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simple, opposite, entire or lobed: inflorescence cymoso-panicnlate^ 

 panicles racame-like or composed of short few-flowered decussat-- 

 ing cymules, or simply racemed : bracts oftpn caducous ; corolla, 

 conspicuous, drupe large, oblong. 



(1) G. ARBOREA. (Roxh.) 



Menu Roxb. flor. Ind. HI. p. 84.— Dec. prod. XI. p. 680. 

 Syti. Premna arborea, Roth. 



Engrav. Rheede Mai. I. t. 41.— Roxb. Cor. t, 346.— Wight's 

 Icon. t. 1470. 



&BEC. Char. Arboreous, unarmed,, branchlets and young- leaves, 

 covered with a greyish, powdery tomeutum : leaves long-petioled^ 

 cordate or somewhat produced and acute at the base, acuminate, tha 

 adult ones glabrous above, greyish tomentose beneath, with 2-^4 

 glands at the base : panicles tomentose, axillary and terminal^ 

 raceme-like : cymules decussate, trichotomous,. few-flowered : bracts, 

 lanceolate, deciduous : the acutely dentate calyx, eglaudulose : 

 flowers large, sulphur, slightly tinged red outside the tube. 



Coromandel. Neilgherries. Concans. Oudc Goruckpore. 

 Flowering in the hot season.. 



(2.) G. BARviFoiiA. (Roxh.) 



Jdenf. Roxb. H. B. p. 46. flbr. Ind. HI. p. 87. — Dec. prod. 

 XI. p. 679. • 



Syn. G. Coromandeliana, Buvm. — Premna parvifolia, Both. 



Engrav. Roxb. Cor. II. t. 162-— Pluk. t. 14. fig. 4. 



Spec. Char. Thorny shrub: leaves petioled, sub-rhomboidi 

 ovate, obtuse or emarginate, quite entire or 3-5-Iobed, lobes trian- 

 gular rnther obtuse, glabrate, shining above, glaucous below. : pani- 

 cles racemifbrm, terminal, mealy tomentose, few-flowered, bracts. 

 Ciiducous : calyx pedicelled,. very shortly 4-toothed : flowers large, 

 bright sulphur. 



Coromandel coast. Ppndicherry. Mirzapore. Flowering in the- 

 hot season. 



(3) G. AsiATicA. {Linn.) 



Ident, Linn. Sp. p. 873.— Dec. prod. XI. p. 679. — Roxb. flor. 

 Ind. III. p. 85. 



Spec Char. Shrub, thorny or unarmed ; leaves oval or sub- 

 rhombeo-oval, triangular acute, quite entire or with a lateral lobe at 

 either side, young ones slightly tomentose below, adult ones shining 

 above, glaucous beneath : racemes terminal, and axillary, tomentose : 



