Premna. DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA, W7 
and a half Jong. Panicles middle-sized, terminal, erect, 
downy, somewhat corymbiform, their ramifications scatter- 
ed. Bractes filiform, downy. Flowers numerous, small, of a 
dirty greenish yellow. Ca/yx and corolas in the last species. 
Anthers yellow, twin, Pistillum, drupe, and nut as in the 
other species, in this seldom more than one of the seeds ripen, 
which makes the most appear to have only one cell. 
3. P. serratifolia, Willd. iii, 314. 
Shrabby. Leaves cordate, serrate, acuminate, smooth, 
lucid, deep green. Corymbs.terminal. 
Beng. Bhoot-bhiruvi, — 
A lapsed Uhletiehlenilassiintnste Micrvd 
in Bengal, is in blossom during the rainy months of July 
and August. The whole plant has a heavy unpleasant smell, 
nearly the same as in some of the other species of this genus, 
Trunk short. Branches numerous. Ba rksmooth, and 
dark brown; young shoots somewhat villous. Leaves oppo- 
site, petioled, cordate, serrate on the anterior margins, long, 
acute-pointed, smooth on both sides, generally from one to 
six inches long, and from one to three broad, Stipules no 
other than a small connecting ridge. Corymbs terminal, 
or between two tender, terminal branchlets; primary divi- 
sious opposite, the last two-forked. Flowers minute, very 
numerous, of a pale greenish white. Bractes of the larger 
ramifications, lanceolate. Perianth small, irregularly three- 
toothed. Corol obliquely funnel-shaped. Border bilabiate, 
the superior lip narrow, undivided, and nearly double the | 
length of the other, which is broad, and snemqenint  An- 
thers twin. 
da Retpinese: Roxb. 
Arboreous, armed. Leaves opposite, dunce, or ‘ome 7 
oval, entire; smooth on both sides, Corymbs terminal. — 
alge oom See ambis iii, ¢. ee 
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