J^avetia.] lxxv. eubiace>e. (J. D. Hooker.) 151 



nbianclies very short and sessile, flowers densely crowded, calyx pu})eriiloiia, 

 i»eth very short, corolla glabrous, tube i in. Ixora subcapitata. Wall. Cat. 

 6160. 



Jyntea Hints (east of the Khasia), Gomes. 



Possibly a form of P. indica ; if so a very distinct one, having the cymes con- 

 tracted into a head ; the leaves are 4-6 by 1^2 in., and qnito like those of P. itidicd. 



3. P. Immilis, Hook. f. ; stem low simple or forked very robust hispidly 

 hirsute above, internodes very short, leaves obhmceolate caudate-acuminate 



flabrous above pubescent beneath, cymes terminal sessile very short suboapitate, 

 owers densely crowded, calyx truncate or teeth very short obtuse, corolla 

 glabrous, tube ^ in. 



Malacca, Griffith (Kew Distrih. 3007), Maingay (855). 



Stem 1-2 fc. high, as thick as a goose-qnill, subereet, rooting below, hark vrhite ; 

 nodes with the cupular remains of eoriaceoiis stipules. Leaven crowded, 6-7 by X-i 

 in., narrowed into a short or long petiole, greenish when dry. Ci/mes about 1 in. 

 ^iam. — The habit of this plant differs entirely from that of P. indica. 



4. P. Iiispidula, W. Sr A. Prodi: 431 ; leaves glabrous or pubescent 

 beneath narrowly or broadly lanceolate oblaueeolato or elliptic membranous, 

 cymes open, branches spreading, flowers pedicelled, calyx-teeth very shortly 

 triangular, corolla-tube 1 in., glabrous. 



"Western Peninsula, or the G-hats from the Concan southwards. Ceylon, central 

 province, alt. 3-5000 ft., Walker, &c. 



There is little to distinguish this from some of the forms of P. indica but the 

 usually much larger yellowish flowers, the more prominent calyx-teeth, and style 

 often thickened towards the middle of the exserted portion. The specific name is 

 badly chosen, as there is nothing hispidulous about it; the stigma described as 

 slightly hispid is quite glabrous. 



Vae. 1 ; leaves lanceolate and oblanceolate nearly glabrous above softly pubes- 

 cent, beneath black when dry. Courtallan and Quilon, Wight. Beddonie (Fl. Sylv. 

 For. Man. ISijl) includes this under P. tomeniosa, and keeps var. siplionantha as a 

 diflferent species. 



Vah. 2. siphonajitka ; leaves lanceolate .and elliptic-lanceolate acuminate black 

 when dry. P. siphonantha, Dalz. in Hooh. Kcw Joitrn. ii. 133 (sp.); Dalz. ^ Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 112; Bedd. Fl. Si/lv. For. Man. 134/8.— Canara, Balscll. 



Vae. 3. zeylanica; leaves obovate or oblanceolate brownish pale when dry 

 glabrous or sparingly pubescent beneath, cyme branches more robust and flowers 

 larger, corolla-lobes sometimes ^| in. long obtuse or acute. — Ceylon. 



Vae. i. angiistifolia ; glabrous, leaves very narrowly lanceolate 4-6 by ^-J in. 

 almost black when dry. P. angustifolia, Thw. Emtm. 156 ; Bedd. lo. Fl. Ind. Or. t. 

 99 ; Fl. Sylv., For. Man. 134/8. — Ceylon ; banks of streams in the central x^rovince. 



5. P. breviflora, DC, Prodr. iv. 491 ; glabrous, black when dry, leaves 

 elliptic-obovate or oblanceolate acute or acuminate, cymes sessile or shortly 

 peduncled small glabrate open brachiate, branches short stout, calyx cupular, 

 teeth triangular, corolla glabrous, tube longer than the linear-oblong lobes, style 

 thick shortly exserted. Wight Ic. t. 1035 ; Bedd. Fl. Sglo. For. Man. 134/7. 



NiLGHEREY HiLLS; alt. 7000 ft., in woods, Lesclteiiaidt, &c. 



A bush, branches stout with yellow bark. Leaves 2-3 by ^-li in., narrowed into 

 the petiole, shining above, with sometimes a few scattered hairs beneath; petiolo 

 J-| in. Cymes 1 in. diam., branches glabrous or pubescent ; lower stipular bracts 

 large, membranous. Calyx-teeth hirsute or glabrous. Corolla glabrous, rather fleshy, 

 ^ in. diam. Stigma clavate, obtuse. Seeds subgloboso with a narrow ventral slit 

 opening into a large cavity. — This has quite the habit and short style of a Webera, 

 but the stipular bracts and 4-merous flowers are those of Pavetta : it resembles 

 W. lucens, but is distinguished at once by the glabrous stylo. 



