Premna, DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA, 79 
eight feet. Bark of the old woody parts dark brown, of the 
younger light-brown, Leaves opposite, short-petioled, from 
cordate to cordate-ovate, entire, pointed, bullate, at the same 
time the upper surface is of a bright, shinmg, deep green co- 
lour, from three to six inches long, and broad in’ proportion. 
Stipules, no other than.a small connecting ridge. Corymbs 
terminal ; primary ramifications decussate, then dichotomous; 
round, villous, and of a very dark brownish olive colour. 
Bracies oblong. Flowers very numerous, small, of a pale 
greenish white. Calyx bilabiate. Corol bilabiate. Throat 
filled with long, soft, white hairs. Lips equal in length ; the 
upper one narrow, and entire ; the Jower one, broad and three- 
lobed, Stamens nearly as long as the corol. Style consi- 
derably longer than the corol. Drupe the size of a large pea. 
Nut three or four-celled. 
The leaves of this species possess a small degree of fragrance, 
when bruised, at least to me the smell is not so disagreeable as 
that of the other npecte: 
6.:P. longifolia Roxb. 
Arboreous. Leaves ovate-oblong, acuminate, entire, smooth. 
Corymbs terminal, 
A native of Bengal, where it blossoms daring the EMDY. 
season, 
Trunk erect; branches opposite. Bark smooth ie alia” 
coloured, dark brown, or greenish brown according to age ; 
general height of the tree twenty feet. Leaves opposite, 
petioled, from ovate-oblong to oblong, entire, acuminate, 
smooth on both sides, from four to ten inches long. Petioles 
channelled, somewhat villous, from two to three inches long. 
Stipules none, except a small, connecting, villous ridge, Co-— 
rymbs terminal, large, and spreading much; the first two or 
three pairs of divisions brachiate ; afterwards dichotomous. — 
Hractetinatiete. Flowers numerous, small, white ; upper. tip ss 
