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68. VERBENACEiE. 



[Premna. 



2. PREMNA, Linn. 



Trees or shrubs, sometimes climbing". Leaves entire or toothed. 

 Cymes terminal^ panicled or corymbose. Flowers greenish- white 

 or purplish, often odorous. Calyx 2 -lipped or cup-shaped. Corolla 

 shortj tubular ; limb 2-lipped, 5-lobed or subequally 4-lobed, 

 Stamens 4, didynamous. Ovary 2 or 4-celled ; style linear, shortly 

 bifid ; cells 4-ovuled. Drupe small, globose, surrounded below by 

 the calyx, 1-4-celled and seeded. Heeds oblong. 



Lai'ge climbing shrub. Corymbs large, purple. 



Calyx cupsbaped ... 1. P. coriacea. 



Erect tree, sometimes spinous. Corymbs greenisb- 



yellow. 



Calyx 2-lipi)ed ••• •• 2. P, integrifolia,. 



1. p. coriacea, Clark, Fl. Br. I. 4. 573. P. scandem, Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 199, not of Roxb. P. cordifoUa, Grab. Cat. PI. Bomb. 155, not 

 of Roxb. Ghamharij Vern. ; Bawan, M. ; Zarangi hally, K. 



Western peninsula on the ghats from Bombay to Cochin. Konkan and 

 North Kanara ghats, in moist forests. Common from Ainshi south- 

 wards. The large purple corymbs (not greenish-yellow) and young 

 leaves appear in Apl.-May. Fr. ripe June. An ornamental climber. A 

 large climbing, scandent shrub. Bark smooth, thin, covered with round, 

 large, scattered, corky lenticels ; inner bark white or yellowish with 

 lighter brown fibres. Wood light, rough, soft, mustard-yellow colour. 

 Pores large to small, numerous. Medullary rays moderately broad^ 

 wavy, numerous. Annual rings distinct, marked by lines of large pores.. 

 Weighs 34 lbs. to the cub. ft. The petals are white, but the rest of th& 

 inflorescence is purple or red coloured. 



2. P. integrifolia, Lmn. Mant. 252 ; FL Br. I. 4, 574 ; Br audi s For. 

 Fl. 366 ; Grab. Cat. Bomb. PI. 155, P. sermtifoUa, Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 172.. 

 P. latifolia, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 200. Khdra'-narvel, aran, narvel, 

 M. ; JLm^, Guz. 



India near the sea from Bombay to Malacca, Ceylon, the Andamans 

 and Nicobars. Throughout the Konkan and North Kanara, usually near 

 the sea-coast. Fl. June-July. Fr. ripe July-Aug. A small tree. 

 Wood w^hite, W'ith purple streaks, moderately hard, close-grained ; used 

 for firewood (Gamble). The greenish-yellow flowers have a peculiar 

 odour. The seeds are pear-shaped with a fluted top — one to each fruit, 

 not 3-4, in the North Kanara plant, P. cordifolia, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. 

 Fl. 199 ; Grab. Cat. Bomb. PI. 155, is doubtfully referred to P. corymhosa,, 

 Rottl. in the Fl. of Br. I. by Clarke ; it is noted from Khanddla on the 

 Konkan ghats ; leaves long acuminate, seeds rough. Is this simply a 

 form of P. integrifolia^ Linn.? In Graham's Catalogue, p. 155, there is 

 a species, called P. Nimmoniana, G. (Oura, hal gura, Vern.), which is. 

 said to grow at Mah4baleshvar, also on the Rotunda ghdt. This species^ 

 is. not quoted in the Fl. Br, I. I have not seen it. 



