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RUBIACE.E. CLIX. IXORA. CLX. PAVETTA. 



the limb. T; . S. Native of Sierra Leone. This plant does 

 not probably belong to die genus. 

 Loose-Jlomered Ixora. Shrub. 



N.B. C. multiflora (Swartz, prod. 30. fl. ind. occ. p. 240.) 

 should be excluded from the order altogether, from the leaves 

 being alternate, and crowded into fascicles ; in the want of sti- 

 pulas ; in the flowers rising from the same bud as the fascicles of 

 leaves ; in the tube of the corolla being funnel-shaped, and in 

 the stamens being inserted in the receptacle. 



Cult. Most of the species of this genus are truly beautiful 

 when in blossom, and are therefore worth cultivating in every 

 collection. They require to be kept in a moist heat, but the 

 pots should never be plunged in tan. A mixture of turfy loam, 

 turfy peat, and sand in equal portions, is the best soil for them ; 

 and cuttings strike root readily if planted in sand or even mould, 

 placed in heat, with a hand-glass over them. 



CLX. PAVE'TTA (the vernacular name of P. 1'ndica in 

 Malabar). Lin. gen. no. 132. Juss. gen. p. 203. mem. mus. 6. 

 p. 375. Gaertn. fruct. 1. p. 116. t. 25. D. C. prod. 4. p. 490. 

 Pavttae verse, Blum, bijdr. p. 951. Ixora species of Lam. 

 and Roxb. Pavetta species, A. Rich. Pavate, Ray. 



LIN. SYST. Tetrdndria, Monogynia. All as in Ixora, b..t 

 differs from that genus in the style being much exserted beyond 

 the mouth of the tube of the corolla, even exceeding the seg- 

 ments of its limb, clavate at the apex, nearly entire, or the lobes 

 of the stigma are so close as scarcely to be distinguished. 

 Flowers white. All the species are either natives of Africa or 

 Asia. 



* Asiatic species, especially from India and Arabia, 



1 P. I'NDICA (Lin. spec. 160.) leaves oval-oblong, acumi- 

 nated at both ends, petiolate ; stipulas broad, acute, somewhat 

 concrete ; panicle terminal, subcorymbose, with opposite 

 branches ; teeth of calyx acute ; lobes of corolla one-half shorter 

 than the tube ; style very long. Jj . S. Native of the East 

 Indies, frequent in hedges, and among bushes. Gaertn. fr. 1 . t. 

 25. P. alba, Vahl, symb. 3. p. 11. ? Ix6ra paniculata, Lam. 

 diet. 3. p. 344. Ixora Pavetta, Roxb. fl. ind. 1. p. 395. Pavetta 

 polyantha. Wall. cat. no. 6176. Pavetta, Rheed. mal. 5. p. 10. 

 -^Burm. ind. t. 13. f. 3. Pavate, Raii, hist. 1581. Flowers 

 white. There are varieties of this species with either glabrous 

 branches and leaves, or the branches and under surfaces of the 

 leaves are downy. 



Indian Pavetta. Fl. Aug. Oct. Clt. 1791. Sh. 3 to 4 feet. 



2 P. ARENOSA (Lour. coch. p. 73.) branches brachiate ; 

 leaves lanceolate, tubercular, shining ; flowers terminal, fasti- 

 giate ; calyx baccate, 5-toothed ; corolla salver-shaped, 5-cleft ; 

 anthers 4, sessile at the throat; berry ovate, 1 -seeded. T? . G. 

 Native of China, about Canton. P. I'ndica, Ker, hot. reg. 190. 

 The leaves appear as if they were sprinkled over with sand, 

 hence the Chinese name of the shrub Tasa or sand plant. 

 Flowers white. 



<Saufy-leaved Pavetta. Fl. March, Oct. Clt. 1799. Shrub 

 3 to 4 feet. 



3 P. TOMENTO'SA (Roxb. ex Smith in Rees' cycl. vol. 26. but 

 not of Rich.) leaves petiolate, oblong, villous on both surfaces, 

 but particularly beneath ; panicles terminal, broad, tomentose, 

 with trifid branches. tj . S. Native of the East Indies. Ixora 

 tomentosa, Roxb. fl. ind. 1. p. 396. Pavetta tomentosa, Roth, 

 nov. spec. p. 89. Pavetta velutina, Wall. cat. no. 6174. 

 Flowers numerous, white, fragrant. Style twice the length of 

 the tube of the corolla ; stigma clavate, undivided. Berry 

 globose. 



Tomentose Pavetta. Shrub. 



