105. VERBENAGEM. [11. Premna. 



slightlj'- puberulous and with glistening evanescent glands, sec. n. 

 5-7, tertiaries and nervnles very finely reticulate. Flowers very small 

 white in strong-smelling pubescent corymbose panicles, l"5-6" diam. 

 with brachiate branches. Bracts filiform, soon falling (and nearly 

 always absent in herbarium specimens). Calyx cupular truncate. 

 Corolla-tiibe '1" long with -1 reflexed oblong segments 'Oo" long, throat 

 bearded. Drupe '2", narrowly obovoid, 1-seeded. 



Bonfii, Cooper \ Mayurbhanj, elev. 2000-3000 ft. ! Fl. May. Fr. June, Dediduons, 

 renewing leaves at time of flowering. 



Blaze yellow, streaked orange-red. Old leaves coriaceous, caudation ■o--9", not as 

 fine as in the last. Petiole l'25-2" long. Stamens far exserted. 



I have kept this distinct in deference to Clarke's opinion, hut the points of 

 difference appear to me not sufficient even to constitute it a variety of P. )<candens 

 and can all be explained by age of the specimens and the different locality. The 

 only doubtful point is the character of the ripe fruit in the two species. I have not 

 seen fruit in the field and all herbarium specimens appear to have immature fruit. 



3. P. flavescens, Ram. Syn. P. gmelinoides, Haines {List. Cent. 



Prov.)? Aria-Kasmar, iT. ; Buddhi-Kasmar, 5. 

 A vax'iable (if our varieties are the same species) large or small 

 tree, sometimes mistaken for Gmelina arborea, Avith large ovate or 

 elliptic or ovate oblong, acute or shortly acuminate, very sweet- 

 smelling leaves 5-10'' by 25-7", entire or (var.) coarsely toothed, 

 densely or tomentosely pubescent (not stellate) beneath, and both 

 surfaces dotted Avith minute yellow glands. Flowers •1-12" long in 

 closely pubescent or tomentose corymbose panicles, 5-7" diam., with 

 filiform bracts •25-'75". Calyx tubular- campanulate very shortly 

 2-lipped or mouth undulate, •06-*07", upper lip rounded entire, lower 

 lip shortly 2-lobed or both lips rotmded entire very short. Drupe 

 globose, •12--2", seated on the glandular and somewhat pubescent 

 enlarged calyx, which then appears 2- irregularly 3— 1-lobed. Endo- 

 carp longitudinally fluted or at base rugose. 



Xot uncommon in hilly tracts, especially near streams and on northern slopes. 

 Singbhum ! Palamau ! Hazaribagh ! Ranchi ghats ! Santal Parganas ! Angul ! 

 Fl. July. Fr. Aug.- Jan. Evergreen. 



Trunk up to 4'5 ft. girth with light nearly smooth bark slightly flaking when 

 old; blaze pale with yellow or brown streaks. Innovations tomentose. Twigs 

 light-brown. L. often 3-nate on very young shouts, and often unequal when paired, 

 pubescent on the nerves above with simple or forked hairs, base cordate or rounded, 

 sec, n. 6-8 strong beneath, as also are the sub-parallel tertiaries which are often 

 hidden by the indumentum. Petioles usually unequal, l"25-5". joined by a villous 

 and glandular line. Corymbs short-peduncled. Corolla-tube exserted, •08-'l", 

 lobes i, oblong rounded subeciual, nearly as long as tube, throat denselj' villous, 



Var, gmelinoides, Hain&s (sp, Fl. Cent. Prov.). Leaves 7-12" by 

 4-8", usually ovate, cordate, coai-sely-toothed, not closely pubescent 

 beneath but nerves minutely piibescent. Flowers not seen. Fruit 

 similar to above, i. e. with 4-3 cells and often a central lacuna (some- 

 times filled with tissue), 



Rockj- ravines in Palamau and Rajmahal Hills ! 



4, P. integrifolia, L. Ganiari, Beng. 



A small tree or large shrub, more or less thorny on the trunk and 

 larger branches, with oblong, oblong-obovate or oblong-ovate leaves 

 2-4" long, shortly suddenly obtusely cuspidate and frequently crenate 



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