72 DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA,. Vitex. 
Jy aslongas the coro]. Stigma bifid. Drupe round, of the 
size of a pea, smooth, succulent, black. Nu round, hard, 
four-celled. Seeds solitary, Perispermnone. Embryo erect. 
5. V. alata. R. 
Arboreous. Leaves ternate; leaflets lanceolate. Petioles 
winged, Panicles axillary. 
Mail elo& Rheed. Mal. v. t. 1. 
A native of Chittagong, where it grows to be a large tree. — 
From thence it was introduced by Dr. Buchanan into the Bo- 
tanic garden at Culcutta, where it blossoms in the month of 
April. 
Trunk straight, decorated with numerous, spreading and 
ascending branches, whole height of trees ten years old, about | 
thie feet. Bark smooth, of a dark, brownish, ash-colour, 
Leaves opposite, ternate. Leaflets lanceolate, smooth, entire, 
about six inches long. Petioles winged, particularly while 
~ the trees are young, about three or four inches long. . Pani- 
eles axillary, solitary, erect, brachiate, with ramifications — 
dichotomous, and a sessile flower in each division. Flowers — 
numerous, pale yellow, tinged with very little blue, Calyx — 
campanulate. Border unequally five-toothed, Corol, the © 
middle lobe of the upper lip large, in proportion to its lateral — 
lobes ; the under lip two-parted, and small. Anthers twit, — 
and of a bluish colour. Berry round, smooth, pulpy, when — 
ripe purple, and the size of a marrow-fat pea, Nut tarbi- 
nate, furrowed, four-celled, with a single wed i in each, ; 
6. V. incisa, Willd. iii, 392. 
Shrubby. Leaves ternate and quinate ; leaflets wool 
_lanceolate, gashed, of a soft fine ances; all are more or = 
petioled, Panicles terminal. ity 
Ws; Negundo, Curt. Mag. 364. | 
Vv. Aine ae me enente Herbarium, seems to. bet 
