582 CXI. VERBENACEEZ, (C. B. Clarke.) [Gmelina. 
Var. glaucescens; leaves glaucous beneath mature often nearly glabrous, calyx- 
teeth larger triangular.—Subtropical Himalaya and Khasia Mts., alt. 0-2000 tt. ; 
J. D. H., &c. Burma and Tenasserim, Kurz.— Probably only the form of G. arborea 
from moist places; some N.W. Himalayan examples are intermediate between it and 
the type. 
2. Œ. villosa, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 46, and FI. Ind. iii. 86; arboreous, 
leaves ovate or elliptic mature beneath and small racemose cymes fulvous- 
tomentose, bracts broadly lanceolate acuminate, corolla 14 in. Jack in 
Malay Misc.i. 17, and in Hook. Bot. Mise. i. 284; Wall. Cat.1816; Schauer 
in DC. Prodr. xi. 679. G. asiatica, Wall. Cat. 1818, partly; Kurz For. Fl. 
ii. 265, not of Linn.—Gmelina sp. n. 2, Griff. Notul. iv. 179. Rumph. Herb. 
Amb. ii. t. 39. 
PENANG; Wallich. MALACCA; Griffith, Maingay. SINGAPORE; G. Thomson. 
NICOBARS; Kurz.— DisTRIB. Malaya. 
Spinous (Roxburgh); branchlets unarmed. Leaves 3 by 2 in., obtuse or cuneate 
at both ends, subentire or coarsely toothed, mature glabrate above ; petiole $ in. 
Racemes terminal, 1-2 in. ; bracts } in. Calyz '}-} in., tomentose with several large 
glabrous glands; teeth small. Corolla yellow ; tube very narrow below ; upper lip o 
the limb larger than the lower, subentire. Drupe j in., ovoid or obovoid, 2-1-seeded. 
3. G. asiatica, Linn.; Rowb. Fl. Ind. iii. 87; shrubby, leaves small 
ovate or obovate entire or lobed mature glabrous, racemes terminal fulvous- 
tomentose, bracts small caducons, corolla 13 in. Lamk. Ill. t. 542; Wail. 
Cat. 1818, partly; Schauer in DC. Prodr. xi. 679; Wight Ill.t.174; Bedd. 
For. Man. 172; Brand. For. Fl. 365. G. coromandeliana, Burm. Fl. Ind. 
132. G. lobata, Gaertn. Fruct. 1.968, t. 56, excl. syn. Rumph. G. parvifolia, 
Roxb. Cor. Pl. ii. 32, t. 162; Wall. Cat. 2654; Schauer L. c. . G. parviflora, 
Roxb. l.c. G. inermis, Blanco Fl. Filip. 493. Michelia spinosa, Amman. 
in Act. Petrop. viii. 218, t. 18. 
DxccAN PENINSULA and CEYLON, frequent; Roxburgh, &c.—BEkNGAL; culti 
vated. 
Spinescent, or unarmed. Leaves 3-1} in., entire or coarsely lobed, mature beneath 
glabrous glaucescent from a close coat of minute round glands; petiole } in. Racemes 
1-2 in.; bracts j in. Calyx à in., tomentose, but with large bare glands, as 1n g. 
villosa, as is the corolla. Drupe also as of Œ. villosa, with which this species has been 
confounded by Kurz and others. 
4. G. Hystrix, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1870, ii. 81, and. For. FT. n. 265; 
leaves elliptic cuneate or rhomboid at both ends mature glabrous, cymes 
subcapitate, bracts very large nervose coloured, corolla 2 in. Benth. in Gen. 
Pl. i. 1154. G. Finlaysoniana, Wall. Cat. 6317. 
TENASSERIM ; fide Kurz.—DisTRIB Siam, Philippines. : 
A large, spinous, scandent shrub. Leaves 3 by l} in., entire, beneath glaucou 
with scattered round glands ; petiole Lin. Cymes 2 in. ; bracts 14 by 1 in. ovate, 
5-nerved. Corolla yellow, much as of G. vil/osa, but less tomentose without; dri 
exceeding 2 in., 1 in. (Kurz). Drupe } in., obovoid, 2-seeded. 
9. G. oblongifolia, oz). F/. Ind. iii. 83; arboreous. leaves ovate oT 
oblong entire somewhat rough, panicles terminal brachiate brown-farinose, 
bracts small caducous, corolla large rosy. Schauer in DC. Prodr. xi. 679. 
E. BENGAL (Roxburgh). d 
A tall timber tree. Leaves 6-12 by 3-8 in.; petiole 2 in., with several glan s 
close to the apex. Calyx cyathiform, entire, farinose, a few glands on the outside. 
Corolla-tube short ; limb 5-partite, lower lip longer with a deep yellow mark 1n t " 
centre of its base. Anthers bipartite. Drupe oblong, somewhat 4-cornered ani 
