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this character would exclude numerous species pegcipally from East India, placed by 
him in the genus: thus P. eurviflora, Wall., and P. ophioxyloides, Wall., have the co- 
rolla long and slender, and P. spherocarpa, Wall., has the fruit without ribs. De Can- 
dolle has already remarked that in some species there are 4 stamens and 4 divisions 
to the flower, and that in others both that and the normal number occur in the same 
specimen. In Ivora and Pavetía, on the other hand, similar anomalies have been 
observed ; so that it is probable that the long-flowered species (one of which, and the 
only one of which we have seen the seeds, has them convex and without furrows on 
the outside, and deeply concave on the inner) ought to be referred to Irora; the 
shape of the corolla, however, is different. 
1331. (1) P. ambigua (W. & A.:) shrubby, erect, glabrous: leaves oblong- 
lanceolate, tapering much at the base, lower ones long-petioled, upper short- 
ly: stipules triangular-ovate, acuminated or cuspidate: corymbs terminal, 
peduncled, trichotomous, lax, somewhat fleshy, with small ovate acute some- 
times toothed bracteas subtending the ramifications: limb of the calyx shortly 
cup-shaped, minutely 5-toothed: flower-bud clavate and curved: corolla 
somewhat tubular, widest at the mouth, 6-8 times longer than the calyx, 
slightly hairy about the insertion of the stamens: filaments short; anthers 
exserted, linear, mucronulate: stigma somewhat included, the divisions li- 
near: fruit globose, with 10 small ribs, even between the ribs: albumen thin, 
cup-shaped.— Wight ! cat. n. 1350. Courtallum mountains. dh 
. The albumen is horny, with the embryo small at its base: the disk is 
shortly cylindrical, longer than the limb of the calyx, and obscurely 5-lobed 
atthe apex: ovule erect: nuts open along the middle of the inner surface 
as in the coffee. 
t 1332. (2) P. truncata (Wall.:) shrubby, erect, glabrous: leaves long- 
petioled, elliptic-ovate, tapering at the base, becoming yellowish on being 
dried; axils with a tuft of long white hairs: stipules — ovate, acute, de- 
ciduous, often longer than the petioles: corymb terminal, small, peduncled, 
about two-thirds shorter than the uppermost pair of leaves; ramifications 
fleshy, rather short, with a pair of small bracteas under each division: calyx 
truncated, obscurely 5-toothed: corolla about 4 times longer than the calyx. 
— Wall. in Roxb. fl. Ind. (ed. Wall.) 2. p. 162. 
t1333. (3) P. connata (Wall.:) shrubby, erect, glabrous: leaves very 
shortly petioled, lanceolate, acuminated, tapering much at the base : stipules 
ovate, cuspidate, slightly recurved at the apex, twice the length of the pe- 
tioles, the uppermost acuminated: corymb terminal, long-peduncled, ovate, 
the first ramifications umbellate, the rest trichotomous ; partial peduncles 
with two large ovate acute obscurely lobed ciliated connate bracteas: calyx- 
limb urceolate, entire, obscurely 5-toothed: tube of the corolla about thrice 
longer than the calyx : stigma included, the divisions linear: berry ovate, an- 
gular when dried: seeds flat.— Wall. in Roxb. fl. Ind. (ed. Wall.) 2. p. 163. — 
1334. (4) P. levigata (W. & A.:) shrubby, erect, glabrous: leaves very 
shortly petioled, oblong-lanceolate, acuminated, cuneate or tapering at the 
base: stipules lanceolate, acuminated, twice the length of the petioles: co- 
rymb terminal, longish-peduncled ; primary rays and those on the central 
Primary one in fives, subtended by four bracteas ; the other rays in threesand 
subtended by two bracteas; bracteas all lanceolate-acuminated, connate at 
the base : flowers aggregated at the extremities of the partial rays, intermixed 
with broad lanceolate acuminated bracteas: calyx-limb 5-cleft, lobes ovate, 
slightly ciliated: tube of the corolla much bearded in the throat, scarcely 
longer than the segments of the calyx: filaments longish, exserted ; anthers 
oblong : stigma short and thick, bilamellate, scarcely exserted : berry ovate, 
with four deep furrows: albumen flat on the inner side, with two deep dorsal 
furrows and a broad obtuse rib between them.— Wight ! cat. n. 1349.—Vitex 
levigata, herb. Madr.——Courtallum. — R 
Ovule erect: the disk that crowns the ovary is 5-lobed. We are very 
doubtful if this and the next are genuine species of the genus: but the large 
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