20 RUBIACEZ (Sond.) [ Pavetta. 
Has. Port Natal, Gerrard § M‘Ken. (Herb. D.) 
Very different from the preceding. The leaves are 3-4 inches long, 7-10 lines 
broad, with subrecurved margins, much acuminated at the apex. The corymb or 
racemose panicle, in the only fruit-bearing specimen I have seen, is 1 inch high and 
2 inches wide, Calyx-tube 1 line long. Fruit somewhat larger than in P. Cuffra. 
4. P. Bowkeri (Harv. Thes. t. 131); twigs compressed, clothed with 
a very short bifarious pubescence; leaves oblong-lanceolate, tapering into 
a pubescent petiole, with recurved margins, quite glabrous above, 
tomentose beneath; corymbose panicle loosely trichotomous, glabrous ; 
teeth of calyx 3-4 times longer than the tube, setaceous. 
Has. Mouth of Bashee R., Caffr.,inswamps. Feb. H. Bowker, 459. (Hb. D., Sd.) 
Leayes 3-4 inches long, 1-1} inch broad, shortly acuminated into a bluntish point, 
penninerved, softly tomentose beneath ; petiole 4 inch long. Stipules cuspidate or 
aristate. Panicle spreading ; bracts very small. Calyx 3 lines long. Tube of the 
glabrous white corolla } inch, lobes 3 lines long, acute. 
5. P. Gerrardi (Harv. MSS.); twigs compressed, minutely downy ; 
leaves long-petioled, ovato-lanceolate, acute or subacuminate, tapering 
at the base, with subrecurved margins, glabrous, but hairy on the mid- 
dle nerve beneath ; corymbose panicle trichotomous, shortly pubescent ; 
teeth of calyx twice longer than the tube, setaceous. 
Has. Tugela River, Natal, Gerr. d M‘K. 1350. (Herb. D.)} 
A bushy shrub, 2-4 feet high, with light green foliage and large white flowers, 
nearly allied to P. Bowkeri, from which it chiefly differs in the longer, broader, gla- 
brous, and green leaves. Leaves 5—6 inches long, and nearly 2 inches broad. Pe- 
tioles pubescent, 4-1 inch long. Stipules cuspidate. Panicle many-flowered. Corolla 
glabrous, the size as in the preceding. 
6. P. obovata (E. Mey. in Dreg. enum.); quite glabrous, twigs com- 
pressed ; leaves obovate, tapering into the petiole, obtuse or acute, with 
revolute margins, subcoriaceous, penninerved ; panicle corymbose, loosely 
trichotomous ; teeth of calyx acute, as long as the tube. P. revoluta, 
Hochst.! Flora, 1842, p. 237. 
Has. Port Natal, Drege, Krauss. 98. Kowie sand hills, P. Mae Owan, 420. J. 
Sanderson. Plant. (Herb. Sd., D.) 
Leaves 2~3 inches long, 12-15 lines broad, paler beneath. Petiole 1-4 lines long. 
Panicle spreading’; bracts minute. Calyx 1 line long. Corolla white, the tube 6 lines, 
limb nearly 3 lines long. Style very long. Fruit as large as a large pea, shining, 
crowned by the rigid calyx, 
7. P. assimilis (Sond.); quite glabrous ; twigs subcompressed ; leaves 
obovate, tapering in the petiole, obtuse or subacute, with recurved mar- 
gins, subcoriaceous, penninerved ; panicle corymbose, trichotomous ; 
limb of calyx cupshaped, with very minute, acute teeth. 
Has. Port Natal, Gerrard § M‘Ken, 1355. Dec. (Herb. D., Sd.) 
Closely resembling P. obovata in habit and in the size and form of the leaves, but 
well characterized by the calyx. Panicle t-1} inch long. Calyx 1 line long, the 
teeth like a mucro. Tube of corolla 4 lines, the limb 2 lines long. Style one half 
longer than the corolla. 
8. P. edentula (Sond.); quite glabrous ; twigs terete ; leaves Zanceo- 
late acute, tapering in a longish petiole, fiat, coriaceous, shining, penni- 
nerved, and reticulate ; panicle corymbose, much shorter than the 
leaves ; limb of calyx cupshaped, repando-dentate. 
Has. Port Natal, near Ingoma, March. Gerr. ¢ M‘K, 1353. (Herb. D.) 
