Premna. 135 



0.2 — ^0.3 cM. longus, bilabiatus, variabilis, labio altero 

 bidentato, interdum 1-dentato, acuto, altero 3- vel 2-den- 

 tato; dentibus magnis, acutissimis, majoribus 0. 1 cM. longis; 

 corolla alba, tubo angusto, 0.45—0.55 cM. longo, 0.1-- 

 0.15 cM. lato, extus puberulo; lobis 4 subaequalibus, 0.15 

 cM. longis, extus glabris; fauce villosa; stamina exserta, 

 0.25 cM. longa, filamentis flliformibus, thecis ovoideis, 

 subdivaricatis, poris ellipticis; stylus 0.7 — 0.8 cM. longus, 

 stigmate breviter bifldus; ovarium glabrum; drupa ignota. 



Palau-IslandS: Ledermann no. 14494, Babelthaop, 

 50—100 M. in alt., with flow, and fr. on March 6*, 1914. 



A well-marked species, distinguishable by its relatively long 

 and narrow cOrolla-tube, and its crenate leaves, the bases of 

 which are typically 3 — 7-nerved. 



35. P. littoralis King et Gamble. Kejv Bull., 107, 

 (1908); iid., Journ. As. Soc. Beng. LXXIV, 4, 811. — 

 A small tree; branchlets obscurely angled, with corymbs 

 and petioles tawny-pubescent; /eapes chartaceo-coriaceous, 

 ovate or ovate-deltoid, base cordate, apex acuminate; both 

 surfaces glabrous except on the nerves, which are pube- 

 rulous; margins acutely crenate-dentate except near the 

 base; pairs of nerves 7—9, the lowest 1—2 pairs starting 

 from the base; 10—15 cM. long, 5— 7V3 cM. broad; 

 petioles 2V2 — 4 cM.r corymbs spreading, trichotomous, 

 10 cM. long, 15 cM. wide; peduncles 1.8—2.5 cM.; bracts 

 linear, persistent, the lowest sometimes leaf-like; pedicels 

 very short with a pair of minute bracteoles below the 

 calyx; calyx 0.2 cM.— 27-2 cM. (mM.? H. J. L.), 2-lipped, 

 upper lip shortly 3-lobed, lower one longer, 2-lobed; lobes 

 rounded; tube pubescent without; corolla very pale green, 

 2-lipped, half as long again as the calyx; upper Up broad, 

 bifid, lower one 3-lobed, the midlobe longest; all lobes 

 rounded; tube glabrous without, also within except a belt 

 of thick villous hairs just below the mouth; stamens (in 

 bud) included, filaments short, thick; anthers reniform. 



