256 104. VERBENACES. 
Premna serratifolia, Linn. Mant. Alt. p. 253; Schauer in DC. Prodr. 
xi. p. 632; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 269; Mazim. in Mél. Biol. xii. p. 510. 
Viburnum chinense, ZZook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 190 in nota sub 
Viburno nodoso. 
Curva: without locality (Millett!); Formosa: Taiwan and 
Takow (Playfair !); KwaNaruxa : Macao (Callery!); Honakone 
( Champion | Wright! Ford! Hance!); Lvcnuv AmcurrELAGO 
(Wright Y). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
Tropical Asia and Africa. 
y 4. Premna ligustroides, Hemsl., n. sp. 
Frutex dense ramosus, ramulis floriferis rigidiusculis simul 
gracilibus junioribus foliis floribusque plus minusve pubescentibus. 
Folia brevissime petiolata, papyracea, lanceolato-oblonga, 3-13 
poll. longa (specimen unicum, no. 592, ex Kweichau, foliis ovatis 
acuminatis maximis 34 poll. longis et 2 poll. latis), obtusa, undu- 
lata, integra vel rarissime obscure 1—2-bilobulata, venis primariis 
utrinque szpissime 3 inconspicuis. Flores flavi (teste Faber), 
parvi, vix 3 lineas longi, dense cymoso-panieulati, brevissime 
pedicellati, panieulis angustis szepius 13-2 poll. longis (in speci- 
mino majore paniculis paullo longioribus laxioribusque) ; calyx 
pubescens, brevis, subbilabiatus, dentibus obtusis 3 superioribus 
parum minoribus; corolle pubescentis labium superius latum, 
truneato-emarginatum ; labium inferius subequaliter trilobatum, 
lobis rotundatis ; stamina brevissime exserta. Drupa atra, cir- 
citer 2 lineas diametro. 
SZECHUEN : Min river (Faber!); Kwetcuau: without locality 
(Faber!) Herb. Kew. 
Characterized by the almost sessile leaves, hairiness, aud very 
small flowers. 
9. Premna microphylla, Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1863, 
li. p. 217; Mazim. in Mél. Biol. xii. p. 510. 
Premna japonica, Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. ii. 1865, p. 97; 
Mazim. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1879, p. 40; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, 
p. 111. 
Premna, sp. n.?, Hemsl. in Journ. Bot. 1876, p. 208. 
Cuextane: Ningpo (Swinhoe! Cooper |); Krawasr: Kiukiang 
(Forbes!) ; FokKIEN: Amoy (Fortume, 23!); Huprn: Ichang, 
Patung, Nanto and mountains to the northward (A. Henry !); 
SZECHUEN: mount Omei at 7000 feet (Faber!) Mus. Brit.; 
Herb. Kew. 
Japan. 
