76 DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA, Premna | 
1. P. latifolia, Roxb. ioe 
Arboreous. Leaves nad. cordate, entire, smooth. Co- 
rymbs axillary, and terminal. Throat of the corol woolly. » 
Teling. Pedda-nella-kura. ey 
At is a native of most parts of the coast of Conomsendals 
though by no means common; grows to be a small tree. 
Flowers during the hot season. ofan 
Trunk erect. Bark ash-coloured, pretty smooth. Branches 
numerous, spreading, Leaves opposite, petioled, cordate 
or oval, entire, pointed or obtuse, a little downy, in general 
two and a half inches each way, _Petioles round, generally 
_about an inch long. Corymbs compound, terminal; or from: 
the exterior axills, divided by threes. Bractes minute, fall- 
ing. #/owers numerous, small, of a ie rellames Cal 
panulate, five-toothed,. pe : ss 
the upper lip three-cleft; the under ¢ one josbangihein Anthers 
ish, Style longer than the corol. Drupe, the size ofa pea, | 
twin, juicy, smooth, when ripe black, Nut wrinkled, four- 
celled, all the four seeds seldom ripen. a 
The wood of this tree is white, firm, and used for various 
economical purposes. The leaves have a pretty strong, 
though not disagreeable smell, and are much used in curries 
by the natives, | 
fete tes aie . 
2. P. tomentosa, Willdsitie-p. 314, creams 
_Arboreous. . Leaves ovate-cordate, pointed, entire, very 
downy. ° _Panicles terminal, corymbiform, : 
Teling. Naooroo, | 
A tree, a native of the mountainous parts of the Circanes 
Flowers during the cold season. 
Bark, the exterior membranous, cracking and peeling off | 
like that of the birch tree, of alight gray colour ; young shoots” 
covered with asoft gray down, Leaves opposite, petioled, cor-" 
date, pointed, entire, very downy underneath, and whitish, - 
above light green, from four to five inches long, and about ~ 
two and a half, or three broad. Petioles round, about an inch 
