Premna.'] cxi. VERBENACE^E. (C. B. Clarke.) 577 



out. Drupe in. diam., globose, glabrous. Brandis and Kurz consider tbis tbe same 

 as P. tomentosa ; but tbe rounded sboulders of the leaves, and tbe brachiate panicles 

 give it a very different aspect ; and the drupe marks it a distinct^species. The Javan 

 P. tomentosa, Blume (Bijd. 816), is nearly allied to tbis. 



19. P. bengalensis, Clarke ; leaves ovate or narrowly elliptic acumi- 

 nate entire mature stellately pubescent on the nerves, corymbs spreading 

 stellately pubescent or tomentose, calyx shortly 5-toothed. C. longifolia, 

 Wall. Cat. 1771 ; Schauer in DC. Prodr. xi. 634 



Throughout BENGAL PLAIN, alt. 0-1000 ft., common ; extending to tbe SIKKIM; 

 TEEAI, ASSAM and CACHAR; Wallich, Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 6029), &c. 



A large shrub, or a tree, 30 ft. ; shoots stellately tomentose. Leaves 8 by 3| in., 

 ovate, or 5 by 2 in. obovate-oblong, mature Vitb minute scattered stellate hair on 

 the surface beneath or glabrous except the 7-8 pair of nerves ; petiole 1 in. Corymb 

 4-8 in. diam., closely stellate-tomentose without any patent hairs; bracts ^ in., 

 linear. Calyx 4j in. Corolla |- in., 2-lipped, yellowish or greenish white, thi'oat 

 hairy. Drupe \-\ in., globose or somewhat obovoid. This has been supposed to 

 be P. pubescens, Blume, in which the leaves are described as repand-toothed, and the 

 pubescence of the corymb as simple. 



20. P. punduana, Wall. Cat. 2651 ; leaves elliptic acuminate entire 

 nerves stellately tomentose, panicle-branches elongate raceme-like, calyx 

 minutely 5-toothed stellately tomentose. Schauer in DC. Prodr. xi. 637. 

 Premna n. 26, Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. $ T. 



KHASIA MTS. ; below Churra, Wallich, Griffith, H.f. $ T., &c. 



A large shrub ; shoots stellately tomentose. Leaves 8 by 3 in., base cuneate, 

 mature puuctulate glabrate on both surfaces, nerves 7 pair ; petiole 1 in. Panicles 

 6-8 in., pyramidal, densely stellate-tomentose ; branches mostly opposite, often 3 by 

 J in. ; bracts \-\ in., linear-lanceolate, numerous, persistent, conspicuous. Calyx 

 ^ in., obscurely 2-15pped, the 3 teeth of the lower lip wider apart (at flower-time) 

 than those of the upper, but hardly shorter. Corolla - in., 2-lipped ; lobes stellately 

 tomentose without. Drupe ^-^ in., globose. 



21. P. integrerrima, Wight Ic. 1. 1484; leaves large oblong acuminate 

 entire glabrous, corymbs large minutely closely pubescent, calyx very shortly 

 5-toothed minutely pubescent. JSedd. For. Man. 172. 



S. DECCAN PENINSULA ; Courtallum, Wight ; Mts. of Kurg, G. Thomson ; Tinne- 

 velly Mts., Seddome. 



A shrub, 6 ft. Leaves 7 by 2J- in., base obtuse or cuneate, entire or (fide 

 Seddome) sometimes serrate, nerves 5 pair; petiole in. Corymbs 5 in. diam. ; 

 bracts in. ; broad-lanceolate. Calyx ^-^ in. ; lobes very small, obtuse or broadly 

 triangular. Corolla ^- in., 2-lipped. Drupe not seen. 



22. P. latifolia, Eoxb. Hort. Beng. 46, and Fl. Ind. iii. 76 ; leaves 

 cordate-ovate shortly acuminate undulate young softly minutely hairy on 



both surfaces, corymbs closely simply villous, calyx strigose shortly 5-toothed 

 much enlarged in fruit. Schauer in DC. Prodr. xi. 635. 



Lower hills of the COROMANDEL COAST and BENGAL; from Rajmahl to the 

 Southern Circars ; Roxburgh, &c. 



A small, poor tree, attaining 25 ft. Leaves 4 by 2 in., usually smaller, base 

 (in the type form) shallowly cordate but then usually with a small cuneate decurreuce 

 on the petiole, entire, rarely serrate, dusky pubescent, drying blackish above cinereous 

 beneath, mature usually pubescent at least on the nerves ; nerves 7 pair, reticulations 

 distinct; petiole in. Corymbs 2-3 in. diam., hardy brachiate; bracts small, deci- 

 duous. Calyx -,'5 in., in fruit often nearly ^ in. diam. Corolla -, in., 2-lipped, 

 densely hairy in the throat. Drupe in. diam., globose, hardly verrucose. 

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