576 CXI. VEBBENACELffii. (C. B. Clarke.) [Premna. 



a little yellow hair clinging to the sides of the midrib beneath ; 'nerves 6 pair, 

 secondary reticulating nerves conspicuous ; petiole 2^ in. Corymbs terminal, short- 

 peduncled, 3-4 in. diam., closely pubescent and with some deciduous fulvous hairs, 

 exceedingly like P. integrifolia, but rather larger. Calyx -^ in., in frait S-toothed, 

 closely scabrid-puberulous. Corolla \-\ in., greenish- white, hairy in the throat. 

 DrwpeYra. diam., globose, 4-seeded (lloxburgh). — The two examples of Roxburgh, 

 one named by himself, agree exactly with his Ic. Ined. at Kew, and with his descrip- 

 tion ; and are very unlike the F. longifolia of Wallich, accepted as Boxborgh's by 

 Schauer. It seems very near P. integr^olia, Linn. 



*** Calyx 6-4-tootlied, subequally or obsoxirely 2-lipped, 



t Leaves entire or nearly so. 



16. P> mlUeflora, Clarke; leaves large long-petioled ovate acute 

 entire mature minutely orisped-pnbescent on the nerves, corymb large very 

 many-fld., calyx minutely 5-tootlied. — Premna n. 30, Serb. Ind. Or. H. f. 

 SfT. 



Assam j Chifftth (Kew Distrib. n. 6028) j Upper Assam, JenJcins. 



Generally resembling P. longifolia, Boxb., but with a very large dense corymb 

 of very small flowers. I/eaves 7 by 4 in., base rhomboid, mature minutely pubes- 

 cent on the nerves (primary and secondary) beneath, nerves 8 pair ; petiole 2^ in. 

 Corymb a foot diam., about 2000-flowered (in Griffith's n. 320), and calyx (j', in.), 

 minutely pubescent. Corolla ^ in., throat hairy. Drupe | in., globose. 



17. P. tomentosa, Willd. Sp. PI. iii. 314 ; leaves ovate acuminate 

 entire mature stellate-woolly beneath, corymbs panicled densely stellate- 

 woolly, calyx shortly 5-fid, ovary upwards very hairy. Roxh. Fl. Ind. iii. 

 76; Wall. Cat. 1769; Schauer in DC. Prodr. xi. 634; Wight Ic. t. 1468; 

 Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 251 ; Brand. For. Fl. 367. P. flaveseens, Juss. in Ann. 

 Mus. d'Hist. Nat. vii. 77, not of Wall. Comutia corymbosa, Lamh. Diet. 

 i. 54, not ofBurm. 



Deooan Peninsula and Cbylon, frequent ; from the Circars and Central Pro- 

 vinces southward. 



A tree, often 50 ft. j branchlets densely stellate-wooUy. Leaves 6 by 3J in., base 

 rounded or subcordate, coriaceous, minutely glandular scabrous above, nerves 7 pair ; 

 petiole 1 in. Corymbs | in. diam., often sessile, upper branches (or nearly all) 

 alternate; bracts J in., linear. Calyx -f^ in., stellately woolly. Corolla ^-^'m.,2- 

 lipped, hairy in the throat, greenish-yellow. Drupe J in. diam., deciduously hairy, 

 ovoid, 3-1-seeded. — This is certainly P. tomentosa of Boxb., but whether of Willd. may 

 be questioned. Willdenow founds his plant as a syn. of Comutia corymbosa,laviisi. 

 Lamarck does not say whether it was the same as Comutia corymbosa, Burm. If it 

 was the same, which from the description seems not improbable, then Premna 

 tomentosa, Willd., is a mere syn. of P. corymbosa. 



Vae. detergibilis ; mature leaves with most of the wool rubbed off. P. latifolia, 

 Thwaites Mnum. 24,2, not of Eoxb.— Ceylon ; Thwaites, 0. P. n. 2893. 



18. P. pyramidata, Wall. Cat. 1779 ,• leaves large ovate very shortly 

 acuminate subentire mature glabrous above hairy and somewhat woolly 

 beneath, panicles pyramidal many-fld. stellately villous. Schauer in DC. 

 Prodr. xi. 633. P. tomentosa, Furz For. Fl. ii. 260; Oamble Indian 

 Timbers, 294. 



Tavot and Amherst ; Wallich. — Disteib. Java ? 



A large tree {Wallich). Leaves 8 by 5 in., from ovate to orbicular, base obtuse 

 sometimes subcordate, nerves 7 pair ; petiole IJ in., stellately villous. Panicles 6 in. 

 diam.; branches opposite, ascending, peduncles IJ in., flowers crowded at the ends of 

 the branches; bracts^ in., linear, numerous. Calyx -jj in., distinctly 5-toothed at 

 flower-time, stellately villous. Corolla J in., or rather more, stellately villous with- 