4 P. MONTA'NA (Reinw. in Blum, bijdr. p. 952.) leaves on 

 long petioles, oblong-lanceolate, much acuminated at both ends, 

 downy, as well as the corymbs, which are terminal, trichotomous, 

 and brachiate ; calycine teeth acute ; segments of corolla acutish. 

 Tj . S. Native of Java, in woods on the mountains. Very nearly 

 allied to P. I'ndica. Flowers white, having the segments tipped 

 with green. 



Mountain Pavetta. Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 



5 P. ODORA'TA (Blum, bijdr. p. 952.) arboreous ; leaves on 

 short petioles, oblong, acute at both ends, but usually bluntish 

 at the apex, coriaceous, glabrous ; corymbs terminal, trichoto- 

 mous, divaricate, downy ; limb of calyx bluntly toothed ; seg- 

 ments of corolla obtuse. fj . S. Native of Java, on the moun- 

 tains in woods. Flowers white, very sweet scented. 



Sneet-scented-Qon-ered Pavetta. Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 



6 P. MACROPHY'LLA (Blum, bijdr. p. 953.) leaves on short 

 petioles, oblong, very blunt, attenuated at the base, coriaceous, 

 glabrous ; corymbs axillary and terminal, downy, trichotomously 

 fastigiate ; segments of calyx and corolla blunt. Tj . S. Native 

 of Java, in mountain woods. Flowers white. 



Long-leaved Pavetta. Shrub 4 to 5 feeU 



7 P. RETICULA'TA (Blum, bijdr. p. 953.) leaves oblong, acu- 

 minated at both ends, coriaceous, glabrous, reticulated beneath ; 

 corymbs terminal, trichotomous, loose, on long peduncles ; seg- 

 ments of calyx acute ; segments of corolla lanceolate, acumi- 

 nated. Tj. S. Native of Java, on Mount Salak. Flowers 

 white. Stem 4 feet high. Young branches compressed. Fruit 

 didymously globose. 



Reticulated-leaved Pavetta. Shrub 4 feet. 



8 P. LO'NGIPES (D. C. prod. 4. p. 490.) leaves oval-oblong, 

 acuminated, petiolate, glabrous ; stipulas short, acuminated ; 

 peduncles terminal, longer than the leaves, corymbose at the 

 apex, few-flowered ; fruit ovate, didymous, naked at the apex. 

 1? . S. Native of the island of Timor. Upper leaves 4-5 inches 

 long, 1^ to 2 broad. Peduncles slender, 6 inches long. Corolla 

 with a slender tube, and 4 oblong spreadingly reflexed lobes. 

 Anthers linear. Style a little exserted ; stigma thick, bipar- 

 tite. 



Long-peduncled Pavetta. Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 



9 P. PALUDO'SA (Blum, bijdr. p. 954.) leaves on short pe- 

 tioles, oblong, bluntish, membranous, glabrous : the upper ones 

 oblong-cordate, sessile ; corymbs terminal, on long peduncles, 

 trichotomous, coloured ; teeth of calyx obtuse ; segments of 

 corolla oblong, acute. Ij . S. Native about Batavia, in marshes. 

 Flowers white. Allied to Ixora barbata. 



Marsh Pavetta. Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 



10 P. SYLVA'TICA (Blum, bijdr. p. 953.) leaves oblong-lan- 

 ceolate, acuminated at both ends, membranous, glabrous, downy 

 in the axils of the veins beneath ; corymbs terminal, peduncu- 

 late, loosely trichotomous; limb of calyx obsoletely denticu- 

 lated ; segments of corolla oblong, obtuse. J? . S. Native of 

 Java, in woods on the Seribu mountains. Flowers small, white. 



Wood Pavetta. Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 



IIP. BREVIFLO'RA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 491.) leaves oval, 

 acute, acuminated at the base, on short petioles, rather membra- 

 nous, glabrous ; panicle corymbose, many-flowered, with oppo- 

 site branches and branchlets, and are as well as the flowers gla- 

 brous ; tube of corolla hardly longer than the lobes. (j . S. 

 Native of the East Indies, on the Nellighery mountains, where 

 it was collected by Leschenault. Tube of corolla 3 lines long. 

 Style 4 lines long, clavate at the apex. Stipulas broad, rather 

 membranous. Plant becoming blackish on drying. 



Short-flowered Pavetta. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



12 P. ROTHIA'NA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 491.) branchlets and 

 calyxes clothed with hoary villi ; leaves elliptic, petiolate, rather 

 hairy, but while young clothed with hoary tomentum ; stipulas 



