PAVETTA obovataE. Mey. [family RUBIACEAE], in Dreg. enum.
PAVETTA revolutaHochst. [family RUBIACEAE], ! Flora, 1842, p. 237.
Information
quite glabrous, twigs compressed; leaves obovate, tapering into the petiole, obtuse or acute, with revolute margins, subcoriaceous, penninerved; panicle corymbose, loosely trichotomous; teeth of calyx acute, as long as the tube. Leaves 2–3 inches long, 12–15 lines broad, paler beneath. Petiole 1–4 lines long. Panicle spreading; bracts minute. Calyx 1 line long. Corolla white, the tube 6 lines, limb nearly 3 lines long. Style very long. Fruit as large as a large pea, shining, crowned by the rigid calyx.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Port Natal, Drege, Krauss. 98. Kowie sand hills, P. Mac Owan, 420. J. Sanderson. Plant. (Herb. Sd., D.)