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Premna japonica Miquel in Ann. Mus. Lugd.-Bat. II. 97 (1865); Prol. Fl. Jap. 
29 (1866). — Hance in Jour. Bot. XVI. 111 (1878.) — Maximowicz in Bull. 
Soc. Nat. Mosc. LIV. pt. 1, 40 (1879). — Shirasawa, Icon. Ess. For. Jap. II. 
t. 70, fig. 1-10 (1908). : 
Priva spec. Siebold & Zuccarini in Abk. Akad. Münch. IV. pt. 3, 152 (Fl. Jap. 
Fam. Nat. II. 28) (nomen nudum) (1846). 
Kiangsi: Kuling, thickets, rare, alt. 1200 m., July 27, 1907 (No. 
1670; bush 0.6-1 m., fruit blue). Chekiang: vicinity of Ningpo, 
1908, D. Macgregor; Mokan-shan, August 5, 1915, F. N. Meyer (No. 
1618). Fokien: Dunn's Exped. to central Fokien, April to June 
1905 (Hongkong Herb. No. 3392). 
The Kiangsi and Fokien specimens differ from those from Chekiang in their 
smaller dentate and more pubescent leaves and in their more compact inflorescence, 
the peduncles of the lower lateral cymes of the panicle scarcely exceeding 1 cm. in 
length, while the Chekiang specimens have the looser panicle of the Japanese 
Specimens. i 
Premna ligustroides Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXVI. 256 (1890). 
Western Szech’uan: Kiating Fu, roadsides, alt. 300-600 m., 
May and June 1908 (No. 3216; bush 1-2 m., tall, flowers yellow, fruit 
dark red); Mt. Omei, June 1904 (Veitch Exped. No. 5101; bush 1.3- 
1.6 m. tall); banks of Yangtsze River, May 1903 (Veitch Exped. No. 
4306; bush 0.6-1.3 m. tall). Eastern Szech’uan: Kweichou Fu, 
E. Faber (No. 590). 
VITEX L. 
Vitex Negundo, Linnaeus, Spec. 638 (1753). — Roxburgh, Fl. Ind. 
ed. 2, III. 72 (1832). — Schauer in De Candolle, Prodr. XI. 684 
(1847). — Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. II. 519 (1843). — Brandis, 
Forest Fl. Ind. 369 (1874); Ind. Trees, 503 (1906). — C. B. Clarke 
in Hooker f., Fl. Brit. Ind. IV. 583 (1885). — Hemsley in Jour. Linn. 
Soc. XXVI. 258 (1890). — Diels in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 549 (1900). — 
Pampanini in Nuov. Giorn. Bot. Ital. n. ser. XVII. 702 (1910). — Diels 
in Not. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh, VII. 79 (Pl. Chin. Forrest.) (1912). 
Vitex bicolor Willdenow, Enum. Hort. Berol. 660 (1809). — Schauer in De 
Candolle, Prodr. XI. 683 (1847). 
Vitex arborea Fischer apud Desfontaines, Cat. Hort. Paris, ed. 3, 391 (1829). 
Vitez paniculata Lamarck, Encycl. Méth. II. 612 (1788). — Roxburgh, Fl. 
Ind. ed. 2, YII. 71 (1832). 
Kiangsi: Kuling, thickets, alt. 750 m., August 1, 1907 (No. 1697; 
bush 1-2 m., flowers lavender). Western Hupeh: Ichang, hillsides, 
alt. 300-600 m., June, August and December 1907 (No. 2702, bush 
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