Premna.| CI. VERBENACEX (BAKER). 291 
10. P. Milnei, Baker. Branchlets glabrous. Leaves opposite, 
oblong, acute, entire, 2-3 in. long, 1 in. broad, distinctly petioled, sub- 
coriaceous, glabrous on both sides. Panicle lax, corymbose, with slender 
pubescent branchlets ; pedicels short; bracts lanceolate. Flower-calyx 
turbinate, ;/; in. long, shortly pubescent; teeth deltoid, minute. 
Corolla-tube not longer than the calyx; lobes very small. Stamens not 
exserted beyond the corolla-lobes. 
Upper Guinea. “ Fernando Po and vicinity,” Milne! 
11. P. macrodonta, Baker. An erect shrub, 6 ft. high, with 
glabrous branchlets. Leaves long-petioled, oblong, 2-3 in. long, 
cuneate at the base, entire, subcoriaceous, green and glabrous on both 
surfaces. Cymes terminal, ample, moderately dense; pedicels short, 
glabrous; bracts deciduous. Mature calyx glabrous, } in. long ; teeth 
ovate, longer than the tube. Corolla not seen. Immature drupe 
globose, as long as the calyx. Style ;}, in. long. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Mombasa, on dry coral, Scott-Elliot, 6106! 
12. P. Holstii, Giirke in Engl. Pf. Ost-Afr. C. 338. An erect 
shrub, with slender pubescent branchlets. Leaves shortly petioled, 
cordate-ovate, 1-2 in. long, cuspidate, entire, moderately firm, green 
and glabrous on both surfaces. _Cymes dense, terminal; pedicels 
short, pubescent ; bracts minute. Flower-calyx pubescent, ,', in. long ; 
teeth short, obtuse. Corolla-tube as long as the calyx ; lobes unequal, 
oblong, obtuse, half as long as the tube. Stamens not exserted beyond 
the corolla-lobes. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Usaramo; Dar-es-Salaam, Stuhlmann. 
Usambara ; Muoa, Holst, 3079! 
13. P. Hildebrandtii, Giirke in Engl. Jahrb. xviii. 165. A tall 
climbing shrub, with slender densely pubescent branchlets. Leaves 
long-petioled, broadly ovate, 3-4 in. long, cuspidate, entire, broadly 
rounded or subcordate at the base, membranous, grey-green and 
densely pubescent on both surfaces. Cymes dense, ample, terminal ; 
pedicels short, densely pubescent ; bracts subulate. Flower-calyx y In. 
long, densely pubescent; teeth very small, ovate. Corolla-tube not 
longer than the calyx; lobes small, oblong, obtuse. 
Mile Land. British East Africa ; Mombasa Island, Hildebrandt, 2008 ! 
14. P. velutina, Giirke in Engl. PA. Ost-Afr. C. 338. An 
erect shrub; branchlets clothed with ferruginous hairs. Leaves 
shortly petioled, ovate, 2-34 in. long, rounded or subcordate at the 
se, acute or shortly cuspidate, pilose only on the main ribs anores 
velvety all over beneath. Cymes dense, terminal. Calyx-teet hee 
unequal, 2 broad and obtuse, 3 narrower and subacute. Corolla-tube 
eiehtly longer than the calyx; lobes 4, unequal. Drupe globose, 
ack, 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Usaramo, Stuhlmann, 6692, 7176. 
