350 Rubiacece. [Pavetta. 



3-6 in.; lanceolate, tapering to base, acuminate, subacute, 

 glabrous on both sides, dark green and shining above, with 

 scattered large, thickened, hard warts, more prominent above 

 than beneath, petiole J-J in., stip. connate, triangular, acute, 

 thin, deciduous ; fl. very numerous, on ped. longer than cal., 

 cymes copious, lax, corymbose, terminal, glabrous, often with 

 bracts below the branches ; cal.-segm. very small, tooth-like ; 

 cor.-tube about J in., lobes oblong, obtuse, about half length 

 of tube ; style exserted for fully f in., very slender, stigma 

 slightly clavate ; fruit ^-f diam., nearly globose, black, 

 polished. 



Var. ft, montana, Thw. in Fl. B. Ind. 1. c. C. P. 2512. 



L. narrower, obtuse ; fl. larger ; cor.-tube \ in. long. 



Low country; common. Var. ft extending in the hills to 4000ft., or 

 higher. Fl. Dec-May; white. Var. ft, greenish. 



Also in India, Burma, Malaya, S. China, N. Australia. 



This common shrub is very variable in the foliage ; C. P. 3616 is a 

 pubescent form from Batticaloa, and C. P. 261 1 a very narrow-leaved 

 form with a few larger flowers on very slender long ped. 



2. P. hispidula, W. S^ A. Prod. 431 (1834). 

 Thw. Enum. 156. C. P. 742, 3924 (?). 



Fl. B. Ind. iii. 151 (excl. var. 4). 



A large bush, branchlets somewhat compressed, usually 

 pubescent ; 1. large, 4-7 in., variable, usually obovate-oval, 

 acute at both ends, shortly acuminate, usually glabrous 

 above but more or less pubescent beneath, petiole short, 

 stip. rounded, often pubescent ; fi. large, numerous on short 

 ped., cymes very large, corymbose, terminal, more or less 

 pubescent ; cal. pubescent, segm. narrowly triangular, acute, 

 shorter than ov. ; cor.-tube from f-i in. or more long, slightly 

 widened upwards, lobes oblong, obtuse, apiculate, less than 

 half length of tube ; style exserted for i\- 2 in., gradually 

 tapering, stigma scarcely at all fusiform ; fruit \-\ in., 

 broader than long, somewhat didymous, metallic grey- 

 purple, shining. 



Moist region up to 4000 ft. ; rather rare. Kukul Korale ; Hantane ; 

 Pusselawe; Hunasgiria. Fl. June; greenish-white. 



Also in S. India. 



A variable species. C. P. 3924 was thought by Thwaites to be a 

 natural hybrid between this and P. indica. The Fl. B. Ind. distinguishes 

 as var. zeylanica a larger-flowered form, equally common with the 

 smaller-flowered one. 



3. P. angustifolia, Thw. Enian. 156 (1859). 

 C. P. 267. 



Fl. B. Ind. iii. 151 (P. hispidula, var. 4). Bedd. Ic. Fl. Ind. Or. t. 99. 



A shrub, with smooth, white bark, branches cylindrical, 

 often nodular with thickened, closely placed nodes, twigs 



