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nervis utrinque densi'us vestitis ; 11-30 c.M. longa, 6'/ 2 -13 c.M. lata, petiolo 

 0-1.2 c.M. longo; corymbi terminales, ampli, laxi, multiflori, lanuginosi, 

 20-33 c.M. longi, 18-27 c.M. diametro, pedunculo 6-16 c.M. longo; cymi 

 oppositi vel alterni, di- vel îrichotomi, bracteae deltoideae, 0-6 c.M. longae, 

 0.2 c.M. latae, acuminatae, flores apices ramulorum versus accumulati; 

 calyx cupuliformis, bilabiatus, labiis integris vel interdum obsolete bi- 

 undulatis; dense simplici-puberulus, 0.2, c.M. longus, + sessilis; corrolla 

 alba, tubo glabro, t 0.3 c.M longo, lobis extus puberulis, inter sese + si- 

 milibus, 0.1 c.M. longis et latis ; fauce densissime villosa ; stamina 0.1 c.M. 

 exserta, fauce inserta; stylus 0.15 c.M. exsertus, stigmate breviier bifida; 

 ovarium glabrum. 



Sumatra: LöRZlNG n. 5854, Sibolangit, Bandarbaru ; 800 M. flo- 

 wering on 11. VII. 1918. 



Its affinity is with P. parasitica (this species with leaves coriaceous, not narrowly 

 decurrent). P. stercalifolia (this species with leaf-base truncate or cordate) and P. 

 Ruttenii (with corolla-lobes glabrous, infl. 13X1' c.M.). 



8. Premna alba H.J. L. Verb. 115 (1919), 

 Distribution: Palao-islands ! 



9. Premna Peekelii H.J. L, Verb. 115 (1919). 

 See also under 48. P. acuminate R. BR. 

 Distribution: New-Britain ! 



10. Premna Curranii H.J.L. Verb. 116 (1919). 

 in. H. bog. also from : 



Çelebes: ZOLLINER n. 1148, Boni; corolla albida, Nov. 1847. 

 Distribution: Celebes! Luzon! 



11. Premna borneensis H.J.L. Verb. 117 (1919). 



In H. bog. a specimen from HAVILAND and HOSE, n. 3394 L., Sarawak 

 nr. Kuching. 



Distribution: W. — Borneo ! 



12. Premna congesta MERR., Phil. Journ. Sei. Bot,— , Suppl., 232 (1906); 

 Verb. 118. 



Distribution: Palawan (Philippines)! 



13. Premna angustifolia H.J.L., Verb. 118 (1919). 

 Distribution: New-Guinea! 



14. Premna timoriana DECNE. Nouv. Ann. Mus. Par., Ill, 402 (1834); 

 Verb. 119.— P. tiliaejolia ZlPP. ex SPANOOHE, Linnaea XV, 330. —P. 

 syringae folia ZlPP. I.e. — Pygmaeopremna humilis MERR., Phil. Journ. Sei. Bot. 

 V, 225 (1910), e.d.— A. shrub, 2-3 M. high (BACKER); leaf base ob- 

 tuse or broadly cuneate, sometimes + rounded or truncate, abrupt or 

 somewhat decurrent; margins entire or sometimes with some large, irregular 

 teeth; pairs of nerves 3-5 (-7) ; 0.6-3-9 by 0.4-1.4-3.7 c.M. ; petioles 0.1-0.5-2.8 

 c.M.; corymbs 0.9-2.8 c.M. long; 0.7-3.8 c.M. in diam ; penduncles 0-0.6 

 c.M. ; calyx 0.1-0.2 c,M. ; fruit 0.3 c.M. in diam. 



In H. bog. from : 



Java: BACKER n. 18275, Puger, E. Java, 50-100 M. in alt. ; firs, 

 greenish-white.— Madura: BACKER n. 19628, 10 M. in alt., fr. black ; ID. n. 



