Premna.] cxi. VERBENACE.E. (C. B. Clarke.) 581 



34. P. herbacea, Roxb. Sort. Seng. 46, and Fl. Ind. iii. 80 ; stem 

 hardly any, leaves sessile obovate coarsely serrate mature pubescent on the 

 nerves, corymbs small, calyx subequaily 5- toothed. Schauer in DC. Prodr. 

 xi. 637 ; G-riff. Itin. Notes, p. 96, n. 1422, and Ic. t. 447, lower jig. ; Brand. 

 For. Fl. 368. P. pygmsea, Wall. Cat. 1776. 



SUBTBOPICAL HIMALAYA, alt. 500-3000 ft., from Kumaon to Bhotan, frequent in 

 the Terai, Wallich, &c. S. DECCAN PENINSULA; Mudumallay, Beddome. 



A small undershrub ; flowering branches 1-4 in., springing up after the jungle fires. 

 Leaves 4 by 23 in., obtuse, mature microscopically dotted above, minutely deciduously 

 pubescent beneath, nerves 5 pair. Corymbs 1 in. diam., pubescent, somewhat dense ; 

 peduncle 0-1 1 in. Calyx T ' in., closely pubescent; lobes ovate, obtuse. Corolla Jin., 

 greenish-white, hairy in the throat, 4-lobed obscurely 2-lipped. Drupe % in. diam., 

 globose. 



IMPERFECTLY KNOWN SPECIES. 



35. P. GBOSSA, Wall. Cat. 1764, type sheet ; leaves short-petioled narrowly obovate 

 or elliptic coarsely obtusely toothed mature glabrate, petiole stellately fulvous-tomen- 

 tose. Schauer in DC. Prodr. xi. 638, partly. Burma ; Pingee, Wallich. 



Wallich's example is a branch with leaves only, in habit exceedingly like P. esculenta, 

 except as to the points mentioned in the diagnosis. Leaves 5| by 2 in., mature 

 glabrate. Schauer's description appears compounded out of Wallich's two sheets of 

 1764, the second of which may very possibly not be of the same genus or order. 



VAB. ? orbiculata; leaves suborbicular base shortly cuneate coarsely toothed soft 

 with simple hairs on both surfaces. P. grossa, Wall. Cat. 1764, second sheet only. 

 Prome; Wallich. 



PBEMNA ROXBUBGHIANA, Wall. Cat. 2648, is not in the Wallichian Herbarium. 



PBEMNA ? Wall. Cat. 9077, is Viburnum sambucinum, Reinw. 



XII. QXKEXiXNA, Linn. 



Trees or shrubs, shoots tomentose, unarmed or spinous. Leaves opposite, 

 entire toothed or lobed. Cymes panicled or small; bracts narrow, except in 

 Gr. Hystrix. Flowers large, yellow or brownish, tomentose at least when 

 young. Calyx campanulate, shortly 5-toothed or subentire. Corolla-tube 

 slender below, ventricose upwards; limb oblique, 5- (or 4-) lobed. Stamens 

 4, didynamous, subexserted; anther-cells oblong, pendulous, subseparate. 

 Ovary 4-celled, 4-ovuled ; style slender, shortly bifid. Drupe succulent ; 

 endocarp bony, undivided, 4-2-celled ; calyx persistent, unaltered. Seeds 

 oblong. Species 8, E. Asiatic and N. Australian. 



1. G-. arborea, Linn.-, Roxb. Cor. PL iii. 41, t. 246, and Fl. Ind. iii. 

 84 ; arboreous, leaves large cordate-ovate acute beneath and panicles f ulvous- 

 tomentose, bracts linear- lanceolate, corolla 1 in. Wall. Cat. 1817 ; Schauer 

 in DC. Prodr. xi. 680; Dalz. 8f Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 201; Wight Ic. t. 1470; 

 Griff. Notul. iv. 179, and Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 443; Bocq. Rev. Verben. t. 14, 

 fig. 1-11 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 253 ; Brand. For. FL 364 ; Kurz For. FL ii. 

 264; Gamble Indian Timbers, 295. G. Rheedii, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4395; 

 Thwaites Enum. 244. Premna arborea, Roth Nov. Sp. 287. P. tomentosa, 

 Miq. in PL Hohenack. n. 554, not Willd.Rheede Hort. Mai. i. t. 41. 



Throughout the DECCAN PENINSULA and CEYLON, frequent, extending to the foot 

 of the N.W. HIMALAYA. CHITTAGONG. DJSTBIB. Malayan and Philippine Islands. 



An unarmed tree, sometimes attaining 60 ft., deciduous, flowering with the young 

 leaves. Leaves 9 by 6 in., more or less sicuminate, entire, mature glabrate above, 

 stellately hairy beneath ; petiole 3 in., top glandular. Panicles often 1 foot, terminal ; 

 bracts in. ; flowers numerous. Calyx $ in., teeth very small or obsolete. Corolla 

 brown-ye low, upper lip shortly bind, longer than the lower. Drupe f in., ovoid, 

 usually 2-1-seeded. 



