Premim. ] 
XCV. VERBENACE.E. 
1177 
texture, 3 to 5in. long, some exceeding 2in. wide in the centre, on slender 
petioles of A to Hin., margins entire, primary veins few, about 4 on each side of 
the prominent midrib, the veinlets fine and numerous between them. Flowers 
small in terminal trichotomous corymbose panicles, the common peduncle not 
exceeding lin. in length, the branches, branchlets, and calyxes clothed with short 
scabrous hairs. Calyx 5-toothed, scarcely 1 line long, expanding and becoming 
more or less 2-lipped, ribbed and nearly glabrous under the fruit. Corolla twice 
as long as the calyx, lobes obtuse, very hairy inside as well as the upper part of 
the tube. Drupe globular, 3 lines diameter, the putamen prominently verrucose, 
plainly showing on the dry fruit. 
Hab.: Walsh Fever, T. Barclay -Millar. 
In many respects this species approaches P. Dallacliyana, Benth., but no reference is made 
in the description of that species to the very prominent feature — the verrucose fruit — which 
would never have escaped detection by Mr. Bentham, in drawing up the diagnosis of that 
species for the flora. Its nearest ally would seem to be the Indian species P. latifulia, Roxb. 
The notice given of the leaves of various Premnas drying b'aek is not worthy of note, for if 
dried quickly they retain a gveen colour, but if allowed to become damp will turn black. 
6. P. acuminata (leaves acuminate), R. Br. ['rod. 512 ; Benth. FI. Austr. 
v. GO. A small tree of spreading habit, the inflorescence and foliage more or 
less hoary with a short close tomentum. Leaves broadly cordate-ovate, deltoid 
or almost rhomboidal, acuminate, entire or coarsely and irregularly toothed, 2 to 
4in. long, more or less pubescent or tormentose on both sides, 3- or 5 -nerved 
(the first and often the second pair of primary veins starting from the base of 
the midrib), the petioles usually more than half as long as the leaves. Panicles 
very loose, the primary branches trichoto.nous, the ulterior ones dichotomous, 
the whole panicle sometimes 8 to lOin. broad. Flowers nearly sessile. Calyx 
tomentose, nearly 1A line long, shortly and obtusely 5-toothed but the 3 
upper teeth usually smaller and sometimes united as in B. ohtusifolia. Corolla- 
tube shortly exserted, the lobes ovate, shorter than the tube, the upper inner one 
not very different from the others. Drupe depressed-globular, about 2 lines 
diameter. — Schau. in DC. Prod. xi. 637 ; F. v. M. Fragm. iii. 36 : P. cardata, 
R. Br. 1. c. ; Schau. 1. c. 
Hab.: Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, B. Brou n. 
The species is readily distinguished by its Poplar-like foliage and loose inflorescence. 
13. GMELINA, Linn. 
(After S. Gmelin, a German naturalist.) 
Calyx 4, or 5-toothed or sinuate-lobed. Corolla-tube much dilated upwards or 
almost campanulate ; limb oblique, with 4 or 5 spreading lobes, the two upper 
ones sometimes united in an upper lip. Stamens 4, in pairs, shorter than the 
corolla. Ovary 4-celled with 1 ovule in each cell laterally attached at or above 
the middle; style filiform, unequally 2-lobed at the top. Fruit a succulent drupe, 
the putamen hard or bony, 4-celled or rarely 2-celled. Seeds solitary in each 
cell, without albumen. — Trees or tall shrubs. Leaves opposite, undivided. 
Flowers often rather large, pale purplish pink or blue, or in species not Australian 
yellow, in cymes arranged in irregular terminal panicles, sometimes almost 
reduced to simple racemes. Bracts small. 
The genus extends over tropical Asia and the Indian Arcnipelago. The Australian species, 
although with the aspect of some Asiatic ones, appear to be all endemic. — Benth. 
Leaves glabrous (above 6in.). Panicles long and narrow. Cymes 
pedunculate . 1. G. macrophijlla. 
Leaves glabrous (under Gin.). Cymes forming sessile clusters along the 
rhaeh is of the panicle or of its branches 2. G. fasciculijlora. 
Leaves tomentose-underneath. Cymes pedunculate in a loosely pyramidal 
panicle 8. G. Leichhardt ii. 
