136 Premna. 



very shortly 1— 2-mucronate; style thick,, stigma very 

 shortly bifid; ovary glabrous except for a few glandular 

 scales; drupe glabrous. 



Distribution: Perak, at the sea-coast. 



The species — we did not see any specimen of it — seems 

 remarkable by its large calyx. Perhaps, however, this is based 

 upon a printing error, since we know of no other Premna with 

 a calyx of this dimensions. The authors' remark: „stamens (in 

 bud) included, style short" seems rather superfluous, as it is 

 very common that these parts grow rapidly after the opening 

 of the flower. 



36. P. benguetensis C. B. Rob., Phil. Journ. Sci. Bet. 

 Ill, 215, (1908). — A shrub or small tree, 3.6 M. high; 

 branchlets and corymbs densely ferruginous-pubescent; 

 leaves opposite, elliptical-ovate, base rounded, apex acu- 

 tely or obtusely acuminate; margins entire; glabrous on 

 both sides, except on the nerves, which are, especially 

 beneath, ferruginous-pubescent; pairs of nerves 5 — 7; SVs — 

 7 cM. long, 2.3—3.2 cM. wide; petioles pubescent or 

 subglabrous, 0.8—1.9 cM. long; corymbs leafy below; 

 bracts 0.1 — 1 cM.; ca/yx 0.2—0.25 cM., somewhat 2-lipped; 

 lower (upper; C. B. Rob.) lip with 2 large obtuse lobes, 

 upper (lower: C. B. Rob.) one with 3 smaller subacute 

 teeth; corolla greenish-white, 0.33 cM., 2-lipped down to 

 the middle; upper lip with 2 round lobes, lower one 

 3-lobed, midlobe rounded, lateral lobes subacute, deltoid; 

 glabrous without; throat villous; stamens didynamous; 

 filaments 0.05—0.1 cM.; anthers 0.04 cM.; style 0.4 cM., 

 stigma very short, bifid; ovary subglabrous or glabrous; 

 0.07 cM. in diam.; drupe globose, 0.4 cM. long, 0.35 

 cM. in diam.; pyrene with 2—4 seeds. 



Distribution: Luzon. 



37. P. flavescens Ham. ex Wall. Cat. no. 2649, (1828); 

 Hoofc, f., Fl. Br. Ind. IV, 578; King and Gamble, Journ. 

 As. Soc. Beng. LXXIV, 4, 812. — A shrub or a small tree; 



