680 CXI. VEEBBNACBJi. (C. B. Clarke.) [Premna. 



Assam ; Griffith (Kew Distrib. u. 6025). Khasia Tbeai ; S. f: If T.— Distbib. 



An undershrub ; stems 1-li foot (Griffith), thick, patently hairy. Leaves 6J by 4J 

 in., somewhat coriaceous, base rounded often cordate, serrate nearly to the base, sparsely 

 pubescent on both surfaces when young, nerves 5 pair; petiole 1 in., pubescent or 

 woolly. Corymb (in flower) \\ in diam., in fruit 2^ in. ; branches hairy. Calyx ^ in., 

 green. Corolla |-^ in., white. Drupe J in., obovoid, smooth, purple. 



30. P. esculenta, Boneh. Hort. Beng. 46, and Fl. Ind. iii. 80 ; leaves 

 short-petioled obovatei or elliptic acuminiite sharply serrate, corymbs com- 

 pact nearly gl3,brou3, calyx minutely 5-toothed, corolla ^ in. Wall. Cat. 

 1761 ; Schauer in BO. Prodr. xi. 636 ; Kurz For. Fl. ii. 261. 



Assam (without name of collector). CniTTAaoNa j fide Moxlwgh. — Cultivated 

 in the Calcutta Botanic Garden. 



A branching shrub, 6-8 ft., trunk hardly any. Leaves 6J by 3 in., base entire 

 cuneate suddenly narrowed sometimes very shortly cordate, mature glabrate, nerves 

 5 pair ; petiole i in., obscurely puberulous. Corymb 2J in. diam., short-peduncled, 

 globose, many-fld., bracts ■^va.., linear. Calyx -^j in., cnp-shaped, obscurely puberulous ; 

 somewhat enlarged, more distinctly toothed, in fruit. Corolla yellowish-white, 2- 

 lipped, throat hairy. Drupe ^ in., globose or somewhat obovoid, usually 3-4-seeded. 

 — All the examples seen of this appeai: to be cultivated ; and the native habitat is 

 uncertain. 



31. P. amplectens^ Wall. Cat. 1762 ; leaves sessile narrowly otovate 

 acuminate serrate, corymbs compact nearly glabrous, calyx minutely 5- 

 tootlied, corolla i in. Schauer in DC. Prodr. xi. 636; Kurz For.Fl.ii. 

 262. P. angustata. Wall. Cat. 1763.— Olerodendron n. 33, Rerh. S.f. S{ T. 



Rangoon ; Wallich, M'Lelland. Pegu, Maetaban and Uppee Tbnasseeim, 

 common, Kurz. 



An undershrub {Knrz), throwing up flower-shoots 1-2 ft. high after the jungle 

 fires. Leaves whitened underneath ; sessile cordate, or petiole sometimes j!; in. (Knrz). 

 — This agrees so closely with P. eseulenia except in the want of petioles, that it may 

 be the wild state of it. P. angmtata, Wall., is the same, the leaves being 10 by 4 in. 



32. P. macropbylla, Wall. Cat. 1765 ; leaves sessile elongate-obovate 

 remotely shallowly toothed, corymbs compact patently softly pubescent, 

 calyx 5-toothed enla,rged in fruit. Schauer in DC. Prodr. xi. 636 ; Zurz 

 For. Fl. ii. 262. 



Peome Hills ; Wallich. Maetaban and Pegf ; common (Kiirz). 



A low undershrub, sending up flower-shoots 1-2 ft. after the jungle fires ; all the 

 young parts softly pubescent. Leaves 12 by 4 in., base attenuate cuneate, whitened 

 beneath, mature glabrous. Corymbs 2 in. diam., dense, softly hairy even in fruit ; 

 bracts | in., narrowly lanceolate, hairy, persistent. Calyx in fruit J in., deeply 2-lipped, 

 striate. Drupe J in., tubercular-rugose (in the dried state), usually 2-seeded (Kurz). 

 — Perhaps a var. of P. amplecfens, of which the drupe when dried appears nearly 

 smooth (as in F. esculenta'). 



83. P. procumbens, Moon ; Wall. Cat. 1780 ; leaves cordate-oblong 

 acute serrate mature glabrescent, corymbs small subsessile globose pubescent, 

 calyx shortly 5-toothed. Schauer in DC. Prodr. xi. 636. 



Cetlon, fide Wallich ; not uncommon in the hotter parts of the island, Thwaites. 



JBranches minutely strigose-pubescent. Leaves Z\ by IJ in., base abrupt or 

 cordate, sparsely pubescent above when young, nerves 5 pair ; petiole ^ in. Corymbs 

 1 in. diam. ; in fruit li-2 in., pyramidal or subthyrsoid. Calyx ,'j in., minutely 

 pubescent or scabrid. Corolla ^ in. Drupe \ in., obovoid, tuberculate. — All the 

 specimens seen are from the Calcutta Botanic Garden, cultivated. 



