84 Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



inflorescence ; leaves membranous. — Species about 70, in the tropics of 

 the old world. 



Large much branched shrabs ; cymes corymbose peduncnlate, 

 2 to 4 in. in diam., often in panicles : — 



Leaves pubescent to tomentose beneath, ovate-elliptic, 



elliptic or elliptic-rotund ... ... ... 1 P. indica. 



Leaves slightly pubescent to glabrous beneath, elliptic 



lanceolate or obi anceolate ... ... ... 1 P. indica var, glabra. 



Small little branched or unbranched shrubs; cymes sessile 

 or nearly so, 1 to 2 in. in diam., never in panicles : leaves 

 pxibescent beneath : — 



Calyx woolly ; leaves densely and softly pubescent beneath 2 P. naucleijlora. 



Calyx glabrous or nearly so; leaves hispidulous beneath... 3 P. huniilis. 



1. Pavetta indica, Linn. sp. PL 110. A slirub or small tree,' 

 young branches slender, glabrous, pubescent, or tomentose like tbeleavef. 

 Leaves membranous, variable in form, in the Malayan specimens (var. 

 polyantha) elliptic-lanceolate or oblanceolate, in the British Indian 

 ovate-elliptic, elliptic, or elliptic-rotund ; in all, except some of the latter, 

 acute or acuminate at the apex, pubescent tomentose or glabrous be- 

 neath, the base always much narrowed ; main-nerves 5 to 7 pairs, usu- 

 ally faint, curved ; length (in Malayan specimens) 4 to 7 in.; breadth 

 1 to 2 in.; petiole "35 to 5 in.; stipules triangular, acuminate, shorter 

 than the petioles, deciduous. Cymes terminal, shorter than the leaves, 

 on peduncles 1"5 to 4 in. in length, corymbose, many-flowered, 2 to 4 

 in. in diam., often in panicles ; the stipules at the bifurcations rather 

 large and persistent. Floivers on pedicels about "2 in. long. Calyx from 

 '05 to 1 in. long, narrowly campanulate, with 4 short triangular teeth 

 or sub-truncate. Corolla "5 to "75 in. long ; the tube very slender, cjlin- 

 dric ; the limb '3 to "4 in. across, with 4 oblong blunt lobes. Style raxich. 

 exserted, slender like the stigma. Fruit globular-oblong, glabrous, about 

 the size of a pea. Wall. Cat. 6175; Blume Bijdr. 951 ; W. & A. Prod. 

 4U; Wight Ic. t. 148; Miq. FL Ind. Bat. II. 276; Hook. fil. PL Br. 

 Ind. III. 150; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. II. 349. P. Finlaysoniana, Wall. Cat. 

 6177. P. alba, Vahl. Symb. III. 11. P. petiolaris, Wall. Cat. 6786; 

 Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 150. Ixora paniculata, Lam. Diet. HI. 344. 

 7. Pavetta, Roxb. Fl. Ind. I. 385 : Kurz Fl. Burm. II. 18. 



In all the provinces, but not common. 



VAR. polyantha, Hook fil. I.e. 150. Flowers numerous, crowded in 

 puberulous or pubescent cymes ; leaves thinly membranous, oblanceolate 

 or elliptic-lanceolate, glabrous or puberulous beneath. P. polyantha, 

 WiiU. Cat. 6176 ; Bot. Regist. t. 198. P. gracilifiora Wall. Cat. 6178. 

 P. petiolaris, Wall. Cat. 6180. P. Bothiana, DC. Prod. IV. 491 : 



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