Gmelina] LXXXII. VERBENACEiE 509 



5. GMELINA, Linn. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 581. 



Trees or shrubs, leaves usually entire. PL large, corolla- tube slender below, 

 wider upwards, limb oblique, anther-cells oblong, diverging. Ovary 4-celled, 

 style slender, shortly bidd, rarely 4-fid. Drnpe succulent, stone bony, 1-4- 

 celled. Seeds oblong, albumen 0. Species 8, Indo-Malayan region, tropical 

 Australia. 



A. Unarmed trees. 



1. G. arborea, Linn. ; Roxb. Oor. PI. t. 246 ; Wight Ic. t. 1470 ; Bedd. 

 M. Sylv. t. 253. Vern. Gamhar/Gambhar, Khamara, Hind. ; Sewaii, Rajpu- 

 tana; Gomari, Ass.; Kasmar, Kol ; S hi van , Ma.r. ; Gmnmadi, Tel.; KicUj 

 Kan. ; Ktmihili^ Mai. ; Yamane, Yejiiane, Burm. 



A large deciduous tree, bark pale, wood greyish-white, light and strong, 

 bark smooth, young shoots, petioles, underside of 1. and inflorescence softlj^ 

 tawny-tomentose. Leaves broad-ovate acuminate, often with a cordate base^ 

 basal nerves 3-5, blade 4-9, petiole 3-5 in., with shining glands at the inser- 

 tion of leaf. Fl. yellow, tinged with brown, in a narrow terminal racemiform 

 thyrsus, calyx 5-toothed, as well as corolla softly tomentose, bracts, linear- 

 lanceolate, corolla 1-1 1 in. long, ventricose. Drupe yellow when ripe, 1 in. 

 long. 



Subhimalayan tract from the Ohenab eastwards, ascending to 3,000 ft. Aravalli 

 hills. Central India. Singblium. Western Peninsula. Burma. Leaves are shed 

 Feb.-April, the new foliage appears April-May. Fl. Feb.-April, generally before 

 the 1. are out. Coppices well. 2. G. oWongifolia, Roxb. East Bengal. A tall tree. 1. 

 ovate or oblong, corolla rosy, drupe bright crimson when ripe. 



B. Branchlets frequently spinescent. 



3. a asiatica, Linn. ; Wight 111. t. 174 ; Brandis F. Fl. 365. Vern. Gumudti, Karu 

 gummadi^ Tel.-, Adivi Gumadl, Sriharikota and Madras. A common hush on the 

 Coromandel coast, south as far as Tuticorin. also inland in the Deccan and Karnatik. 

 An excellent hedge plant.— Ceylon. A large shrub, 1. ovate or obovate, frequently 

 lobed, pubescent when young, blade J-1^ in., petiole | in. FL, yellow, in narrow 

 racemiform panicles at the ends of branches, calyx 4- toothed, corolla IJ in. long, bracts 

 small caducous. Drupe | in. long, ovoid or obovoid, 1-2-seeded. 4. Gt. villosa, Roxb, 

 {G. asiatica, Kurz F. Fl. ii. 265). Pegu, Martaban, Nicobars, Malay Peninsula and 

 Archipelago, Young shoots and inflorescence densely tawny villous, 1. elliptic, entire, 

 hairy above, densely villous beneath, blade 2-4, pet. |-1 in., bracts broadly lanceolate, 

 corolla IJ in., almost tubular, calyx tomentose, minutely 4-toothed, with several large 

 glabrous glands. 5. Q, Hystrix, Kurz. Tenasserim. Siam. Philippines. A large 

 scandent shrub, 1. nearlv glabrous, sometimes with a few large teeth, blade 2-4, pet. 

 |-| in.-, fl. protected by the large ovate coloured bracts, 1 in., coi'olla yellow, 2 in. long. 



6. PREMN A, Linn. ; M, Brit. Ind. iv. 571. 



Trees or shrubs, frequently climbing or epiphytic, 1. undivided. Fl. 

 greenish- or yellowish- white, in bracteate, triehotomous compound cymes. 

 Calyx small, corolla short, tubular, throat hairy, limb 2-lipped or subequally 

 4- or 5-lobed. Stamens 4, ovary 2-or 4 celled, ovules 4. Fr. a fleshy drupe, 

 stone hard, rugose or tubei'cled, 2-4-celled. Seeds oblong, albumen 0, radicle 

 inferior. Species 40-50, Indo-Malayan region, 17 in Africa. 



I, Shrubs, trees or climbers. 



A. Inflorescence elongate, narrow, spiciform or thyrsoid, 



1. p. interrupta, "Wall. *, Outer Himalaya 5-8,000 ft. from Kumaon to Sikkim. 

 Khasi hills. A shrub or small tree, usually climbing, youngest shoots and inflores- 

 cence pubescent. L. obovate, 4-8 in. long, narrowed into a very short petiole. Fl. 

 sessile, in compact nearly sessile cymose clusters supported by foliaceous lanceolate 

 bracts, fbi-ming a simple cylindrical terminal spike, often interrupted near the base. 

 2. P. racemosa, "Wall. Assam, Khasi hills, Yunnan. L. and spikes smaller, blade 2-3 

 in., petiole J-J in., corolla % in. long, tube longer than calyx. 8. P. isracteata, Wall. 



