RUBIACE^E. CLX. PAVETTA. 



575 



triangular, glabrous inside ; flowers disposed in panicled co- 

 rymbs, bearded ; corolla with a long terete tube, which is beard- 

 ed at the throat, and oblong obtuse lobes ; style setaceous, 

 glabrous. Fj . S. Native of the East Indies. P. villosa, Roth, 

 nov. spec. p. 88. but not of Vahl. 

 Roth's Pavetta. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



13 P. NAUCLE^FLO'RA (R.Br. in Wall. cat. no. 6171.) villous in 

 every part ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminated ; corymbs 

 terminal ; teeth of calyx short, acute ; lobes of corolla obtuse, 

 fj . S. Native of Pulo Penang. Fruit round. 



Nauclea-Jlowered Pavetta. Shrub. 



14 P. BRUNdNis (Wall. cat. no. 6172.) soft and villous all 

 over ; leaves obovate ; stipulas and bracteas broad, membranous ; 

 peduncles trichotomous, having the branches dense and corym- 

 bose ; lobes of calyx subulate. fj . S. Native of the East 

 Indies, on the Nellighery mountains. Pavetta mollis, Wall. cat. 

 no. 6179. Leaves smoothish above in the adult state. 



Brown's Pavetta. Shrub. 



15 P. WEBERJEFOLIA (Wall. cat. no. 6182.) leaves broad- 

 lanceolate, glabrous, tapering to both ends ; corymbs downy ; 

 fruit spherical. Jj . S. Native of Pulo-Penang and Chitta- 

 gong. 



Webera-leaved Pavetta. Shrub. 



16 P. SUMATRE'NSIS (Roth, nov. spec. p. 88. and in Rcem. et 

 Schultes, syst. 3. p. 176.) leaves petiolate, oblong-elliptic, gla- 

 brous, strigose on the ribs beneath ; corymbs trichotomous ; 

 flowers pentandrous, clothed with white tomentum ; corolla with 

 a filiform tube, and oblong obtuse lobes ; style much exserted ; 

 stigma oblong, glabrous. ^ . S. Native of Sumatra. Flowers 

 white. 



Sumatra Pavetta. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



17 P. LONGIFI.6RA (Vahl, symb. 3. p. 12.) leaves lanceolate- 

 elliptic, and are as well as the branches glabrous ; stipulas pilose 

 inside ; flowers disposed in fascicles ; teeth of calyx rather long, 

 acute. I? . S. Native of Arabia Felix. Ixora occidentalis, 

 Forsk. cat. p. cv. Ixora longiflora, Poir. suppl. 3. p. 208. 

 Flowers white. Berries black. Corolla an inch and a half in 

 diameter. 



Var. ft, Javana (D. C. prod. 4. p. 491.) leaves on short pe- 

 tioles, oblong, acute at both ends, coriaceous ; corymbs termi- 

 nal, fastigiate, trichotomous, downy ; tube of corolla very long ; 

 lobes of calyx and corolla acute, fj . S. Native of Java, in 

 woods on the mountains. Pavetta longiflora, Blum, bijdr. p. 952. 



Long-flowered Pavetta. Shrub. 



18 P. VILLOSA (Vahl, symb. 3. p. 12.) branches and calyxes 

 villous, hoary ; leaves on short petioles, elliptic-lanceolate, 

 clothed with canescent villi while young ; flowers in fascicles, 

 fj . G. Native of Arabia Felix. Ixora villosa, Poir. suppl. 3. 



p. 208. Leaves smooth on the upper surface in the adult state. 

 Branches 4-cornered. Flowers white. Stipulas, style, and 

 stigma as in P. I'ndica, 

 Villous Pavetta. Shrub. 



* * African species. 



19 P. OWARIE'NSIS (Beauv. fl. d'ow. 1. p. 87. t. 52.) leaves on 

 long petioles, ovate-oblong, attenuated at both ends, membra- 

 nous, glabrous; corymbs terminal ; lobes of calyx oval, acutish; 

 lobes of corolla linear, obtuse, almost the length of the tube ; 

 style twice as long as the tube, clavate at the apex. Pj . S. Na- 

 tive of the west coast of Africa, between Waree and Buonopozo. 

 Ixora Owariensis, Poir. suppl. 3. p. 207. Flowers white. 

 Throat of corolla very villous. Stipulas short, stem-clasping, 

 apiculated by a short point at the apex. 



