Premna. didynamia angiospermia. 77 



and a lialf long'. Panicles middle sized, teiniin.d, erect, 

 downy, somewhat corymbitorm, their ramifications scatter- 

 ed, Bractes filiform, downy. Plowers numerous, small, of a 

 dirty greenish yellow. Cah/x and co/o/ as in the last species. 

 Anthers yellow, twin. Pistillum, dfipp, and nut as in the 

 other species, iu this seldom more tli m one of the seeds ripen, 

 which makes the most appear to have only one cell. 



3. P. serratij'olia. Willd. iii. 314. 



Shrubby. Leaves cordate, serrate, acuminate, smooth, 

 lucid, deep green. Corymbs terminal. 



Beng. Blioot-bhir?/v?'. 



A large shrub, or small rainous tree, common in tlie woods 

 in Bengal, is in blossom during- the rainy months of July 

 and August. The whole plant has a heavy unpleasant smell, 

 nearly the saiiie as in some of the other species of this geims. 



Trunk short. Branches numerous. B a ? A-smooth, and 

 dark brown ; yonny 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- 

 sions opposite, the last two-forked, /^lowers minute, very 

 numerous, of a pale greenish white. Bractes of the larger 

 ramifications, lanceolate. Perianth small, irregularly three- 

 toothed. Carol obliquely funnel shaped. Border bilabiate, 

 the superit)r lip narroAv, undivided, and nearly double the 

 length of the other, which is broad, and three-parted. ^4n- 

 thers twin. 



4. P. spinosa. Roxb. 



Arboreous, armed. Leaves opposite, three or four-fold, 

 oval, entire, smooth on both sides. Corymbs terminal. 

 Gumira iitorea. Humph. Anib. iii, /. 134. 

 Hind. Ustabunda. 



