414 LXI. RUBIACEX. [Ivora, 
with the inner face flat or more frequently very concave.—Shrubs or small 
trees. Stipules Sid sg pointed, their broad bases often connate within 
the petioles. Flowers in terminal dense or large Pe hae or panicles, or, 
in species not Tee in smaller axillary or lateral cymes 
A large genus, widely dispersed over tropical Asia eg Africa, ge a fe eg Ame- 
rican species the seven Australian Jayar three are common : and the 
Archipelago, another cin at least to Timor, and the se das three ke d e endemic, 
and very unlike any Asiatic species. The wo. Linnan genera Irora and Pavetta have - 
i in P. wing 
neen, several species where the lobes rarely spread, a and the stigma being 
and o 
not with diffe 
be made available f "5 pen tery disliüetion remains to be seen when those of more species 
shall have been observed. 
aisen E Pavetta.— lowers 4-merous. Style slender, simple, or the lobes not 
nni Misi; leen ues QUO See T PE 
Leaves pubescent, at least adiens, usually brad . . . . . . 2. T tomentosa. 
iem II. Ixora.—Flowers 4-merous: Style-lobes usually spreading. 
Cymes se, sessile. Corolla-tube 14 in. long; lobes acute, } the 
wae of the tube 3. I. coccinea. 
Panicles — Corolla-tube 3 to 4 lines long ; 3 lobes oblong; nearly as as : 
as inte s the tube 4. I. Timorensus. 
Sigg Cen sessile. - erella-tube 1} lines long; lobes about 5 
length . 5. I. Becklern. 
T s 
eech very short. E? vira red, each with 3 esie PE Corolla 
not 2 de e the tube "- short. Leaves small, coriaceous, and 3 
shining . ox o cel dd ond. nl 
Section III. Penta: Cer 5-mero 
bro "rr nde sessile. rte ee p 1 line; lobes about —— 
Section I. Paverra. anaes 4-merous. Style n simple, or X 
lobes not se eparating, E very long. Specimens usually drying - 
Flowers in sessile co corymbs. 
1. I. Pavetta, Soch EL Ind. i. 385. A tall shrub or small tree, gla- 
brous or slightly Dën, im petiolate, oval-oblong or almost lane 
late, acute or acuminate, 3 to 4 in. long, narrowed at the base. $ b 
very shortly Fn cu connected ai the. base within the petioles. Lait, 
loosely trichotomous, sessile above the last leaves. Calyx about 1 line en, 
limb loosely campanulate with minute teeth. Corolla-tube 4 to 5 or rarely | 
lines long ; lobes oblong, much shorter. Fruits 2 to 3 lines diameter. - 
hemispherical, un concave on ey Boris face.—Pavetta indica, Linn. `" 
and Arn. Pro ; Wight, Ie. 
Ure E coast, R. Brown spit river, F. Mueller; Port Denm 
Fitzalan ; Edgecombe ser Ls Dallachy ; Curtis island, Henne ; Rockhampton, ER 
Brisbane river, Moreton Bay, A. Cunniagham, F. Mue der, and others. 
widely spread over E. India and the Archipelago. 
3 I, tomentosa, Row). FI. Ind. i. 386. A tall shrub or — S 
