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VITEX ARBOREA. Roxb. Hort. Beng. p. 46. 



DlDYNAMIA AnGIOSPERMIA. 



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V. arhorea ; arborea, foliis ternatis, foliolis ovato-lanceolatis 

 integerrimis subtoraentosis, paniculis terminalibus, bracteis 

 calyce longioribus. 



Lubbun. Malay. 



Sumatra, &c. — A tree, with somewhat 4-sided branches. 

 Leaves opposite, petiolated, ternate, sometimes quinate; leaf- 

 Ms ovato-lanceolate, acuminate, quite entire, rigid, covered 

 with a very short tomentum. Petioles long, thickened at the 

 base, pulverulent. Panicles terminal: flowers subsessile. 

 Bracteas opposite, ovato-lanceolate, acute, tomentose, longer 

 than the calyces. Calyx 5-dentate, tomentose, persistent 

 Corolla caerulescent, or nearly white, longer than the calyx, 

 contracted and almost closed at the mouth ; limb bilabiate, 

 upper lip 2-lobed, lobes diverging, lower lip larger, 3-lobed, 

 the lateral lobes reflexed, the middle one larger, subrotund, 

 concave, tomentose at the base, and of a deeper blue than the 

 ^^st. Stamens 4, didynamous, ascending, longer than the 

 corolla. Style longer than the stamens. Stigma bifid. Berry 

 black, juicy, containing a 4-celled, 4-seeded nut. 



The wood of this tree is very hard, and employed by the 

 inhabitants of Sumatra in the construction of their houses. 

 y^^y consider an infusion of the bark as a useful application 



in cases of ophthalmia. 



SPHENODESME. IV. J. 



' ^JDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. Nat. Ofd. VlTICES. JUSS. 



Calyx tubulosus, 5-dentatus. Corolla 5-loba, subirregularis. 

 Stamina 4-5, exserta. Ovarium 4-loculare, 4-sporum. 

 Bacca monosperma. Flores fasciculati, involucrati. 



Sphenodesme pentandra. W. J' 

 ^' pentandra s foliis oblongo-ovatis glabris, involucris 5-6 



Phyllis, fasciculis 6-7 floris, floribus pentandris. 

 ^oscoea pentandra. JRoxb. Cat. Hort. Beng. p. 64. (Congea. 



Roxb. Coram. 3 Wall. ) 



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