452 A FLORA OF MANILA 



2. I. philippinensis Merr. Macopang-nuno (Tag.). 



An erect, glabrous, branched shrub or small tree 2 to 6 m high. Leaves 

 elliptic-oblong to oblong, subsessile, base broad, cordate, apex acute. Cymes 

 few-flowered. Flowers pink to nearly white , 1.5 cm long, the limb about 

 1 cm in diameter. Fruit ovoid, somewhat' fleshy, white to pink, 1 cm 

 long or less. (Fl. Filip. pi. 22, I. incarnata.) 



In thickets, etc., fl. Oct.-Jan.; a widely distributed, but endemic species. 



*3. I. cocciNEA L. Santan-pula (Tag.). 



An erect glabrous shrub 2 to 3 m high. Leaves sessile or subsessile, 

 oblong, 5 to 9 cm long, base broadly cordate or rounded, apex obtuse 

 or apiculate. Cymes terminal, sessile or subsessile, densely many-flowered, 

 pubescent. Calyx-teeth short, acute. Corolla pink or red , slender, the tube 

 about 2 cm long, the lobes oblong, about 8 mm long (I*!. Filip. pi. 21.) 



Cultivated, not spontaneous, fl. all the year. A native of India, in- 

 troduced in the Philippines. 



*4. I. CHiNENSis Lam. (/. stricta Roxb.). Santah (Tag.). 



An erect glabrous shrub 1.5 to 3 m high. Leaves oblong-obovate to ellip- 

 tic-oblong, acute or obtuse, base narrowed, cuneate, 7 to 13 cm long, the 

 petioles short. Cymes terminal, densely many-flowered, 6 to 12 cm in 

 diahieter, glabrous. Calyx-teeth short, obtuse. Corolla pink o r reddish, 2 

 to 2.5 cm long, the lobes rounded, 5 to 7 mm long. (I<'1. i<'ilip. pi. iSl, 

 I. rosea.) 



Cultivated only, fl. all the year; a native of tropical Asia, now cultivated 

 in many tropical countries. 



12. PAVETTA Linnaeus 



Shrubs or small trees with terete branches. Leaves opposite; stipules 

 usually more or less united into a short sheath. Flowers numerous, 4- 

 merous, pedicelled, in terminal, usually open, branched, corymbiform cymes 

 or panicles. Calyx-tube ovoid, the limb 4-toothed, persistent. Corolla-tube 

 long, slender, the lobes 4, spreading. Stamens inserted on the mouth of 

 the corolla. Ovary 2-celled, cells 1-ovuled; style slender, long-exserted, 

 usually about twice as long as the corolla-tube; stigma slender, entire, 

 rarely notched. Fruit globose or ovoid, small, each with two 1-seeded 

 pyrenes. (From the native Sinhalese name.) 



Species about 100 in the tropics of the Old World, 4 or 5 in the Phil- 

 ippines. 



1. P. Indica L. 



An erect, nearly glabrous or somewhat pubescent shrub 2 to 4 m 

 high or more. Leaves elliptic-oblong to elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate, base 

 ■usually narrowed, 6 to 15 cm long, nerves about 8 on each side of the 

 midrib, glabrous or somewhat pubescent. Panicles short-peduncled manv- 

 flowered, 6 to 10 cm long, pubescent. Flowers white, the corolla-tube 

 slender, about 1.5 cm long. Fruit black when dry, subglobose, about 6 

 mm in diameter. 



In thickets, near Maricaban, fl. May, June, rare in our area; widely 

 distributed in the Philippines, variable. India to southern China south- 

 ward to Australia. 



