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~PAVETTA indica. 
Indian Pavetta. 
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TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. Rustacem. Jussieu gen. 203. Div. VI. Fructus mono- 
“arpus bilocularis dispermus. Folia opposita; caulis plerumque frutescens, 
i PAVETTA. Cal. superus minimus 4-dentatus. Cor. tubo gracili, 
mbo acuté 4-partito-patente. Anth. extra faucem subsessiles. (Bacca 
llocularis. Sem. solitaria, bullata: albumine cartilagineo. Gaertn. sem. 1, 
16. . 25. 6 1.) Frutex; flores corymbosi aut conferti terminales. Juss. 1. c, 
P. tdica, foliis oblongis utrinque acuminatis, umbellis terminalibus fasci- 
p Culatis, calyce brevi acuto. Linn. suppl. 121. 
avetta indica. Linn. sp. pl. 1.160. Willd. sp-pl. 1.610. Hort. Kew. ed. 
Pp 2.1. 244. Gerin. sem. 1. 116. t, 25. f. 1. 
‘vetta alba, Vahl symbol. 3. 11. as high4 
Xora paniculata. Lamarck encyc. 3. 344. ilustr. 205. 
Avetta. Rheede mal. 5. 19. tab. 10. ans 
 Frutex subtripedalis, erectus, ramosus ; rami teretes virides. Folia pa- 
ntia, distantér decussata, obovato-lanceolata, 3-uncialia v. ultra, latituding 
“Nciali y, sesquiunciali longits in petiolum, attenuata, obscure virentia nitida, 
subtiis pallidiora atque solattno-dtloea, cum costa media varicosa albicante : 
‘pula 2 silerehiotanek adpressé acumine sphacelato. Panicule azillares et 
erminales, ° multiflore, recte, brachiato-composite, patentes,’ subcymose, 
Pedunculo virente, pedicellis propriis brevibus : (ese appresse membranose, 
sub ilosee, summe obsolescentes. Flores candidissimi erectt. Germ. exiguum, 
tur tnato-rotundum viride sub lente vitrea villosiusculum dispermum. « Calyx 
qinimus, margo concolur 4-dentatus parietis externa germinis continuus. \ Cor. 
/Pocrateriformis, % partes uncie longa; tubus clavato-filiformis, curvulus, 
plo Jere longtor laciniis, intra Jaucem barbatus; limbi lac. recurvo-rotate, 
“lone, obtusule, planiuscule, intis bast villose cum linea villosd vertical 
Per medium dorsum’ duct, ad finem maculd minima viridi notate. Anth. 
Vridiuscule, sapittato-lineares, ore tubi' subsessiles, laciniis ‘alternantes, dif= 
.S0-patentissime, haud- multd breviores limbo, deflorate. cinerascentes torte, 
Mlroversee ; loculis 2 angustissimis faciet interne receptaculi linearis externé 
onvexi narallelo-adnatis. Stylus exsertus ‘capillaceus, erectus, uncialis, 
pr tits quam panditur corolla flecuosus; stigma subclavato-teres viride villosum, 
“pice compresso-subdilatatum, margine suturatim:dehiscensy.ac sivex lamellulis 2 
“onferruminatis; sed non vidimus dividere. . . ' 
_ Gertner, by detecting the mistake of Linnzeus, who 
had attributed a 4-seeded’ berry to Ixora, instead of one 
With only two seeds, has removed the’ supposed main dis- 
tinction between that genus and Paverra; but has’ not- 
Withstanding kept the. genera apart on other grounds. 
In the former he déscribes the cells of the fruit as lined 
y a particular membrane that parts them from the seed ; 
the albumen as fleshy; and the rudiment of the future plant 
