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PavetTa CArrra. SoutH-AFRICAN PAVETTA. 
KKK KEKE KEKE KEK EKER EEK 
Class and Order. 
TrerrRaANnDRIA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Rvsiacegz. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calycis tubus ovatus, limbus parvus 4-dentatus. Corolla 
 hypocraterimorpha, tubo gracili tereti lobis longiore, limbo 
4-partito patente. Anthere 4 ad faucem subsessiles. Stylus 
longe extra tubum corolle exsertus, loborum longitudi- 
nem superans, apice clavatus, subinteger aut stigmatis 
cruribus adglutinatis aut vix ac ne vix subdivisis. Bacca 
drupacea calyce persistente coronata subglobosa bilocu- 
laris, Pyrene chartacee intus plane aut concave dorso 
gibbe l-sperma. Albumen cartilagineum. Embryo dorsa- 
lis erectus incurvus, cotyledonibus foliaceis, radicula longa.. 
—Flores albi. Species omnes Asiatice aut Africane. DC. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Paverra* Caffra ; foliis obovatis ramisque glabris, stipulis 
subulatis basi herbaceo-membranaceis connatis, cymis 
fastigiatis, calycibus 4-fidis segmentis subulatis, co- 
rollz lobis obovato-oblongis mucronulatis tubo bre- 
Vioribus. Grah. 
Paverta Caffra. Thunb. Prodr. p. 29. Fl. Cap. v. 1. 
p. 535. DC. Prodr. v.4.p.491. Ram. et Sch. Syst. 
Veg. v.3.p.175. Spreng. Syst. Veg. v. 1. p. A407. 
Ixora Caffra. © Poir. Suppl. v. 3. p. 209. 
Paverra corymbosa. Houtt. Pfl. ed. 1. p. 11. ¢. 40. 
‘Seen 
This very pretty species, native of Southern Africa, was 
received from Kew at the Botanic Garden kdb 5, 
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* The name of the Shrub in the Malabar language. 
