296 CI. VERBENACEE (BAKER). [ Premna. 
obscurely pubescent beneath. Corymbs small, terminal, peduncled ; 
branchlets slightly pubescent; pedicels as long as the calyx ; bracts 
ovate, sinuate. Calyx campanulate, glabrous, j4; in. long; teeth 
oblong, obtuse, 4 the length of the tube. Corolla-tube not longer than 
the calyx; limb small, bilabiate; lobes orbicular. Stamens and style 
included. 
Nile Land. Somaliland: Ahl Mountains near Maid, 1500 ft., Hildebrandt, 
1526! 
7. P. macrosiphon, Baker ex Henriques in Bolet. Soc. Brot. x. 
148. <A climber reaching to a height of 20 ft., with woody pubescent 
branchlets. Leaves opposite or ternate, oblong, cuspidate, entire, 
3-6 in. long, 2-3 in. broad, subcoriaceous, glabrous above, nearly or 
quite glabrous beneath when mature ; petiole long, pubescent. Panicle 
short, dense, ample, corymbose, with pubescent branchlets ; bracts large, 
linear. Calyx 4 in. long; lobes ovate, as long as the tube. Corolla- 
tube slender, longer than the calyx-teeth; lobes obovate, unequal. 
Stamens and style much exserted from the corolla-tube, overtopping the 
lobes. 
Upper Guinea. Old Calabar, Thomson, 28! Cameroon River, Mann, 2213 ! 
Fernando Po, Mann, 486! 
Lower Guinea. Island of St. Thomas, Quintas / 
8. P. serratifolia, Linn.; Schauer in DC. Prod. xi.632. An erect 
shrub, with glabrous branchlets. Leaves opposite, oblong, long-petioled, 
crenate or entire (P. integrifolia, Linn.; Wight, Ic. t. 1469), 3-6 in. 
long, subcoriaceous, glabrous on both surfaces. Panicle dense, amp?, 
corymbose, with finely pubescent branchlets ; bracts lanceolate. Flower- 
calyx +, in. long, obscurely bilabiate. Corolla-tube twice as long as the 
calyx; lobes 4, unequal, greenish-white. Stamens not exserted beyond 
the corolla-lobes. Drupe purple, the size of a small pea. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Rovuma River, Kirk! Portuguese 
vast Africa: Zambesi Delta; Kongoni River, Kirk, 328! West Luabo River, 
Ure: 
Also in Tropical Asia and the Mascarene Islands. 
9. P. hispida, Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. 485. A small tree, with 
densely pilose branchlets. Leaves opposite, oblong, acute, entire, 3-8 In. 
long by half as broad, cuneate at the base, thinly pubescent above, densely 
pubescent beneath; petiole short, stout, hairy. Panicle short, dense, 
corymbose, with very hairy branchlets ; pedicels very short. Flower- 
ealyx very hairy, ;*; in. long; teeth 5, deltoid, distinct. Corolla-tube 
cylindrical, twice as long as the calyx; limb bilabiate. Stamens not 
exserted beyond the corolla-lobes. Drupe globose, } in. diam. 
Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Heudelot,760! Sierra Leone ; Sugarloaf Moun- 
tain, Barter ! in forest by the River Scarcies, Scott-Elliot, 4521! Sherboro Island, 
Garrett in Herb. Scott-Elliot, 5833! North-east of Sierra Leone, Garrett, 16! and 
without precise locality, Don / 
