PAVETTA lanceolataZeyh. [family RUBIACEAE], 768, not of E. & Z.
Information
quite glabrous; twigs terete or subcompressed; leaves (small) oblong-lanceolate or oblong, tapering at the base, nearly sessile; corymb abbreviate, 8–12-flowered; teeth of calyx as long as the tube, acute.Shrub with widely spreading, opposite branches. Leaves often tufted, 10–12 lines long, 2 lines broad. Corymb as long or shorter than the leaf. Calyx nearly 1 line long. Corolla wanting. Fruit as large as a pea, black. null
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Magalisberg, Vaalriver, Zeyher & Burke. Dec. (Herb. Sd., D.)