i?3- fi6Il-TU9 Ih^fAlC^-nSlh. C-l.'AsVi-- 



Ths stsii^ is valine!, vviQly, erect; the' Jlf^vegJ somewhat rescn^ble ihase ^f tbo vine^ 

 |:or iated at ^pt; base and seriated, five-nerved ; they .^taiul on long reddish pedicels, 

 an i are oi a. pijle gteen xxii clje upper surface and hoary beiow.. The stipules are in, 

 j)airi. oppo^ie, ^t the b;se of the petioles, lineir, acjue,, deciduous: Fjowers axil-, 

 j&ry, SQhtar3-,.pcduncle,d,, large,, of a deep scarlet colour. T|ie peamicles are ttvice 

 Pf long as the pj^tioies,. rqund, anct str&igiit,. thicket. towards, the top, with a joint to- 

 wards the middle. Tiiis plant, is a native of the E^st Indies,, and, being common in 

 China, 'has for that rfauoii^btained the uame it.hears-. The seeds were first brought bj 

 the French to Ma^^inico, and hence itjs somet^nies called the Martinico ros^.. There 

 are double a; , flowepng l;iiias ; the seeds of the first fr-equently produce plants 



that have o":, lowers; hut the iatter^seldoin vary to the double kind. Tiie sin- 



gle flor . js, ii.i\\e\tii\ scHdoni to be met .with, They throw out a gnat mul- 



titude ot ; ifi nerpetuai succession. There is said, to be a, variety with white . 



flowers. TV A y;lant is made into garlands and festoons.in China on all occa.< 



sions of festi. . , <:-i even in their sepulchral rites. They are also put to a use whicfc\ . 

 seems little consistent with tiieir elegance and beauty, that of blacking shQes, whence 

 l^fcir names of roiftir calceolariie and shot-JtOwer. , The wpinen also employ them to cq. 

 |our their hair and eye-brows black. 



See Indian Sorrel Mahoe Musk Ochra aw^ Ochsa. 



CHASTE TREE. "VITEX. 



Cr.. 14, OR. C. Didynamia angiospcnnia^ "Nat. OR. PersovdfiP. 



This is derived from the/i.atin v/ovdvichim, from the great flexibility of the twigs^ 

 Vhich makes them fit to bind oi" tie any thing. 



Gen. CHAR. Calyx a one-leafed, five-toothed, perianth ; corolla one-leafed, rin- 

 gent, border six-cleft ; stamens capillary filaments, longer than the tube ; bti- 

 thers versatile ; the pistil has a roundisJi gerwi, filiform style, the length of ui. 

 tube; stigmas two, awl-shaped, spreading; the pericarp is a berry or arupe, . 

 globular, and four-celled ; seeds solitary, ovate. One species is a native of Ja,% 

 maica. 



UMBROSA.: SHADY. 



Arlorcus, foliis ovatis, crenafis, qninaio digitatis ; petioUs eomniun 

 vibus opposifis, rucemis la.iis alaribus. Browne, p. 267. 



Leaves quinate, quite entire,, smooth on both sides ; racemes compound, as 

 illary. 



"Browne calls this the larger chaste tree with jagged leaves, and says it is frequeot iro 

 St. Mary's, growing generally to. a very considerable size. It is easily distmgiiished 

 by its crenated leaves, bunchy flowers, large berries, and the variegated under lip of 

 its blossoms, the main division of which is the figure of a heart. The style is bifid, and. 

 eacli part pretty short. 



Tiie agiius vastus, an East Indian spexies of this genus, has also been introduced. 

 TRiis is the chaste tree so famous among the ancients, as an imaginary .specific for the-r 

 gre3ervation of chastity ; aud is distinguished by the eleganpe of its foliage. 



