Prem?m.] VerbenacecB. 353 



equal ; cor.-Iobes rounded, one considerably longer ; stam. 

 slightly exserted ; drupe \ in., broadly ovoid, sparsely stellate- 

 hairy, stone 4-celled, 4-seeded. 



Low country up to 4000 ft.; common. Fl. Sept., Jan., Feb.; dirty 

 yellow. 



Also in Peninsular India. 



Willdenow's species was based on Corntitta corynibosa^ Lam. (non 

 Burm. f.), which is rather doubtfully this plant. Does not turn black in 

 drying. Wood yellow, rather hard and heavy, fine-grained, smooth. 



5. P. Thwaitesil, Clarke m Fl. B. Ind. iv. 579 (iJ 

 P. 7nic7'antha^ Thw. Enum. 242 (non Schauer). C. P. 2541. 

 Fl. B. Ind. iv. 579. 



A small tree, 8-10 ft, young parts densely pubescent; 

 1. 2-3 in., oval or ovate-oval, subacute or rounded at base, 

 usually somewhat acuminate, subacute, entire or dentate- 

 serrate in upper part, finely puberulous above, densely and 

 softly pubescent beneath, petiole ^-f iri-> pubescent; fl. on 

 short pubescent ped., cymes small, much-branched, rounded, 

 rather dense, tomentose-pubescent, bracts small, linear; cal.- 

 segm. 5, deep, lanceolate, acute, nearly equal, pubescent; 

 cor. hairy in throat, lobes short, truncate ; drupe small, \ in., 

 nearly globose. 



Moist or intermediate region to 4000 ft.; rare. Maturata Dist.; near 

 Hanguranketa ; near Wilson's Bungalow, Uva. Fl. Sept., December; 

 pale greenish-yellow, darker within. 



Endemic. 



Leaves with a very strong scent ; the leaf-pubescence beneath is violet- 

 pink in colour. 



6. P. latifolia, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 46 (1814). maha-xnidi, S. 

 Pachuxnullai, T. 



Thw. Enum. 242. C. P. 2893. 



Fl. B. Ind. iv. 577 (not given for Ceylon). Wight, Ic. t. 869. 



Tree, usually small, bark white, nearly smooth; 1. i|— 3 in., 

 broadly oval or subrotundate, rounded or subcordate at base, 

 shortly acuminate, acute, entire, usually quite glabrous when 

 mature, often with hair when young which sometimes 

 persists beneath at least on the veins, petiole \-\ in., slender; 

 fl. on short ped., cymes rather small, generally terminating 

 short lateral branchlets, bracts caducous; cal. pubescent,, 

 much enlarged in fruit, segm. 5, shallow, acute; cor. lobes 

 oblong, one broader than rest; drupe j in., globose, smooth, 

 black, juicy, surrounded by enlarged cal., stone 4-ceIled. 



Dry region ; rather common. Trincomahe (Glenie) ; Mannar ; Sigiri ; 

 Uma-oya ; Lenadore ; Lagalla. Fl. Feb., July-Octoljer ; yellowish or 

 white. 



Throughout India and Burma. 

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