582 cxi. VERBENACE^:. (C. B. Clarke.). [Gmelina. 



VAR. glaucescens ; leaves glaucous beneath mature often nearly glabrous, calyx- 

 teeth larger triangular. Subtropical Himalaya and Kha*ia Mts., alt. 0-2000 ft. ; 

 J. D. H., &c. Burma and Tenasserim, Kurz. Probably only the form of G. aiborea 

 from moist places ; some N.W. Himalayan examples are intermediate between it and 

 the type. 



2. G-. villosa, JKoxb. TLort. Beng. 46, and Fl. 2nd. iii. 86 ; arboreous, 

 leaves ovate or elliptic mature beneath and small racemose cymes fulvous- 

 tomeutose, bracts broaulv lanceolate acuminate, corolla 1 in. Jack in 

 Mala ij 3J/,fc. i. 17, and in 'Ho-)k. Hot. Misc.. i. 284 ; Wall. Cat. 1816 ; Rchauer 

 in DC. Prodr. xi. 679. G. asiatica, Wall. Cat. 1318, partly -, Kurz For. Fl. 

 ii. 265, not of Linn. Gmelina sp. n. 2, Griff'. Notul. iv. 179. Rumph. Herb. 

 Ami. ii. t. 39. . 



PENANG; Wallich. MALACCA; Griffith, Maing ay. SINGAPORE; Q-. Thomson. 

 NlCOBARS; Jftttrz.DiSTRiB. Malaya. 



Spinous (Roxburgh) ; branchlets unarmed. Leaves 3 by 2 in., obtuse or cuneate 

 at both ends, subentire or coarsely toothed, mature glabrate above ; petiole in. 

 Racemes terminal, 1-2 in. ; bracts J in. Calyx \-\ in., tomeutose with several large 

 glabrous glands ; teeth small. Corolla yellow ; tube very narrow below ; upper lip of 

 the limb larger than the lower, subentire. Drupe f in., ovoid or obovoid, 2-1-seeded. 



3. G-. asiatica. Linn.-. E^vb. FL Ind. iii. 87; shrubby, leaves small 

 ovate or obovatn entire or lobed nvtture glabrous, racemes terminal fulvous- 

 tomentose, bracts siiuill caducous, corolla H in. Lamk. III. t. 542 ; Wall. 

 Cat. 1818, partly -, Schauer in DC. Prodr. xi. 679 ; Wight III. 1. 174; Bedd. 

 For. Man. 172; Brand. For. Fl. 365. G. coromandeliana, Burm. Fl. Ind. 

 132. G. lobata, Gaertn. Fruct. i. 268, t. 56, excl. syn. Rumph. G. parvifolia, 

 Boxb. Cor. PI. ii. 32, t. 162 ; Wall. Cat. 2654 ; Schauer I. c. G. parviflora, 

 Boxb. I. c. G. inermis, Blanco Fl. Filip. 493. Michelia spinosa, Amman, 

 in Act. Petrop. viii. 218, t. 18. 



DECCAN PENINSULA and CEYLON, frequent; Roxburgh, &c. BENGAL; culti- 

 vated. 



Spinescent, or unarmed. Leaves -! i Q -> entire or coarsely lobed, mature beneath 

 glabrous glaucescent from a close coat of minute round glands ; petiole \ in. Racemes 

 1-2 in. ; bracts | in. Calyx % in., tomentose, but with large bare glands, as in G. 

 villosa, as is the corolla. Drupe also as of G. villosa, with which this species has been 

 confounded by Kurz and others. 



4. G. Hystrix, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1870, ii. 81 , and For. Fl. ii. 265 ; 

 leaves elliptic cuneate or rhomboid at both ends mature glabrous, cymes 

 subcapitate, bracts very large nervose coloured, corolla 2 in. Benth. in Gen. 

 PL ii. 1154. G. Finlaysoniana, Wall. Cat. 6317. 



TENASSERIM ; fide Kurz. DISTRIB Siam, Philippines. 



A large, spinous, scandent shrub. Leaves 3 by 1 in., entire, beneath glaucous 

 with scattered round glands ; petiole 1 in. Cymes 2 in. ; bracts 1$ by 1 in., ovate, 

 5-nerved. Corolla yellow, much as of G. vil'.osa, but less tomentose without ; dried 

 exceeding 2 in., 1 in. (Kurz). Drupe % in., obovoid, 2-seeded. 



5. G-. oblongrifolia, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 83 ; arboreous, leaves ovate or 

 oblong entire somewhat rough, panicles terminal brachiate brown-farinose, 

 bracts small caducous, corolla large rosy. Schauer in DC. Prodr. xi. 679. 



E. BENGAL (Roxburgh). 



A tall timber tree. Leaves 6-12 by 3-8 in. ; petiole 2 in., with several glands 

 close to the apex. Calyx cyathiform, entire, farinose, a few glands on the outside. 

 Corolla-tube short ; limb 5-partite, lower lip longer with a deep yellow mark in the 

 centre of its base. Anthers bipartite. Drupe oblong, somewhat 4-cornered and 



