60 ' XCII. VERBENACEJ£. | Premna, 
large. Siin ne me l line long, more or less distinctly 5-toothed, 
the teeth very short, acute or obtuse but not dilated. Corolla- tube 
` Quee € Port AUS and in the scrub about umo Bay Dallas: 
Fort Coo r, Bowman. The ca elles n are more obtuse and irregular in the Edge- | 
combe Bay’ specimens than in the other 
. P. acuminata, R. Br. Prod. 512. A small tree of spreading 
Habit the inflorescence and foliage more or less hoary with a short - 
close tomentum. eaves broadly cordate-ovate, deltoid or almost 
Appena acuminate, entire or coarsely and irregularly toothed 
more or less eg ol or tomentose on both sides, 3- or 5- 
ievoa (the first and often the second pair of primary veins starting 
_ from the base of the midrib), the T A usually more than half as 
long as the leaves. Panicles very m: the primary branches tricho- | 
es 
ot 
u mg 2 lines diameter.—Schau. in DC. Prod. xi. 637; F 
Muell. Fragm. iii. 36; P. cordata, R. Br. 1. c.; Schau. l.c 
palia; Fik ads of the Gulf of CREE and RET mainland, 2. | 
B ; Henne ; Point Cunningham, Cygnet Bay, N. W. coast, and Goulburn islands : 
A Cunn E Mackay river, F. Mueller ; oen Cliffs, Sala: ; also from M‘D 
Stuart's Expediti i 
The species is readily distinguished by its Poplar-like foliage and loose inflorescence. f 
16. CLER DRON, Linn. 
Clm a oy or inflated, 5-toothed or 5- lobed, enlarge and | 
spre ading under the fruit (except in C. Aemiderma and in species 
or rarely herbs or moody climbers, tae ee site or in whorls 
se heads or cymes, usually forming terminal cry 
or thyrsoid Glos or iin axillary. 
A considerable tropical genus, chiefly A jes 
y Asiatic, with a few African or American speci : 
Of the icd to ten or cies— which are here limited to eight, but might almost E : 
v € is a sea-coast plant wi 
