Pavvtta] LXI. RUBIACEiE 387 



21. PAVETTA, Linn. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. 140. 



Differs from Ij^ora by membranous leaves, tbe bracts at the lower cyme 

 branches membranous, more or less sheathing, and the style as a rule twice 

 the length of the corolla-tubej with a slender, entire, rarely notched stigma. 

 Species about 70, tropics of the Old World. 



1. P. indica, Linn.— Syn. P. Brunonis^'\s[igh.t Ic. t. 10G5 ; Ixora tomen- 

 to.sa, Eoxb. ; AVio:ht Ic. t. 18lj. Yern. Angary Piddu^ N. W. India ; Tapra^ 

 FaplrU, TeL; Pdvate^ Kan.; Pavetfai, Tam. ; limit naban^ Ilmifgyin, 

 Seha u n g-gya n , Bur m . 



A iai'ge shrub, glabrous or tomeatnse, branchlets obtusely quadrangular, 

 1. elliptic-lanceolate, sometimes lanceolate or obovate, blade 4-9 narrowed into 

 petiole i-l in. long. Fl. white, scented, pedicelled in ample trichotomous, 

 sessile, usually pubescent cymes, often globose, up to 6 in. diam., terminal, or 

 at the ends of short branchlets. Calyx as a rule pubescent, truncate or with 

 short triangular teeth, corolla- tube t^~| in. long, hairy inside, outside usually 

 glabrous. 



Fl. March- Jul J-. Tliree wfll marked varieties, two of which were described in my 

 old Forest Flora as dibtmct species: (a) bnlU a ])ropHr, brancliletb, L, cymes and calyx 

 glabroub or nearly so. Sikkim, to 2,000 ft. Bhutan. Lower Bengal. Andamans. 

 Bnrma, Upper and Lower. Western Peninsula. Ceylon. Malay Peninsula and 

 Archipelago. China. New Guinea, (h) minor, glabroiis, 1. small, lanceolate, calyx- 

 teeth acute, Tinnevelli and Travancore. (c) tomenfosa^ branchlets, leaves and cj^mes 

 tomentose, sec, n. distinct. Subhimalayan tract from the Jumna eastwardb. Behar. 

 Lower Bengal. Khasi hills, Manipur. Burma, Upper and Lower. Malay Peninsula. 

 Tonkm. 



The foil owning 5 species are nearly allied to P. indka. A. Western bpecies : 2. 

 P. Mspidula, W. et A. (P. slphonmifha, Dalz.). Western Ghats of the Peninsula, 

 generally in evergreen forest. A blender shrub, 1. lanceolate or oblanceolate, glabrous 

 or pubescent beneath, turn black wdien dry, calyx-teeth triangular, acute, 11. yellow, 

 corolla-tube 1-lJ in. 3. P. WigMii, Hook. f. Nilgiris. Almost wholly glabrous, 1. 

 shining oblanceolate, cymes at the end of slender axillaiy branches, naked below, but 

 with a few 1. at the base of cj-nie, calyx-teeth lanceolate, longer than ovary, corolla- 

 tube slender, | in. long. 4. P. Brunonis, Wall Nilgiris. L. softly hirsute with long 

 hairs, obovate or oblanceolate, cymes densely tomentose at the end of short naked 

 branches, -with a few 1. supporting the cyme, bracts large, calyx-teeth lanceolate, often 

 recurved, corolla- tube | in. long. B. Eastern : 5. P. subcapitata, Hook. f. Assam, 

 Khasi hills. L. caudate-acuminate, pubescent beneath, cymes sessile, compact, capi- 

 tate, calyx-teeth distant, very bhort, corolla-tube J in. long. 6. P. naucleiflora, Wall. 

 (Ixora naticlelflora^ "KiiTz). Bhutan, Assam, Khasi hills. Tenasserim. Malay Penin- 

 sula. Branchlets, 1., cymes and calyx densely pubescent, cymes at the ends of long 

 axillary naked branches with a pair of 1. at the base of cyme, calyx-teeth bubulate. 



7. P. "breviflora, DC. ; Wight Ic. t. 1035. Travancore at 4,000 ft, in evergreen forebt. 

 Nilgiris, on the higher ranges, common. A large glabrous shx'ub or small tx*ee, L black 

 •when dry, lanceolate, oblanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, blade 3-4, gradually narrowed 

 in.to petiole J-i in. long. FL white, cymes bmall, sessile or nearly so, at the ends of 

 short branchlets, naked below, often with a-few 1. at the base of the cyme, corolla-tube 

 ^- J in. long, style glabx-ous, less than twice the length of corolla-tube. Somewhat 

 resembles Wehera lucem^ which has 5-merous fi. and a pubescent style. 



^iZ. xxvv/xv/tl, L^inn. ] Jcl* JbJr. Xncl. iii. lu/. 



Shrubs or small trees, as a rule evex*green, wood bard, branchlets usually 

 round, not angled, 1. mostly coriaceous. FL tetramerous, bi-bracteolate, in 

 terminal trichotomous compound cymes, the L at the base of cyme often 

 sessile, corolla- tube long, very slender, as a rule glabrous outside, lobes 

 twisted in bud. Ovary 2-celled, style filiform, exserted less than twice the 

 length of corolla-tube, stigma slender, branches 2, rarely persistently connate. 

 Drupe more or less didymous, pericarp coriaceous or fleshy, endocarp coriaceous, 

 2-celled. Seeds two, peltate or concave, sometimes by abortion one only. 



