600 OXI. VERBENACEX. (C. B. Clarke.) [Symphorema. 
Similar to S. involucratum, but larger in all its parts and more hairy. Leaves 
4 by 23 in., some on the main stem 8-9 by 4 in., stellately villous beneath. Calyx 
3 in. and upwards in flower. Bracts in fruit 1} by $ in., obscurely membranous. 
XXI. SPHENODESMA, Jack. 
Scandent, mostly large, shrubs. Leaves opposite, entire, shortly petioled. 
Cymes capitate, 3- or 7-fld., with an involucre of 6 oblong or obovate bracts 
panicled, i.e. the leaves at the base of the peduncles to the cymes more or less 
bract-like, mostly deciduous. Calyx funnel-shaped, 5- (rarely 4-6-) toot e , 
sometimes enlarged or inflated in fruit. Corolla-tube short, cylindric ; !o "" 
5, rarely 6, ovate oblong or narrowly lanceolate. Stamens 5, included, rare y 
subexserted ; anthers ovate. Ovary imperfectly 2-celled, 4-ovuled; ovu rs 
pendulous from the apex of the placentiferous axis; style filiform, shorty 
bifid, or (in subgenus Brachynema) very short or obsolete, stigma obscure Y 
2-lobed. Drupe globose or obovoid, small, included or subincluded in É e 
calyx; i- (or rarely 2-) seeded in the few (mostly imperfectly ripe) examptes 
seen.— Species 9, some Bornean and those here deseribed. 
The cyme in this genus is dichotomous with a single flower in the fork; the two 
lateral branches are again dichotomous with a single flower in the fork; the Cy es 
thus 7-fld.; or, in 1 or 2 species, 3-fld. by the lateral flowers of the 2 cyme-branc id 
being undeveloped. The flower in the principal fork is necessarily the oldest, an 
ebracteate: hence the bracts are always 6. 
Sect. 1. Brachynema, Griff (Genus).  Corolla-lobes oblong, or 
narrowly lanceolate. Anthers included. Style obsolete or minute. 
1. S. microstylis, Clarke; leaves ovate mature softly pubescent or 
villous beneath, corolla-lobes 5-6 narrowly lanceolate. Brachynema ferru- 
ginea, Griff. Notul. iv. 176. Symphorema microstylis, Bedd. ms. 
MERGUI and MovrMziN, Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 6007, partly)  Tavov; 
Parish. —DisTRIB. Siam. . b 
A shrub, 6-8 ft. (Parish); shoots and inflowescence rusty stellate-villous or su i 
tomentose. Leaves 5} by 33 in. subacute, base obtuse, entire, mature pubescen 
above at least on the nerves; petiole 3 in. Peduncles 14 in.; heads 7-fld., rusty 
villous; bracts (at flower-time) 3 by 4 in., spathulate-elliptic, obtuse. Calyx i 
flower } in. or more; teeth ovate. Corolla-tube Lin., narrowly funnel-shaped, densely 
hairy to the base within; lobes 3-} by jj in., puberulous, subtomentose. Anthers 
ovate, low in the corolla-tube. Ovary 4-ovuled; style minute. Drupe not seen. 
Wight, Parish and Beddome have all referred this to Symphorema from the narrow 
corolla-lobes, but the short filaments will not suit. Supposing the state of the style 
to be due to dimorphism, the species is distinct and possibly indicates a new genus. 
cannot be Kurzs Symphorema involucratum, which Kurz says bas coarsely toothed 
eaves, 
2. S. paniculata, Clarke; leaves ovate or elliptic mature pubescent 
beneath, corolla-lobes 5-6 oblong obtuse or narrowly obovoid. Congea 
paniculata, Wall. Cat. 1739. 
DECCAN PENINSULA; Kurg, Rottler ; Cochin, Johnstone. . " 
A scandent shrub; shoots and inflorescence rusty stellately villous. Leaves 34 by 
13-2} in., subacute; petiole 1 in. Peduncles 1-l in., appearing panicled, the half- 
bractlike leaves at their base often deciduous; bracts $ by 1 in., narrowly obovoid. 
Calyx j in.; lobes ovate. Corolla-tube 4 in., densely hairy to the base within ; lobes 
è by q in., puberulous, subtomentose. Anthers ovate, low in the corolla-tube. Ovary 
4-ovuled ; style 0. Drupe not seen.—Very near S. microstylis except as to the obtuse 
corolla-lobes. 
