Vitex. DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA, 73 
A native of China, from thence Mr. William Kerr sent seed 
to the Botanic garden at Calcutta, where the plants thrive 
luxuriantly, and blossom when under one year old, and 
when less than a foot high. In six years they seem to have at- 
tained their full size, and are therefore large, ramous shrubs, 
of from six to eight feet in height. 
Siem short, ligneous, Branches numerous, forming a 
large, ever-green bush. Leaves opposite, long-petioled, ter- 
nate, and quinate. Leaflets oblong, gashed, acute, smooth 
on both sides. Panicles terminal, from twé to five inches 
long. Flowers numerous, small, white. Lower segment of 
the border of the corol much larger than either of the other 
four. lane — 
four-celled nut. 
8. V. arborea. R. 
Leaves from ternate to quinate; ge ia sessile, oval, Pa- 
nicles contracted, 
Teling. Boosi. 
A native of the mountainous parts of the Circars, Chitta- 
gong, &c. where it grows to be a very large tree. Flowering 
time, the hot season ; the seeds ripen during the rains, 
Trunk straight, high, and of a large size. Bark ash-co- 
loured, cracked. Heads spreading and shady, but small in 
proportion to the size of the trunk, Leaves opposite, petioled, 
ternate, and digitate-quinate. Leaflets sessile, from broad- -lan- 
ceolate to oval, sometimes obtuse, sometimes pointed, entire, 
veins many, ranning parallel, above pretty smooth, below 
downy ; ; when there are five, exterior one from one to three 
inches broad, and from three to six inches long, the lower pair 
considerably smaller. — Petioles the length of the inferior 
leaflets, channelled, downy. Panie/es terminal, contracted, 
-branchy; branches opposite, decussated. Peduncles and 
pedicels four-sided, villous. Flowers numerous, small, blue. 
Bractes oval, reflexed, downy, one below each ramification. 
Calyx campanulate, five-toothed, Ses Corols tube 
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