Premna.] oxi. verbenacb^. (C. B. Clarke.) 573 



5. P. corymbosa, Sottl. Sf Willd. in Oesell. Nat. Freunde Neue 

 Schr. iv. (1803) 187, 188 ; leaves Bubcordate-ovate acuminate Tindulate, 

 panicles dense branches dichotomons slender glabrate coloured, corolla | in. 

 tube cyUndric hairy near the top. P. densiflora, Wall. Cat. 1773. P. 

 cordjio]i&, Wight Ic. t. 14«3; Bedd. For. Man. 172 ; Schauer in DC. Prodr. 

 xi.' 632, partly ; Balz. Sf Gibs. Bomh. Fl. 199 P, not of Boxb. P. trun^ata, 

 Turcz. in Bull. Sob. Imp. Nat. Mosc. 1863, ii. 215, ex. descr. Cornutia 

 corymbosa. Burnt. Fl. Ind. 133, t. 41, fig. 1, not of Lamk. 



Cakitatio; Wight, Shuter; Cuddapah Hills, Beddome. Ceylon ; Surmann, 

 Thwaites, C. P. n. 193. 



Leaves SJ by 1| in., young sometimes woolly, mature nearly glabrous, upper 

 surface impressed reticulate; petiole 1 in., pubescent. Pa»ic2es small, pyramidal, 

 very dense, brachiate, patently deciduously pubescent with simple bairs ; bracts nar- 

 rowly lanceolate. Galyse ^ in., early glabrate ; in fruit enlarged, 2-lipped, membra- 

 nous or whitened. Corolla tubular, limb subequally 4-labed. Drupe \ in., obovoid, 

 3-4-seeded. 



6. P. corlacea, Clarke; leaves cordate ovate or orbicular shortly 

 acuminate mature coriaceous glabrous, corymbs laxge compound, corolla 

 i in. P. cordifolia, Grah. Cat. PI. Bomb. 155, not Of Boxh, P. scandens, 

 Balz. Sf Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 199, not of Boxb. 



W. Deocan Peninsula, in the Ghauts, from Bombay to Cochin, common ; Wight, 

 Graham, Mohenacher, &c. 



A large climber (Bitchie) or a tree (Graham). Leaves 5 by 3^ in., entire, mature 

 very shining smooth, nerves 4i-5 pair ; petiole 1 in. Corymb 8 in. diam., 3 in. high, 

 closely shortly hairy ; bracts | in., lanceolate, scattered. Calyx ^ in , cup-shaped, 

 truncate, hardly 2-lipped, minutely pubescent. Corolla greenish-yellow, throat 

 hairy. Drape J in., 1-seeded, narrowly obovoid. 



Vae. ollonga; leaves elliptic or oblong often caudate. P. scandens. Wail. Cat. 

 1774, partly. Premna n. 23, Eerb. Ind. Or. M.f. S( T.— Kbasia Terai; S.f. (Sf T. 

 Nathpur; Mamilton. Sikkim Terai; Clarke. — A tree, 20-40 ft. 



VaB. cvneata ; leaves oblong base cuneate often caudate. Premna n. 23, Serb. 

 Ind. Or. S.f. 4f 2".— Khasia Terai ; Silhet and Pundua, H. f. <f- T. 



7. p. vlUosaj Clarke ; leaves cordate-ovate shortly acuminate mature 

 densely villous beneath, corymbs large compound closely pubescent, corolla 

 i in.— Premna n. 25, Herb. Ind. Or. S.f. Sf T. 



Deccan Peninsula; Mts. of Kurg, Wight, &. Thomson; Wynaad, alt. 3000 ft., 

 JBeddome. 



A tree (or a large climber, Beddome), closely resembling P. eoriaeea except as to 

 the indumentum. Leaves (mature) densely villous with simple straight hairs beneath, 

 most copiously on the nerves, glabrate above ; petiole 2 in. Corymb, calyx, 

 corolla, and young dmpe as of P. eoriaeea, of which this may be a var., as Beddome 



8. P. scandens, Boxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 82 ; leaves petioled elliptic and 

 acuminate or lanceolate entire membranous glabrous, corymbs large com- 

 pound lax pnberulous mauy-fld., calyx subentire membranous in fruit, 

 corolla scarcely ^ in. Schauer in DC. Prodr, xi. 632 ; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 

 263. P. ramosa. Wall. Cat. 1774. — Premna n. 24, Serb. Ind. Or. 

 S.f. $■ T. 



Tebai of N. and E. Bensal, frequent ; Sikkim, J. D. S., &c. ; Bhotan and 

 Assam, Griffith (Kew Distrib. u. 6034). Silhet ; Roxburgh, Wallich ; Caohab, 

 Keenan. MabtabaN; Kurz. 



A tree, 20-40 ft., or (fide Roxburgh) a large climber. Leaves 11 by 4 in., base 

 rounded or cuneate, nerves 6 pair ; petiole \\ in., glabrous. Corymbs 4-10 in, diam. 



