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Pavetta—continued. Pavetta—continued. 
axillary or terminal. Fruit fleshy, two-stoned. Leaves 
opposite, petiolate, usually membranous. The follow- 
ing species are sometimes seen in cultivation. For 
culture, see Ixora. 
P. borbonica (Bourbon). 4. opposite, oblong-lanceolate, bin. to 
10in. long; ground colour dark olive green, thickly studded all 
over the surface with white spots, which are shaded with a very 
light green; midrib bright salmon-red. Stem erect and usually 
* 
P. corymbosa (corymbose). A synonym of P. caffra. 
P. indica (Indian). fl. white; panicle terminal, sub-corymbose, 
with heaped . August to October. 1, 3 
acuminate at both ends, petiolate. R. 3ft. to 4ft. India, &c., 
1791. Stove shrub. (B. R. 198.) 
PAVIA (named in honour of Peter Paiv, a Dutch 
botanist, professor at Leyden in the seventeenth cen- 
tury). Buckeye; Smooth-fruited Horse Chestnut. ORD. 
Fig. 39. FLOWERING BRANCH, DETACHED LEAF, FLOWER, AND YOUNG FRUIT OF PAVIA CALIFORNICA. 
simple. Isle of Bourbon. A very ornamental-leaved, stove 
plant, respecting which the ‘‘ Gardeners’ Chronicle” remarks : 
e Pavetta borbonica is a nursery name for a distinct and beau- 
tiful plant frequently found in gardens, of which no identifica- 
tion has yet been 2 because, so far as known, no flowers 
have been produced in cultivation.“ 
P. caffra (Caffrarian). fi. white, sub-umbellate; corymbs ter- 
minating in short branches. June to August. l. obovate, 
almost sessile, glabrous. A. 3ft. to4ft, Cape of Good Hope, 1823, 
beautiful greenhouse shrub when in flower. SYN. P. corym- 
bosa. (B. M. 3580.) , 
Sapindacee. A small genus of hardy, deciduous trees 
and shrubs, included, by Bentham and Hooker, under 
Zisculus. Calyx tubular; petals four, erect, narrow; 
stamens straight. Capsules unarmed. Leaves petiolulate. 
For culture, see 
P. alba (White).“ jl. white, disposed in a very long raceme; 
stamens six or seven, three times as long as the corolla; claws of 
the nearly similar petals longer than the obconical calyx. April 
and May. J. composed of five to seven oval-obovate leaflets, 
