116 Premna. 



lata, petiolo 1—6 cM. longo; inflorescentia corymbosa, 

 ampla, bracteis parvis caducis, 10^ — 15 cM. longa, 9 — ^25 

 cM. lata, pedunculo brevi, 0—3 cM. longo; calyx 0.25 

 cM., pubescens, bilabiatus, labio inferiore 2 dentibus magnis 

 acutis obtusisve, superiore integro vel undulato vel 3 

 dentibus obtusis suffulto; corolla glabra vel subglabra, 

 bilabiata, 4-lobata, 0.35 cM. longa, tubo 0.3 cM. longo; 

 stamina 4, inclusa, fauce villoso inserta; stylus stigmate 

 breviter bifidus; ovarium glabrum vel apice subpuberulum ; 

 drupa 0.4—0.6 cM. longa, globosa, glabra. 



New-Britain (Neu-Pommern): Peekel no. 794, Vuna- 

 pope, 3 M. in alt.; native name: a kua; with flow, and 

 fr. on Aug. 1st, 1911. 



9. P. Curranii H. J. Lam, nov. spec. — Frutex?; ramuli, 

 inflorescentia, petioli pubescentes; folia oblonga vel ovata 

 vel subquadrangulariter rotunda, basi leviter cordata, apice 

 longe acuminata vel subabrupte vel abrupte acuminata, 

 integerrima vel interdum apicem versus denticulato-serrulata ; 

 adulta utrinque molliter, in nervis densius, pubescentia; mem- 

 branacea vel subchartacea ; 11 7^-14 cM: longa, 6V2'~10 

 cM. lata; petiolo 3—5.2 cM. longo; corymbus parvus, 

 5V3 cM. longus, 4 cM. latus, pedunculo 1 cM. longo; 

 calyx pubescens, sparse glandulosus, bilabiatus, 0.15 cM.; 

 labio inferiore bidentato, superiore integro vel plus minus 

 bidentato, dentibus obtusis; corolla 0.4 cM. longa; tubo 

 extus puberulo 0.2 cM. longo, intus fauce dense barbato; 

 bilabiata, labium superius integrum, 0.15 cM. longum, 

 inferius 3-lobatum, 0.2 cM. longum, lobo medio majore, 

 0.1 cM. longo; stamina 4, exserta, fauce inserta; stylus 

 0.4 cM., stigmate brevissime bifidus; ovarium glabrum; 

 drupam non videmus. 



Manila: Curran no. 19022, flow, in May 1909. 



Our species has an affinity with P. pubescens (as the specimen 

 was erroneously determined), but differs from it very distinctly 

 by its flowers. 



