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RUBIACE^E. CLX. PAVETTA. CLXI. SAPROSMA. CLXII. COUSSAREA. 



S. Native of Mada- 



late, branched ; flowers tomentose. 

 gascar. 



Cinereous Pavetta. Shrub. 



29 P. GRA'CILIS (A. Rich. 1. c.) quite glabrous; leaves elliptic- 

 oblong, very acute, almost sessile ; stipulas connate, narrow- 

 lanceolate ; cymes few-flowered, terminal ; flowers very long, 

 slender ; stamens exserted ; style hardly exserted beyond the 

 tube. 1? . S. Native of Madagascar. Perhaps a proper genus. 



/S7em/er-flowered Pavetta. Shrub. 



* * * * Species natives of the South Sea Islands. 



30 P. OPULINA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 492.) leaves ovate-lanceo- 

 late ; corymbs coarctate, globose, terminal. Jj . S. Native of 

 New Caledonia. CofFea Opulina, Forst. prod. 1. no. 93. 

 Chiococca Opulina, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 756. Ixora species, A. 

 Rich. Bracteas roundish, scarious. Pedicels rather hispid. 

 Lobes of the corolla 4, linear, revolute, obtuse. Style simple, 

 clavate, twice longer than the corolla. Flowers white. 



GWrfer-rose-like Pavetta. Shrub. 



31 P. SAMBU V CINA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 492.) leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate, acute, glabrous ; cymes corymbose, terminal. ^ . S. 

 Native of the Friendly Islands. Coffea Sambucina, Forst. 

 prod. 1. no. 92. Branchlets tetragonal. Leaves a span long. 

 Branches of the panicle verticillate. Lobes of the corolla 5, 

 spreading, bluntish. Style simple, clavate, much longer than 

 the stamens, ex Spreng. pug. 1. p. 16. Chiococca sambucina, 

 Spreng. syst. 1. p. 756. Ixora species, ex A. Rich. Flowers 

 white. 



Elder-\\ke Pavetta. Shrub. 



32 P. TRIFLORA (D. C. prod. 4. p. 492.) leaves ovate-lanceo- 

 late, acuminated ; peduncles terminal, by threes, 3-flowered. 



Jj. S. Native of Otaheite. Chiococca triflora, Spreng. syst. 1. 

 p. 756. Coffea triflora, Forst. prod. 1. no. 95. Flowers 

 white. 



Three-flowered Pavetta. Shrub. 



f- Species not sufficiently known. 



33 P. A.NGUSTIFOLIA (Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 3. p. 175.) 

 leaves linear-lanceolate, attenuated at both ends ; cymes termi- 

 nal, trichotomous, subumbellate ; teeth of calyx acute ; corolla 

 with a slender tube, and oblong acute lobes. (7 . S. Native of 

 the East Indies. Pavetta I'ndica, Burm. fl. ind. p. 35. t. 13. f. 

 3. exclusive of the synonymes. Ixora angustifolia, Lam. diet. 

 3. p. 45. Flowers white. Stigma nearly entire as in Pavelta, 

 and about equal in length to the lobes of the corolla, as in Ixora. 



Narrow-leaved Pavetta. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



34 P. AMPLEXICAU'LIS (Pers. ench. 1. p. 131.) glabrous; 

 leaves stem-clasping, oval ; segments of corolla acute, lanceo- 

 lale. fj . S. Native of the East Indies ; and is often mixed 

 with P. I'ndica according to Persoon. 



Stem-clasping-]ea\eA Pavetta. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



35 P. ? PARASI'TICA (Lour. coch. p. 73.) stem parasitical, 

 much branched ; leaves verticillate, ovate, tomentose ; clusters 

 of flowers axillary ; calyx tetragonal, truncate, villous ; corolla 

 witli a long tube, and 4 oblong inflexed lobes ; style equal in 

 length to the corolla; berry 1 -seeded. Tj . G. Native of 

 Cochin-china, in gardens, growing upon trees. Flowers small, 

 dusky yellow. This plant should probably be removed from the 

 genus. 



Parasitical Pavetta. Shrub 1 foot. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Ixora, p. 574. 



CLXI. SAPRO'SMA (from <rairpoe, sapros, rancid, and 

 oafir),osme, a smell; the wood and berries are very fetid). Blum. 

 bijdr. p. 956. A. Rich. mem. soc. hist. nat. Par. 5. p. 178. 

