— 
Pavetta.] LXXV. RUBIACEE. (J. D. Hooker.) 151 
"branches very short and sessile, flowers densely crowded, calyx puberulous, 
teeth very short, corolla glabrous, tube j in. Ixora subcapitata, Wall. Cat. 
6160. 
JywTEA Hiris (east of the Khasia), Gomez. 
Possibly a form of P. indica; if so a very distinct one, having the cymes con- 
-tracted into a head; the leaves are 4-6 by 1}-2 in., and quite like those of P. indica. 
3. P. humilis, Hook. f.; stem low simple or forked very robust hispidly 
hirsute above, internodes very short, leaves oblanceolate caudate-acuminate 
„glabrous above pubescent beneath, cymes terminal sessile very short subcapitate, 
flowers densely crowded, calyx truncate or teeth very short obtuse, corolla 
glabrous, tube A in. 
Mazracca, Griffith (Kew Distrib. 3007), Mainge y (855). 
Stem 1-2 ft. high, as thick as a goose-quill, suberect, rooting below, bark white; 
nodes with the cupular remains of coriaceous stipules. Leaves crowded, 5-7 by 1-2 
in., narrowed into a short or long petiole, greenish when dry. Cymes about 1 in. 
diam.—The habit of this plant differs entirely from that of P. indica. 
4. P. hispidula, W. E A. Prodr. 431; leaves glabrous or pubescent 
beneath narrowly or broadly lanceolate oblanceolate or elliptic membranous, 
-cymes open, branches spreading, flowers pedicelled, calyx-teeth very shortly 
triangular, corolla-tube 1 in., glabrous. 
* WESTERN PENINSULA, or the Ghats from the Concan southwards. CEYLON, central 
province, alt. 3—5000 ft., Walker, &c. 
There is little to distinguish this from some of the forms of P. indica but the 
usually much larger yellowish flowers, the more prominent calyx-tecth, and style 
often thickened towards the middle of the exserted portion. The specific name is 
badly ehosen, as there is nothing hispidulous about it; the stigma described as 
slightly hispid is quite glabrous. 
Var. 1; leaves lanceolate and oblanceolate nearly glabrous above softly pubes- 
.cent beneath black when dry. Courtallan and Quilon, Wight. Beddome (Fl. Sylv. 
For. Man. 134/7) includes this under P. tomentosa, and keeps var. siphonantha as a 
different species. 
Var. 2. siphonantha; leaves lanceolate and elliptie-laneeolate acuminate black 
when dry. P: siphonantha, Dalz. in Hook. Kew Journ. ii. 133 (sp.); Dalz. d Gibs. 
Bomb. Fl. 112; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. For. Man. 134 [8.—Canara, Dalzell. 
Var. 3. zeylanica; leaves obovate or oblanceolate brownish yale when dry 
glabrous or sparingly pubescent beneath, eyme branches more robust and flowers 
larger, corolla-lobes sometimes 3-3 in. long obtuse or acute.—Ceylon. 
Van. 4. angustifolia; glabrous, leaves very narrowly lanceolate 4-6 by j-i in. 
almost black when dry. P. angustifolia, Thw. Enum. 156; Bedd. Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 
:99; Fl. Sylv., For. Man. 134/8.— Ceylon ; banks of streams in the central provinee. 
5. P. breviflora, DC. Prodr. iv. 491; glabrous, black when dry, leaves 
.elliptic-obovate or oblanceolate acute or acuminate, cymes sessile or shortly 
eduncled small glabrate open brachiate, branches short stout, calyx cupular, 
teeth triangular, corolla glabrous, tube longer than the linear-oblong lobes, style 
„thick shortly exserted. Wight Ie. t. 1035; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. For. Man. 134/7. 
NırenerryY Hims; alt. 7000 ft., in woods, Leschenault, &c. 
A bush, branches stout with yellow bark. Leaves 2-3 by 3-1} in., narrowed into 
-the petiole, shining above, with sometimes a few scattered hairs beneath; petiole 
13 in. Cymes 1 in. diam., branches glabrous or pubescent; lower stipular bracts 
large, membranous, Calye-teeth hirsute or glabrous. Corolla glabrous, rather fleshy, 
} in. diam. Stigma clavate, obtuse. Seeds subglobose with a narrow ventral slit 
-opening into a large eavity.—This has quite the habit and short style of a Webera, 
but the stipular braets and 4-merous flowers are those of Paveíta: it resembles 
W. lucens, but is distinguished at once by the glabrous style. 
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