80 DIDYNAMIA ANGiOSPERMIA, Premna, — 
longer, more coloured and reflexed ; the dateral two expand- 
ing, the lower broadest and emarginate. Drupe globu- — 
lar, of the size of a grain of black pepper, when ripe, smooth, 
shining black. Mut obovate, rugose, four-celled, with one 
seed in each, This is the only species I have yet met with, 
which I can say has any thing like an agreeable smell, this 
mark alone is sufficient to distinguish it from the other species 
already described and figured by me; there are, however, — 
as may be observed in the description, many other differences — 
to rest its en character on. 
7. P. herbacea. R. g 
Herbaceous. Leaves oppasite, ——— serrate. Corymbs 4 
terminal and axillary. 1 2 eae el : 
A native ‘ . From Dinage- : 
pore, Dr. William Carey sent the plant to the Botanic gar- 
den, where it blossoms during the months of February and 
March. 
~ Root ligneous, perennial. Stems oe, any, a few leafy 
fructiferous, annual shoots rise from the roots about the close 
of the cold season, and when the seeds ripen decay, Leaves 
opposite, short-petioled, obovate, serrate, a little villous om 
both sides, very various in size. Corymbs terminal, and axil- 
Tary, small, and shorter by far than the leaves, Flowers 
small, of a pale whitish yellow. Corol four-cleft ; eee 
a: throat song peed 
’ 8. P. mucronata, R. 
_ Arboreous. Leaves broad-ovate, npg at the ase, 
sharply acuminate, entire, slightly villous. Corymbs terminal. 
A small tree, a native of Silhet, and there called Manoa- 
mal. Flowering in April, and the seed ripens in July and 
August, The wood is said to be remarkably hard and use 
. ful. It differs from all the other species known to me, i0 
