82. VEBBENACEM. [4. Pbbmfa. 



Els. April-May, on the new Bhoots. Fr. MayJune. 



Shoots pubescent, often rusty. L. minutely hispiduloua above when 



longer with spreading obtuse lobes. 



2. P. barbata, Wall. 



A small tree attaining 30 ft., _ with yellow-brown 

 glabrous twigs (but new shoots hairy), ovate- lanceolate, 

 ovate or obvato-oblong leaves 4-8" by 2-4" (or smaller at base 

 of shoot) acuminate and usually coarsely toothed, never quite 

 entire above. Neives only persistently slightly ha-'ry or 

 puberulous beneath. Petioles f -2§". Corymbs of small white 

 flowers under 3" diam. Drupe globose or pyriform, stone 

 verrucose, 3-4-celled, 1-2-seeded. 



Singbhum, in ravines. Eajmehal hills, common. Fls. April-May. 

 Pr. May-June. Deciduous March. 



Base of leaves usually rounded or obtuse with 3-5 nerves at or near the 

 base and 4-6 prs. above, tertiary nerves not straight and parallel. Caly 

 minutely glandular lobed. Corolla £''. 



3. P. nov. sp. ? 



A tree sometimes attaining 3 ft. girth with large 

 broadly-ovate opp. or 3-nate membranous acuminate 

 dentate leaves 7-12" by 4-8" often with sub-cordate base, not, 

 or only very shortly, acuminate. All nerves beneath minutely 

 pubescent and with yery minute glands between. Petioles 

 3-4". 



Rocky ravines in Falamau. Eajmehal hills. Especially on limesioae. 

 £1b. not .seen. 



Twigs same colour as in barbata, puberulous even when old, young 

 tomentose and glandular. L. aromatic with small glands like those 

 of a Clerodendron. Sec. n. 7-8 prs. very Btrong, two or three basal 

 or close to base, tertiaries strong sub-parallel. Petiole 34'' straw-coloured, 

 petioles joined by a densely villous and glandular line. 



This interesting little tree might possibly be a new species, the 

 glanda and stipulary hairs and indeed the whole leaf remind one much 

 of a Clerodendron. It was well matched with P.-pinguis by Babu Jana- 

 da of the Calcutta Herbarium, but its habit is different. 



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