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axillary or terminal. Frnit fleshy, two-stoned Leaves 

 opposite, petiolate, usually membranous. The follow- 

 ing species are sometimes seen in cultivation. For 

 culture, see Ixora. 



P. borbonica (Bourbon). I. opposite, oblong-lanceolate, 6in. to 

 lOin. long ; ground colour dark olive green, thickly studded all 

 over the surface with white spots, which are shade'd with a very 

 light green ; midrib bright salmon-red. Stem erect and usually 



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P. corymbosa (corymbose). A synonym of P. cafra. 



P. indica (Indian). Jl. white; panicle terminal, sub-corymbose, 

 with opposite branches. August to October. I. oval-oblon-' 

 acuminate at both ends, petiolate. A. 3ft. to 4ft. India <t<T 

 1791. Stove shrub. (B. B, 19a) 



PA VIA (named in honour of Peter Paiv, a Dutch 

 botanist, professor at Leyden in the seventeenth cen- 

 tury). Buckeye; Smooth-fruited Horse Chestnut OKD. 



FIG. 39. FLOWERING BRA.NCH, DETACHED LEAF, 



simple. Isle of Bourbon. A very ornamental-leaved, stove 

 plant, respecting which the " Gardeners' Chronicle " remarks : 

 Pavetta borboniea is a nursery name for a distinct and beau- 

 tiful plant frequently found in gardens, of which no identifica- 

 tion has yet been possible, because, so far as known, no flowers 

 have been produced in cultivation." 



P. caffra (Caffrarian). jl. white, sub-umbellate ; corymbs ter- 

 minating in short branches. June to August. I. obovate, 

 almost sessile, glabrous. A. 3ft. to 4ft Cape of Good Hope, 1823. 

 A beautiful greenhouse shrub when in flower. Srx. P. eorym- 

 tota. (B. M. 3580.) 



FLOWER, AXD YOUSG FRCIT OF PAVIA CALIFORMCA. 



Sapindacece. A small genus of hardy, deciduous trees 

 and shrubs, included, by Bentham and Hooker, under 

 2Esculus. Calyx tubular ; petals four, erect, narrow ; 

 stamens straight. Capsules unarmed. Leaves petiolulate. 

 For culture, see IBscolus. 



P. alba (white).* JL white, disposed in a very long raceme ; 

 stamens six or seven, three times as long as the corolla ; daws of 

 the nearly similar petals longer than the obconical calyx. April 

 and May. I composed of five to seven oval-obovate leaflet*, 



