580 CXI. VERBENACEX. (C. B. Clarke.) [Premna. 
Assam; Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 6025). KuasrA Terat; H. f. & T.—DISTRIB. 
Ava. 
An undershrub ; stems 1-14 foot (Griffith), thick, patently hairy. Leaves 6} by 4} 
in., somewhat coriaceous, base rounded often cordate, serrate nearly to the base, sparsely 
pubescent on both surfaces when young, nerves 5 pair; petiole 1 in., pubescent or 
woolly. Corymb (in flower) 1} in diam., in fruit 2} in.; branches hairy. Calyx 1; n. 
green. Corolla 3-2 in., white. Drupe } in., obovoid, smooth, purple. 
30. P. esculenta, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 46, and Fl. Ind. iii. 80; leaves 
short-petioled obovate or elliptic acuminate sharply serrate, corymbs com- 
pact nearly glabrous, calyx minutely 5-toothed, corolla à in. Wall. Cat. 
1761; Schauer in DC. Prodr. xi. 636 ; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 261. 
AssaM (without name of collector). CHITTAGONG ; fide Roxburgh .—Cultivated 
in the Calcutta Botanic Garden. . : 
A branching shrub, 6-8 ft. trunk hardly any. Leaves 6} by 3 in., base entire 
cuneate suddenly narrowed sometimes very shortly cordate, mature glabrate, D aed, 
5 pair; petiole 4 in., obscurely puberulous,  Corymb 2j in. diam., short-peduné ee 
globose, many-fld., bracts 4 in., linear. Calyx 4, in., cup-shaped, obscurely puberulous ; 
somewhat enlarged, more distinctly toothed, in fruit. Corolla yellowish-white, " 
lipped, throat hairy. Drupe } in., globose or somewhat obovoid, usually 3—4-seeded. 
—All the examples seen of this appear to be cultivated; and the native habitat 18 
uncertain. 
31. P. amplectens, Wall. Cat. 1762; leaves sessile narrowly obovate 
acuminate serrate, corymbs compact nearly glabrous, calyx minutely 2- 
toothed, corolla 3 in. Schauer in DC. Prodr. xi. 636; Kurz For. F E. 
262. P. angustata, Wall. Cat. 1763.—Clerodendron n. 33, Herb. H. f. 4 1- 
Raneoon; Wallich, M*Lelland. PEav, MaARTABAN and UPPER TENASSERIM, 
common, Kurz. . + anole 
An undershrub (Kurz), throwing up flower-shoots 1-2 ft. high after the jung 
fires. Leaves whitened underneath ; sessile cordate, or petiole sometimes pne (Kurz) 
— This agrees so closely with P. esculenta except in the want of petioles, that it ii, 
be the wild state of it. P. angustata, Wall., is the same, the leaves being 10 by 4 1m. 
32. P. macrophylla, Wall. Cat.1765; leaves sessile elongate-obowate 
remotely shallowly toothed, corymbs compact patently softly pubescent, 
calyx 5-toothed enlarged in fruit. Schauer in DC. Prodr. xi. 636; Kurz 
For. Fl. ii. 262. 
Proms Hiris; Wallich. MARTABAN and Peau; common (Kurz). | the 
A low undershrub, sending up flower-shoots 1-2 ft. after the jungle fires; al o 
young parts softly pubescent. Leaves 12 by 4 in., base attenuate cuneate, whiten t: 
beneath, mature glabrous. Corymbs 2 in. diam., dense, softly hairy even 1n frui d 
bracts ł in., narrowly lanceolate, hairy, persistent. Calyx in fruit } in., deeply gi 
striate. Drupe 2 in., tubercular-rugose (in the dried state), usually 2-seeded (Kurz). 
—Perhaps a var. of P. amplectens, of which the drupe when dried appears nearly 
smooth (as in P. esculenta). 
33. P. procumbens, Moon; Wall. Cat. 1780; leaves cordate-oblong 
acute serrate mature glabrescent, corymbs small subsessile globose pubescent, 
calyx shortly 5-toothed. Schauer in DC. Prodr. xi. 636. 
CEYLON, fide Wallich; not uncommon in the hotter parts of the island, Thwaites, 
Branches minutely strigose-pubescent. Leaves 3} by 1} in., base abrupt hs 
cordate, sparsely pubescent above when young, nerves 5 pair; petiole 4 in. Cory 
l in. diam.; in fruit 13-2 in., pyramidal or subthyrsoid. Calyz j, in., minute y, 
pubescent or scabrid. Corolla à in. Drupe i in., obovoid, tuberculate.—All 
specimens seen are from the Calcutta Botanic Garden, cultivated. 