Waree Pavetta. Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 



20 P. CA'FFRA (Thunb. prod. p. 29. fl. cap. 1. p. 535.) leaves 

 obovate, almost sessile, glabrous ; stipulas membranous, connate ; 



flowers subumbellate ; teeth of calyx setaceous ; lobes of corolla 

 oblong, acute, shorter than the tube. Tj . G. Native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope, in the woods of Krakokamma. Ix6ra Caft'ra, 

 Poir. suppl. 3. p. 209. Pavetta corymbdsa, Houtt. ed. 1. p. 11. 

 t. 40. and Crinha Capensis, Houtt. pfl. syst. 5. p. 357. t. 40. f. 

 1. ex Thunb. and Rcem. syst. 3. p. 175. Ixora alba, Burm. 

 herb. Pav. thyrsiflora, Thunb. herb. Corymbs of flowers 

 terminating in shorter branches. Flowers white. Style much 

 exserted, clavate at the apex. This is a beautiful shrub when 

 in flower. 



Caffrarian Pavetta. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1823. Shrub 3 

 to 4 feet. 



21 P. PARVIFLORA (Afz. rem. guin. p. 47.) leaves oblong, 

 attenuated at both ends ; stipulas acute ; peduncles dichoto- 

 mously umbellate ; calyxes and corollas villous. fj . S. Native 

 of Guiana. Flowers white* 



Small-flowered Pavetta. Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 



22 P. ? SMEATHMA'NNI (D. C. prod. 4. p. 492.) leaves oval, 

 short-acuminated, coriaceous, smooth, on short petioles ; co- 

 rymbs axillary, on short peduncles ; teeth of calyx oblong, cili- 

 ated ; corolla with a terete tube, and the limb globose before ex- 

 pansion. Tj S. Native of Sierra Leone. Pavetta parviflora, 

 Smeathm. herb. Perhaps this plant belongs to a different genus. 



Smeathmann's Pavetta. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



23 P. SUBGLA'BRA (Schum. pi. guin. p. 78.) branches terete, 

 nearly glabrous ; leaves ovate, acuminated, rather ciliated at the 

 base ; petioles rather hairy ; stipulas ciliated on the inside, ovate, 

 mucronate ; corymbs festigiate, terminal ; lobes of calyx lan- 

 ceolate, acute. *2 . S. Native of Guinea. Flowers white. 

 Stigma globose. 



Nearly-glabrous Pavetta. Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 



24 P. GENIP-EFOLIA (Schum. pi. guin. p. 78.) branches terete, 

 downy ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminated, shining, glabrous, 

 downy beneath and on the petioles ; stipulas setaceously acumi- 

 nated ; corymbs terminal, globose; peduncles and calyxes hairy. 

 fy S. Native of Guinea. Flowers white. 



Genipa-leaved Pavetta. Shrub 4 to 5 feet. 



25 P. LATERIFLORA ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, coriaceous, 

 acuminated, almost sessile, disposed in 2 rows ; peduncles axil- 

 lary, subcorymbose. Ij . S. Native of Sierra Leone. Flowers 

 white. Berry roundish, containing a 1-seeded nut. Cotyledons 

 long, twisted. Perhaps the same as P. Smeathmdnni. 



Side-flowered Pavetta. Shrub 4 to 6 feet. 



26 P. CANE'SCENS (D. C. prod. 4. p. 492.) branchlets clothed 

 with white hairs ; leaves elliptic, attenuated at the base, on short 

 petioles, reticulately veined, downy above, and clothed with 

 canescent villi beneath ; corymbs lateral, many-flowered, almost 

 sessile ; pedicels and calyxes hairy ; corolla with a downy tube, 

 and a glabrous limb ; style much exserted, rather clavate at the 

 apex. lj . S. Native of the South Western Coast of Africa, in 

 Angola. Pavetta tomentosa, A. Rich. mem. soc. hist. nat. par. 

 5. p. 181. but not of Roxb. Flowers white. 



Canescent Pavetta. Shrub. 



* * * Species natives of Madagascar. 



27 P. ? ANTHOPHY'LLA (A. Rich, in mem. soc. hist. nat. 

 par. 5. p. 181.) quite glabrous ; leaves short, oval, acute, rather 

 fleshy ; stipulas broad, short, acuminated, permanent ; flowers 

 cymose, terminal, pentamerous ; one of the calycine lobes is drawn 

 out into a leaf; anthers inclosed ; style much exserted. Ij . S. 

 Native of Madagascar. Perhaps a proper genus. 



Leaf-flowered Pavetta. Shrub. 



28 P. CINE'REA (A. Rich. 1. c.) shrub clothed with grey to- 

 mentum ; leaves rather oval, acute, gradually narrowed at the 

 base, clothed with cinereous tomentum, especially beneath ; sti- 

 pulas connate, lanceolate, permanent ; cymes terminal, peduncu- 





