35 2 Vei'benacece. [Prcuma. 



globose, purple-black, shining, stone thin, 1-4-celled and 

 -seeded. 



Dry and intermediate regions ; rather rare. Kurunegala; Haragama ; 

 Iiintenne; Galagama; Tissamaharama ; Trincomalie. Fl. Dec.-Feb., 

 Sept.; pale dingy yellowish-purple or brown. 



Also in S. India. 



The leaves have a faintly smoky-aromatic scent when bruised. 



3. P. serratifolia, L. Mant. ii. 253 (,i770- Midi, S. Eru- 

 maimullai, T. 



Herm. Mus. 14. Burm. Thes. 209. Fl. Zeyl. n. 416 {Cornutioides). 

 Coruuiia corymbosa, Burm. f. Fl. Ind. 132. P. integrifolia^ L. Mant. ii. 

 253. Moon Cat. 45. Thw. Enum. 242. C. P. 1953. 



Fl. B. Ind. iv. 574 (/'. integrifolia). Burm. f. Fl. Ind., t. 41 f. i (bad). 

 Wight, Ic. t. 1469. 



Small tree or shrub, bark yellowish, thin, lenticellate, 

 young parts glabrous or very slightly pubescent; 1. 2-3 in., 

 broadly oval, acute or rounded at base, acute or subacute, 

 entire or faintly crenate-serrate in upper part, always quite 

 glabrous; fl. on short pubescent ped., cymes corymbosely 

 paniculate, dense, pubescent, terminal; cal. shallow, 2-lipped, 

 one lip entire, the other 2-lobed (so that cal. appears 3-lobed), 

 segm. obtuse ; cor. - lobes rounded, lower ones somewhat 

 longest ; stam. slightly exserted ; drupe \ in., globose. 



Dry region; common. Fl. March, September; pale yellowish-green. 



Also in India, Andaman and Nicobar Is., and Malaya. 



Linnaeus made two species of this, and the Fl. B. Ind. adopts his 

 other name, P. integrifolia^ for it, but e.xcUides his reference to Burman, 

 on which that was mainly founded. Burman's plant is in Fl. B. Ind. 

 referred to P. corymbosa^ but he obviously intended it for this ; for, though 

 his figure is too imperfect to be of any use, Hermann's specimens on 

 which it is based are the present species. 



The leaves have a peculiar scent, mixed fetid and lemon-like, and 

 are used for flavouring native soups and curries. An aromatic oil is also 

 obtained from the root, and used as a remedy in disorders of the stomach. 



Wood white, rather hard, fine-grained. 



4. P. toznentosa, Willd. Sp. PL iii. 314 (1800). Bu-s6ru, .5". 

 Kolukkutti, T. 



Moon Cat. 45. Thw. Enum. 243. C. P. 747. 



Fl. B. Ind. iv. 576. Wight, Ic. t. 1468. Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 251. 



A tree, bark fibrous, yellowish, shredding off in longitu- 

 dinal flakes, branchlets covered with a dense yellow wool of 

 stellate hair ; 1. 4-6 in., ovate, rounded or subcordatc at base, 

 acuminate, acute, entire, densely woolly with stellate hair 

 when young, becoming glabrous (or nearly so) above when 

 mature, petiole 1-2 in., woolly-pubescent ; fl. on very short 

 pubescent ped., numerous, cymes rather close, stellate-pubes- 

 cent, terminal; bracts linear; cal. stellate-hairy, segm. 5, 



