70 DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA, Vitex, 
tile. Seed solitary. Perisperm when the seeds are quite 
ripe none. Embryo erect. Cotyledons obovate- oblong, Ra- — 
dicle oval, inferior. " 
2. V. Negunda, Willd. iii, 393. 
Arboreous. Leaves ternate, and quinate, Leaflets en- 
tire, lanceolate ; the lower two sessile, Panicles terminal, 
long-pyramidal, with cross-armed, two-forked ramifications. 
Bem-nosi, Rheed, Mal. ii. t. 12. 
Lagondium litoreum, Rumph. Amb. iv. t..19. 
Sindooka in Sanscrit. See Asiat. Res. vol. iv. p. 292. 
Also Sindoowara, Indrasoorusa, Nirgoondi, Indramika. 
Beng. and Hind. Nisinda. 
An elegant, small tree, though generally found in the 
state of a large shrub; delights in a rich, moist ‘soil, yet | it 
pe es almost every where. Flowers all the year round, 
Trunk irregular, often as thick as a man’s thigh or | 
more. _ Branches rather thin, opposite ; young shoots downy 
slightly four-sided, Leaves opposite, petioled, ternate and — 
quinate. Leaflets, the exterior one or three, petioled; the . 
lower two sessile; all are lanceolate, entire, soft; below ofa 
very pale whitish green ; from two to four inches long, and : 
less than one broad. Panicles terminal, oblong, tapering to _ 
a point, erect; rachis straight, four-sided ; ramifications de- _ 
cussated, generally three-forked ; or two-forked with sessile 
flowers in the cleft. Flowers small, numerous, a most beat- 
tiful bluish purple.  Ca/yx permanent, closely embrace the — 3 
bottom of the berry. Corol ; lower lip large, entire ; ‘i pper ; 
ip shorter, four-parted, S 
__ A decoction of the aromatic leaves helps to form the warm 
bath for women after delivery ; bruised, they are applied to 
the temples for the head-ache; pillows stuffed with them are 
put under the head to remove a catarrh, and the head-ache 
aiteneting it. 
