404 A FLORA OF MANILA 
1. V. parviflora Juss. (V. littoralis Dene.). Molauin, Molave (Tag.). 
A tree with very hard wood, reaching a height of from 8 to 15 m, 
glabrous or nearly so, or the inflorescence puberulent. Leaflets 3, petioled, 
ovate to lanceolate, acuminate, 7 to 18 cm long, shining, quite glabrous. 
Inflorescence terminal, paniculate, ample, up to 20 cm long, usually some- 
what pyramidal, many-flowered. Flowers blue, 6 to 8 mm long, the corolla 
pubescent outside. Fruit globose or subglobose, 5 to 6 mm in diameter, 
(Fl. Filip. pl. 227, V. altissima.) 
In dry thickets Masambong, fl. May—Oct.; common and widely distributed 
in the Philippines. Timor. 
2. V. negundo L. Lagundi (Tag.). 
An erect branched shrub 2 to 5 m high. Leaves usually 5-foliolate, 
rarely with 3 leaflets only, the middle leaflets larger than the others and 
distinctly petioled; leaflets lanceolate, acuminate, entire, 4 to 10 em long, 
pubescent beneath. Panicles terminal, many-fiowered, pubescent, 10 to 20 
em long, additional axillary ones often present. Flowers blue, 6 to 7 mm 
long, the calyx pubescent. Fruit globose, about 4 mm in diameter. (FI. 
Filip. Pl. 228, V. bicolor.) 
In thickets ete., occasional, fl. all the year; common and widely distrib- 
uted in the Philippines. Tropical Asia and Malaya. 
3. V. trifolia L. Lagundi (Tag.). 
A shrub 1 to 3 or 4m high with simple and 3-foliolate leaves, sometimes 
prostrate or ascending. Leaflets all 3-foliolate, or some simple, or in the 
prostrate form (var. ovata) all simple, sessile, oblong, oblong-elliptic, acute, 
4 to 7 cm long, 1.5 to 4 cm wide, glabrous and shining on the upper surface, 
beneath gray-puberulent. Panicles terminal, oblong, 5 to 10 em long, 
often leafy at the base. Corolla pubescent, lavender to blue, the: tube 
about 8 mm long, the larger central lobe of the lower lip with a white 
blotch at the base, the limb 12 mm in greatest diameter. Fruit globose, 
4 to 5mm in diameter. (FI. Filip. pl. 226.) 
In thickets along the Pasay beach, fl. most of the year; widely dis- 
tributed in the Philippines along the seashore. India to Japan through 
Malaya to Australia. 
11. PREMNA Linnaeus 
Erect trees or shrubs, sometimes climbing, usually with a somewhat 
rank or aromatic odor when crushed. Leaves opposite, entire or toothed. 
Cymes corymbose or panicled, usually pubescent, ample, terminal and axil- 
lary, the bracts small. Flowers small, usually white or greenish, num- 
erous, often polygamous. Calyx small, cup-shaped, subequal or obscurely 
2-lipped, nearly entire, or 4- or 5-toothed. Corolla tubular, short, the 
throat hairy, the limb 2-lipped or 5- or 4-lobed. Stamens 4, in 2 pairs. 
Ovary 2- or 4-celled, cells 1-ovuled. Fruit a small fleshy drupe, the 
endocarp hard, bony. (Greek “stump” allusion to the short stems of some 
species. ) 
Species about 50, tropics of the Old World, 15 or more in the Philippines. 
1. Erect shrubs or small trees. 
2. Leaves large, 10 to 20 em long, uniformly and densely soft-pubescent 
en the lower surface. 220255 aos 2 Ee 1. P. odorata 
2. Leaves of medium size, glabrous, or pubescent only on and near the 
nerves. 
