452 A FLORA OF MANILA 
2. |. philippinensis Merr. Macopang-nuno (Tag.). 
An erect, glabrous, branched shrub or small tree 2 to 5 m high. Leaves 
elliptic-oblong to oblong, subsessile, base broad, cordate, apex acute. Cymes 
few-flowered. Flowers pink to nearly white, 1.5 em long, the limb about 
1 cm in diameter. Fruit ovoid, somewhat fleshy, white to pink, 1 cm 
long or less. (FI. Filip. pl. 22, J. incarnata.) 
In thickets, etc., fl. Oct._Jan.; a widely distributed, but endemic species. 
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*3. I. COCCINEA L. Santan-pula (Tag.). 
An erect glabrous shrub 2 to 3 m high. Leaves sessile or subsessile, 
oblong, 5 to 9 cm long, base broadly cordate or rounded, apex obtuse 
or apiculate. Cymes terminal, sessile or subsessile, densely many-flowered, 
pubescent. Calyx-teeth short, acute. Corolla pink or red, slender, the tube 
about 2 em long, the lobes oblong, about 8 mm long. (FI. Filip. pl. 21.) 
Cultivated, not spontaneous, fl. all the year. A native of India, in- 
troduced in the Philippines. 
*4, I, CHINENSIS Lam. (J. stricta Roxb.). Santan (Tag.). 
An erect glabrous shrub 1.5 to 38 m high. Leaves oblong-obovate to ellip- 
tic-oblong, acute or obtuse, base narrowed, cuneate, 7 to 18 cm long, the 
petioles short. Cymes terminal, densely many-flowered, 6 to 12 cm in 
diameter, glabrous. Calyx-teeth short, obtuse. Corolla pink or reddish, 2 
to 2.5 em long, the lobes rounded, 5 to 7 mm long. (FI. Filip. pl. 431, 
I. rosea.) 
Cultivated only, fi. all the year; a native of tropical Asia, now cultivated 
in many tropical countries. 
12. PAVETTA Linnaeus 
Shrubs or small trees with terete branches. Leaves opposite; stipules 
usually more or less united into a short sheath. Flowers numerous, 4- 
merous, pedicelled, in terminal, usually open, branched, corymbiform cymes 
or panicles. Calyx-tube ovoid, the limb 4-toothed, persistent. Corolla-tube 
long, slender, the lobes 4, spreading. Stamens inserted on the mouth of 
the corolla. Ovary 2-celled, cells 1-ovuled; style slender, long-exserted, 
usually about twice as long as the corolla-tube; stigma slender, entire, 
rarely notched. Fruit globose or ovoid, small, each with two 1-seeded 
pyrenes. (From the native Sinhalese name.) 
Species about 100 in the tropics of the Old World, 4 or 5 in the Phil- 
ippines. 
1. P. indica L. 
An erect, nearly glabrous or somewhat pubescent shrub 2 to 4 m 
high or more. Leaves elliptic-oblong to elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate, base 
usually narrowed, 6 to 15 cm long, nerves about 8 on each side of the 
midrib, glabrous or somewhat pubescent. Panicles short-peduncled, many- 
flowered, 6 to 10 cm long, pubescent. Flowers white, the corolla-tube . 
slender, about 1.5 cm long. Fruit black when dry, subglobose, about 6 
mm in diameter. 
In thickets, near Maricaban, fl. May, June, rare in our area; widely 
distributed in the Philippines, variable. India to southern China south- 
ward to Australia. 
