4 C.? sauamo'sa (Lam. ill. p. 281. no. 1462.) leaves ova S 
oblong ; cymes scaly, axillary ; limb of calyx cylindrical. h. 
Native of the Caribbee islands. 
Scaly-cymed Coussarea. Shrub. late 
5 C. Frærrcura (A. Rich. 1. c.) leaves oblong-lanceo = 
acuminated at both ends; panicle corymbose, terminal, pe ee 
culate; peduncles compressedly angular. h. S. Native it 
the island of Trinidad, ex Vahl; and of Porto Rico, where 
was collected by Ryan, Frcelichia paniculata, Vahl, ecl. pre’ 
p- 3. Billardiéra paniculata, Vahl, ecl, 1. p. 13. t 10. 
