580 cxi. vERBENACEJi. (C. B. Clarke.) [Premna. 



ASSAM; Griffith (Kew Distrib. n. 6025). KHASIA TEEAI; H.f. fy T. DISTRIB. 

 Ava. 



An undershrub ; stems 1-1 J foot (Griffith), tbick, patently hairy. Leaves 6J by 4 

 in., somewhat coriaceous, base rounded often cordate, serrate nearly to the base, sparsely 

 pubescent on both surfaces when young, nerves 5 pair ; petiole 1 in., pubescent or 

 woolly. Corymb (in flower) 1| in diam., in fruit 2% in.; branches hairy. Calyx T ' 5 in., 

 green. Corolla f- in., white. Drupe % in., obovoid, smooth, purple. 



30. P. esculent a, Eoxb. Hort. Seng. 46, and Fl. Ind. iii. 80 ; leaves 

 short-petioled obovate or elliptic acuminate sharply serrate, corymbs com- 

 pact nearly glabrous, calyx minutely 5-toothed, corolla in. Wall. Cat. 

 1761 ; Schauer in DO. Prodr. xi. 636 ; Kurz For. FL ii. 261. 



ASSAM (without name of collector). CHITTAGONG ; fide Roxburgh. Cultivated 

 in the Calcutta Botanic Garden. 



A branching shrub, 6-8 ft., trunk hardly any. Leaves 6| by 3 in., base entire 

 cuneate suddenly narrowed sometimes very shortly cordate, mature glabrate, nerves 

 5 pair; petiole in., obscurely puberulous. Corymb 2% in. diam., short-peduncled, 

 globose, many-fld., bracts -^ in., linear. Calyx ^ in., cup-shaped, obscurely puberulous ; 

 somewhat enlarged, more distinctly toothed, in fruit. Corolla yellowish-white, 2- 

 lipped, throat hairy. Drupe in., globose or somewhat obovoid, usually 3-4-seeded. 

 All the examples seen of this appear to be cultivated ; and the native habitat is 

 uncertain. 



31. P. amplectens, Wall. Cat. 1762 ; leaves sessile narrowly obovate 

 acuminate serrate, corymbs compact nearly glabrous, calyx minutely 5- 

 toothed, corolla | in. Schauer in DC. Prodr. xi. 636; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 

 262. P. angustata, Wall. Cat. 1763. Clerodendron n. 33, Herb. H.f. <$f T. 



RANGOON; Wallich, M'Lelland. PEGU, MAETABAN and UPPEE TENASSEBIM, 

 common, Kurz. 



An undershrub (Kurz), throwing up flower-shoots 1-2 ft. high after the jungle 

 fires. Leaves whitened underneath ; sessile cordate, or petiole sometimes ^ in. (Kurz). 

 This agrees so closely with P. esculent a except in the want of petioles, that it may 

 be the wild state of it. P. angustata, Wall., is the same, the leaves being 10 by 4 in. 



32. P. macrophylla, Wall. Cat. 1765 ; leaves sessile elongate-obovate 

 remotely sballowly toothed, corymbs compact patently softly pubescent, 

 calyx 5-toothed enlarged in. fruit. Schauer in DC. Prodr. xi. 636; Kurz 

 For. Fl. ii. 262. 



PEOME HILLS ; Wallich. MAETABAN and PEGU ; common (Kurz). 



A low undershrub, sending up flower-shoots 1-2 ft. after the jungle fires; all the 

 young parts softly pubescent. Leaves 12 by 4 in., base attenuate cuneate, whitened 

 beneath, mature glabrous. Corymbs 2 in. diam., dense, softly hairy even in fruit ; 

 bracts \ in., narrowly lanceolate, hairy, persistent. Calyx in fruit \ in., deeply 2-liDped, 

 striate. Drupe % in., tubercular-rugose (in the dried state), usually 2-seeded (Kurz). 

 Perhaps a var. of P. amplectens, of which the drupe when dried appears nearly 

 smooth (as in P. esculenta). 



33. P. procumbens, Moon ; Wall. Cat. 1780 ; leaves cordate- oblong 

 acute serrate mature glabrescent, corymbs small subsessile globose pubescent, 

 calyx shortly 5-toothed. Schauer in DC. Prodr. xi. 636. 



CEYLON, fide Wallich ; not uncommon in the hotter parts of the island, Thivaites. 



Branches minutely strigose-pubescent. Leaves 3^ by \\ in., base abrupt or 

 cordate, sparsely pubescent above when young, nerves 5 pair ; petiole ^ in. Corymbs 

 1 in. diam. ; in fruit 1^-2 in., pyramidal or subthyrsoid. Calyx -,' 2 in., minutely 

 pubescent or scabrid. Corolla ^ in. Drupe % in., obovoid, tuberculate. All the 

 specimens seen are from the Calcutta Botanic Garden, cultivated. 



