11. Premna.] 105. VERBENACEM. 



towards the tip, glabrovis, or youngest slightly pubescent beneath. 

 Coi'ymbs l*5-3*5" diam., minutely pubescent or sparsely strigose, with 

 filiform or subulate small bracts "I-'IS" long. Calyx glabrous or 

 puberulous, sub-2-lipped toothed, one lip with 2, the other with 3 

 minute teeth or sub-entire. Corolla with 1 white and 3 green petals, 

 •1-12" long, throat villous. 



Orissa, on ground periodically covered by the tide, Mahanadi delta 1 Fl. April- 

 May. Fr, Aug. 



Bark light-coloured. L. sometimes only 1-2" (but this form not seen in our area), 

 base rounded or obtuse, sec. n, 3-4i of which one from near the base. Petiole •4-'5". 

 Corolla 2-lipped "IS" long (with the lip), one lip oblong rounded longer than 

 the other which has two rounded lobes, tube included. Drupe '2" seated on the 

 patelliform calyx, endocarp slightly verrucose. 



Gamble states that the wood is pleasantly scented, but not so aromatic as Sandal, 

 of a light creamy brown moderately hard, even-grained. Wt. about 50 lbs. 



5. P. calycina, Haines. Kew Bulletin, 1922, 3, p. 122. Syn. P. barbata, 



F.B.I., in part. 

 A small, usually laxly spreading tree, with ovate-lanceolate or 

 ellij)tic-oblong, more rarely ovate, obovate or lanceolate, always 

 acuminate and more or less serrate or dentate leaves 4-8" long by 

 2-i" broad, glabrous or puberulous beneath or nerves persistently 

 somewhat pubescent. Corymbs of small white flowers visiially short- 

 peduncled and under 3" diam., puberulous or pubescent, with very 

 small filiform few and caducovis bracts. Calyx 2-lipped, -08" long, 

 sparsely glandular, upper lip with 2 rounded sometimes imbricate 

 lobes, lower lip with three shallow rounded lobes, sometimes obscure, 

 in fruit calyx "1" very venose, often irregularly deeply split. Frviit 

 globose -1", endocarp verrucose, 3-4-celled, 1-2-seeded. 



Rajmahal Hills, common ! Singbhum in ravines ! Bonai, Cooper ! Mayurbhanj ! 

 Puri ! Angul, frequent ! Fl. April-May. Fr. May- June. Evergreen. 



Bark jiaJe, on twigs yellow-l^rowu, smooth ; blaze white. L. usually quite 

 glabrescent, always some on the tree toothed, base usually rounded or obtuse, 

 usually- 2-5 nerved at or near the base with 4-6 sec. n. above the basal each side, 

 which ai-e usuallj- markedly decurrent on the midi'ib, tertiary nerves minutely' reti- 

 culate ; margin thickened. Petioles often unequal •75-2'5" long, pubescent on upper 

 surface when young. Peduncles -T-l'o". Calyx often ciliolate, otherwise glabrous. 

 Corolla '25" long, tube "12", lobes broadlj- oblong rounded subequal, upper lobe 

 sometimes retuse, throat and base of lower lobe villous. Anther cells divaricate. 

 Fruit :3-4-celled, 1-2-seeded. 



The plant dries green. 



6. P. barbata, Wall. 



A small tree with pubescent shoots, oblong oblong-lanceolate or 

 ovate-oblong, entire or very slightly serrate, acuminate or shortly 

 acuminate leaves 3-6" long, pubescent beneath, at least when young, 

 and with small pubescent corymbs 1-3" diam. Flowers "15" long. Calyx 

 lobed half-way down or nearly to the base into 4 eqiial linear or oblong 

 obtuse lobes, not enlarged, or lobes slightly broader in fruit, pubescent 

 or glabrate. Drupe globose or pyriform, slightly rigid and verrucose. 



Along the northern boundary only. Chieflj' a tree of the lower Himalayas ! Fl., 

 Fr. May- June. 



Leaves sometimes permanently pubescent beneath, base rounded or obtuse, 

 sec. n. 3-5 of which 1 usually from base, nervules minutely reticulate. Petioles "7- 

 I'o". Calyx 'Oi-'Od" long, lobes sometimes obtusely deltoid in fruit. Corolla-tube 

 •08-*09'', throat densely villous. Style arms more slender and acute than in P. 

 calycitia. 



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