Premna. } CXI. VERBENACEZ. (C. B. Clarke.) 581 
34. P. herbacea, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 46, and Fl. Ind. iii. 80; stem 
hardly any, leaves sessile obovate coarsely serrate mature pubescent on the 
nerves, corymbs small, calyx subequally 5-toothed. Schauer in DC. Prodr. 
xi. 637; Griff. Itin. Notes, p. 96, n. 1422, and Ic. t. 447, lower fig.; Brand. 
For. Fl. 368. P. pygmea, Wall. Cat. 1776. 
SUBTROPICAL HIMALAYA, alt. 500-3000 ft., from Kumaon to Bhotan, frequent in 
the Terai, Wallich, &c. S. DECCAN PENINSULA; Mudumallay, Beddome. 
A small undershrub ; flowering branches 1-4 in., springing up after the jungle fires. 
Leaves 4 by 2-3 in., obtuse, mature microscopically dotted above, minutely deciduously 
pubescent beneath, nerves 5 pair. Corymbs 1} in. diam., pubescent, somewhat dense ; 
peduncle 0-12 in. Calyx +5 in., closely pubescent; lobes ovate, obtuse. Corolla jin., 
greenish-white, hairy in the throat, 4-lobed obscurely 2-lipped. Drupe i in. diam., 
globose. 
IMPERFECTLY KNOWN SPECIES. 
35. P. grossa, Wall. Cat. 1764, type sheet ; leaves short-petioled narrowly obovate 
or elliptic coarsely obtusely toothed' mature glabrate, petiole stellately fulvous-tomen- 
tose. Schauer in DC. Prodr. xi. 638, partly.— Burma ; Pingee, Wallich. 
Wallich’s example is a branch with leaves only, in habit exceedingly like P. esculenta, 
except as to the points mentioned in the diagnosis. Leaves 5} by 2 in., mature 
glabrate. Schauer’s description appears compounded out of Wallich’s two sheets of 
1764, the second of which may very possibly not be of the same genus or order. 
Var. ? orbiculata; leaves suborbicular base shortly cuneate coarsely toothed soft 
With simple hairs on both surfaces. P. grossa, Wall. Cat. 1764, second sheet only.— 
Prome; Wallich. . 
Premna ROXBURGHIANA, Wall. Cat. 2648, is not in the Wallichian Herbarium. 
PurMNA? Wall. Cat. 9077, is Viburnum sambucinum, Reinw. 
XII. GMELINA, Linn. 
Trees or shrubs, shoots tomentose, unarmed or spinous. Leaves opposite, 
entire toothed or lobed. Cymes panicled or small; bracts narrow, except in 
G. Hystrix. Flowers large, yellow or brownish, tomentose at least when 
young. Calyx campanulate, shortly 5-toothed or subentire. Corol/a-tube 
slender below, ventricose upwards; limb oblique, 5- (or 4-) lobed. Stamens 
» didynamous, subexserted; anther-cells oblong, pendulous, subseparate. 
Ovary 4-celled, 4-ovuled; style slender, shortly bifid. Drupe succulent; 
endocarp bony, undivided, 4-2-celled; calyx persistent, unaltered. Seeds 
oblong.—Species 8, E. Asiatic and N. Austrahan. 
1. G. arborea, Linn.; Roxb. Cor. Pl. iii. 41, t. 246, and Fl. Ind. n. 
84; arboreous, leaves large cordate-ovate acute beneath and panicles fulvous- 
tomentose, bracts linear-lanceolate, corolla 1} in. Wall. Cat.1817; Schauer 
în DC. Prodr, xi. 680; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 201; Wight Ic. t. 1470; 
Griff. Notul. iv. 179, and Ic. Pl. Asiat. t. 443; Bocq. Rev. Verben. t. 14, 
fig. 1-11; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 253; Brand. For. Fl. 364; Kurz For. pota 
64; Gamble Indian ‘Timbers, 295. G. Rheedii, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4390; 
waites Enum, 244. Premna arborea, Roth Nov. Sp. 287. P. tomentosa, 
Miq. in Pl. Hohenack. n. 554, not Willd.—Rheede Hort. Mal. i. t. a N 
Through A and CEYLON, frequent, extending to the foo 
ofthe N. W. Hatara M earrzacoNo. DISTRIB. Malayan and Philippine Islands. 
An unarmed tree, sometimes attaining 60 ft., deciduous, flowering with the yonn g 
faves, Leaves 9 by 6 in., more or less acuminate, entire, mature glabrate above 
ŝtellately hairy beneath ; petiole 3 in., top glandular. Panicles often 1 foot, termi 
racts $ in. ; flowers numerous, Calyx à in., teeth very small or obsolete.. o, oid 
rown-yellow, upper lip shortly bifid, longer than the lower. Drupe à in. d 
usually 2-1-seeded, 
