510 LXXXII. VERBENACE^ [Premna 



Sikkim, 2-5,000 . ft. Bhutan, Khasi lulls. . Ta Oo table land, Tenasserim (D. B. 

 March 1862). Climbing, 1. glabrous, pet. J-f in., fine reticulate veins conspicuous on 

 the underside, spikes panicled. 4. P, punduana, "Wall. Khasi hills. Cymes peduncu- 

 late, forming a large compound terminal thyrsus, which like the 5-toothed calyx is 

 stellately tomentose. 



B. Inflorescence coryinbiforni, 1. entire or undulate. 



(a) Calyx distinctly 2-lipped or truncate. L. as a rule glabrous or nearly 

 so. 



a. Petiole longer than 1 in. 

 • 5. P. coriacea, Clarke. Chambari, Rawan, Mar. Evergreen forests of the "Western 

 Ghats', from North Kanara southwards. Siligori. Khasi hills, Silhet (var. oblonga and 

 eimeata). Shan hills 4,000 ft. A large tree (Collett). A large ornamental shrub, 

 generally climbing, often epiphytic, 1. coriaceous, ovate or elliptic, blade 3-8, pet. 

 l-ll in. long, tertiary nerves parallel. Corymbs large, red or purple, petals white, 

 calyx truncate. 6. P. khasiana, Clarke. Khasi hills. Similar to 5, but calyx 2- 

 lipped. 7. P. vUlosa, Clarke. Coorg. Wainad. Nilgiris. Similar to 5, but 1. softly 

 tomentose beneath. 



S. P. scandens, Boxb. Subhimalayan tract, Sikkim, West Duars, mixed forest, 

 chiefly on banks of streams. Assam, Khasi hills. Hills east of Toungoo. A large 

 climbing shrub, 1. elliptic-oblong, long-acuminate, membranous, glabrous, blade 5-10, 

 pet. slender, 1-1-J in. long. Fl. small, in large compound trichotomous cymes 4-10 in. 

 diam., calyx cup-shaped, nearly entire. 9. P. cordifolia, Boxb. Assam. Naga Hills. 

 Malay Peninsula. L. glabrous, ovate or elongate-elliptic, acuminate, blade 4-6, pet. 

 1 in., corymbs dense, corolla-tube twice the length of calyx. 10. P. longifolia, Boxb. 

 Assam. Bengal. A tree, 1. ovate, blade 6-8, pet. 1-2J in. long. 



(3. Petiole 1 in. or less. 



11 P. rntegrifolia, Linn. ; Weight Ic. 1. 1469. — Syn. P. serratifolia, Linn. ; P. sambucina, 

 "Wall. Vern. Ami, Guz. : Khara-Narvel, Aran, Mar. : Tdungtangyi, Burm. Western 

 Penins., Bengal, Burma, near the sea coast, but also inland. Andamans. Nicobars. 

 Ceylon, dry region. Malay Penins. and Archip. Sea shore of China and Tropical 

 Africa. A small evergreen tree, wood scented, trunk and large branches often thorny, 

 1. ovate or elliptic, sometimes coarsely serrate, blade 2-4, pet. J-f in. Fl. small, 

 greenish-yellow, as well as 1. with a peculiar scent, corymbs and calyx minutely hairy, 

 calyx 3-toothed. 12. P. parasitica, Blume. Tenasserim. Malay Penins. A large 

 climber, 1. elliptic or obovate, inflorescence nearly glabrous, calyx glabrous. 13. P. 

 divaricata, Wall. — Sjm. P. lucidida, Kurz F. Fl. ii. 263. Mergui. Andamans. A 

 climber, 1. ovate, acuminate, calyx nearly truncate with 2 minute teeth. 14. P. 

 corymbosa, Bottl. & Willd. — Syn. P. cordifolia, Wight Ic. t. 1483. Karnatik. Cuddapah. 

 L. ovate, blade 2-4, pet. 1 in., tert. nerves strongly reticulate, corymbs small, corolla- 

 tube longer than calyx. 



(b) Calyx equally 4-5-toothed. L. hairy or tomentose. 

 a. Hairs stellate. 



15. P. tomentosa, Willd.; Wight Ic. 1468; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 251. 

 Vern. Narvu, Narva, Narava, Tel. ; Ije, Iti, Kan. ; Podanganari, Tam. 



A middle-sized deciduous tree, branchlets, leaves and inflorescence densely 

 clothed with soft tawny tomentum of stellate hairs. Leaves ovate, acuminate, 

 entire, base often cordate, blade 5-8, petiole 1-2 in. long. Fl. yellow, calyx- 

 segments short, corolla more or less bilabiate, very hairy in the throat. Ovary 

 very hairy, style minutely 2-fid. 



Bajmahal Hills. Chutia Nagpur, Orissa. Deccan and Karnatik. Fl. March, April 

 with the young 1. Ceylon. 16. P. pyramidata, Wall. (P. tomentosa, Kurz F. Fl. ii. 

 260). Vern. Kyun-nalin, Kyunbo, Burma, Lower and Upper. A moderate-sized 

 deciduous tree, wood hard, close grained. Branchlets, petioles, underside of 1. and 

 inflorescence softly and densely stellate-pubescent. L. ovate, base rounded or slightly 

 cordate, entire or slightly sinuate, blade 6-12, pet. 1-3 in., sec. n. 6-9 pair, prominent 

 beneath, as well as tertiary n. Cymes compound, 6 in. across, bracts linear, fl. 

 yellowish-white. Drupe ovoid, glabrous J in. long. 17. P. bengalensis, Clarke. Sub- 

 himalayan tract from Nepal eastwards, chiefly on river banks. Silhet, Cachar. Assam 

 (Gohoi'a). Tavoy, on low land (Kyun-nalin). A moderate-sized tree, evergreen, stem 

 irregularly indented (Gamble). Similar to 16, petiole shorter, 1. stellately-pubescent 

 beneath, on the upper side often with shining glandular dots and with dense stellate 

 hairs on midrib. Bracts linear, J-J in. long, fl. white. These two closely allied species 