 D. C. prod. 4. p. 493. Bruchia, Schwagr. 



LIN. SYST. Tetrandria, Monogynia. Calyx with an oval tube, 

 and a small 4-toothed permanent limb. Corolla 4-cleft, with a 

 hairy throat. Stamens 4, inserted in the throat of the corolla ; 

 filaments short ; stigma bifid. Berry oval, smooth, umbilicate, 

 1-seeded, crowned by the permanent calyx. Embryo erect, in 

 fleshy albumen. Trees or shrubs, natives of Java. Leaves op- 

 posite, glabrous, acuminated at both ends. Flowers crowded, 

 terminal, rarely axillary, sessile. Berry and wood very fetid. 

 This genus comes very near the following. 



1 S. ARBO'REUM (Blum, bijdr. p. 956.) arboreous ; leaves pe- 

 tiolate, elliptic-oblong ; flowers crowded, terminal, and some- 

 times axillary. Tj . S. Native of Java, in mountain woods. 



Tree Saprosma. Tree. 



2 S. FRUTICO'SUM (Blum, bijdr. p. 956.) shrubby; leaves 

 almost sessile, oblong-lanceolate ; flowers crowded, terminal. Jj . 

 S. Native of Java, on Mount Parang. 



Shrubby Saprosma. Shrub. 



Cult. See Ixbra, p. 574. for culture and propagation. 



CLXII. COUSSA'REA (Aublet does not give the meaning of 

 this word). Aubl. guian. 1. p. 98. t. 38. Lam. ill. 1. p. 281. t. 

 65. A. Rich. mem. soc. hist. nat. Par. 5. p. 177. t. 18. f. 1. and 

 2. D. C. prod. 4. p. 493. Coussarea and Frcclichia, Juss. mem. 

 mus. 6. p. 376. Frcelichia, Vahl. eel. praef. 3. but not of 

 Mcench, nor Wulf. Billardiera, Vahl, eel. 1. p. 13. t. 10. f. 3. 

 but not of Smith, nor Moench. Pecheya, Scop. intr. p. 143. 

 no. 530. 



LIN. SYST. Tetrandria, Monogynia. Calyx with an ovate tube, 

 and a short tubular sinuately 4-toothed limb. Corolla with an 

 elongated terete tube, which is hardly tumid at the apex, and a 

 glabrous throat. Stamens 4, inserted in the upper part of the 

 tube, inclosed ; anthers oblong-linear. Style filiform ; stigma 

 bipartite, with the lobes linear, and hardly exserted. Berry 

 ovate-globose, hardly fleshy, crowned by the tubular limb of 

 the calyx, 1 -celled, 1-seeded. Seed rather globose, fixed to the 

 sides of the parietes. Embryo small, in a pit at the bottom of 

 the albumen, which is horny, jwith a thick coriaceous radicle, 

 which is longer than the small cotyledons. Glabrous shrubs, 

 natives of America. Leaves opposite, coriaceous, on short pe- 

 tioles. Stipulas solitary on both sides, acute. Flowers terminal, 

 few, rather crowded, on short pedicels, white. 



1 C. VIOLA'CEA (Aubl. guian. 1. p. 98. t. 38.) leaves ovate, 

 acuminated ; flowers terminal, almost sessile. J? . S. Native of 

 French Guiana, in the woods called Caux woods. Flowers white. 

 Berries violaceous. 



Fzo/aceoMs-berried Coussarea. Shrub 7 to 8 feet. 



2 C. RACEMO'SA (A. Rich, in mem. soc. hist. nat. Par. 5. p. 

 177.) leaves elliptic, acuminated; stipulas caducous; flowers 

 small, disposed in terminal pedunculate racemes ; fruit ovoid, 

 compressed, white. Tj . S. Native of French Guiana. 



Raccmose-RowereA Coussarea. Shrub. 



3 C. MACROCA'RPA (A. Rich. 1. c.) leaves elliptic, acumi- 

 nated ; stipulas caducous ; flowers disposed in terminal and 

 axillary, hardly pedunculate racemes ; fruit ovoid, black. Tj . S. 

 Native of French Guiana. Very like the preceding species. 



Long-fruited Coussarea. Shrub. 



4 C. ? SQUAMO'SA (Lam. ill. p. 281. no. 1462.) leaves ovate- 

 oblong ; cymes scaly, axillary ; limb of calyx cylindrical. ^ S. 

 Native of the Caribbee islands. 



Scaly-cymed Coussarea. Shrub. 



5 C. FRCELI'CHIA (A. Rich. 1. c.) leaves oblong-lanceolate, 

 acuminated at both ends ; panicle corymbose, terminal, pedun- 

 culate ; peduncles compressedly angular. F? . S. Native of 

 the. island of Trinidad, ex Vahl ; and of Porto Rico, where it 

 was collected by Ryan. Frcelichia paniculata, Vahl, eel. praef. 

 p. 3. Billardiera paniculata, Vahl, eel. 1. p. 13. t. 10. f. 3. 



