Sphenodesma.] ^ cxi. vERBENACEX. (C. B. Clarke.) 601 
3. S. unguiculata, Schauer in DC. Prodr. xi. 623; leaves elliptic 
acuminate young stellately fulvous-hairy mature glakrate, corolla-lobes 5-6 
oblong or narrowly obovoid. Congea unguiculata & ferruginea, Wall. Cat. 
1736, 1737. Vitex involucratus, Presl Bot. Bemerk. 148. Symphorema 
nngniculatum, Kurz For. Fl ii. 255.--Congex sp, Griff. Notul. iv. 91, 
n. 1353. 
Knasra Mrs, alt. 2-3000 ft.; Wallich, H. JF. d T. &c. CACHAR; Keenan. 
CmirraGoxG; Wallich. MoULMEIN and TENASSERIM ; Griffith & Helfer (Kew 
Distrib. n. 6010), &e. S. ANDAMAN; Kurz. 
A large, climbing shrub. Leaves 6 by 24 in., base obtuse or rounded, scattered 
stellate hairs deciduous; petiole iin. Bracts 14 by 4 in., spathulate-elliptic, obtuse, 
membranous, whitened, ultimately nearly glabrate. Calyx less than 4 in., obconic, 
stellately fulvous-tomentose ; teeth triangular, rather rigid. Corolla pale yellow : tube 
hardly so long as the calyx, lobes 3-2 in., obtuse. Stigma sessile, bifid. Drupe 
(young) obovoid, glabrous, glandular at the apex. —This has larger leaves and bracts, 
shorter calyx and corolla, than S. astylis. 
Sect. 2. Busphenodesma. Corolla-lobes ovate or oblong. Anthers 
subexserted. Style filiform. 
* Bracts of the involucre small, shorter than the calyz. 
4. S. eryciboides, Kurz in Flora 1871, 345; leaves elliptic mature 
pubescent or grey-tomentose beneath, flower-heads nearly sessile fulvous- 
tomentose, corolla white. S. grossum, Kurz For, Fl. ii. 254. Spheno- 
desma? Wall. Cat. 9076. 
Prev and TENAssERIM, frequent; Wallich, Helfer (Kew Distrib. n. 6011). 
A large, scandent shrub, or a small tree (Parish); shoots tomentose. Leaves 44 
by 2} in., subacute, base rhomboid, glabrate above; petiole 2 in. Heads 7-fld., hardly 
din, diam.; bracts 4 in., round-elliptic ; peduncles numerous, 0—j, in., bracts at their 
ase caducous, the inflorescence thus appearing a compound spike thyrse, or panicle. 
Calyx à in., broadly funnel-shaped, fulvous-tomentose, densely white-silky within, 
globular and inflated in fruit; teeth triangular. Corolla 4 in.; lobes 5-6, narrowly 
obovoid, puberulous, 
** Bracts of the involucre mostly longer than the calyx. 
5. S. triflora, Wight Te. t. 1478; leaves lanceolate grey-puberulous, 
panicles compound, heads short-peduncled 3-fld. Grif. Notul. iv. 182. 
Congea Jackiana, Wall. Cat. 1735, partly. 
PENANG; Wallich. MALACCA; Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 6009, partly), Maingay 
ew Distrib. n. 1196). . 
. Branchlets grey-puberulous. Leaves 5 by 14 in., cuneate at both ends; petiole 
311. Penicles 9 in. diam., ashy-pubescent ; leaves 1-1 in., half-bractlike ; peduncles 
to the heads 4-1 in. ; bracts, usually 6 to each head, exceedingly variable in size on the 
same panicle ; many small, lanceolate, hardly exceeding the calyx, others 1 by t in., 
‘pathulate-elliptic, obtuse, membranous, reticulate, cinereous- puberulous. alyx $g imn., 
ribbed, teeth triangular. Corolla 4 in., throat bairy, lobes ovate. Style linear, 
subincluded. Drupe (imperfectly ripe) 4 in., narrowly obovoid, glabrous, 1-seeded ; 
Calyx not inflated.—A plant collected by Beccari in Borneo is perhaps not specifically 
Separable, but has the heads shortly fulvous-villous. 
6. S. barbata, Schauer in DC. Prodr. 623; branchlets and inflores- 
cence patently rufous-hirsute, leaves elliptie acute hairy, heads 7-fld. closely 
Capitate, — S, ferrugineum, Wight Je. t. 1474. Congea barbata, Wall. Cat. 
1738. ? Viticastrum racemosum, Presl Bot. Bemerk. 148; Walp. Hep. 
vL 691 (ex Schauer). 
