n 



y VITEX ARBOREA. Roxh. Hort. Beng. p. 46. 



DiDYNAMIA AnGIOSPERMIA. 



V. arhorea; arborea, foliis ternatis, foliolis ovato-lanceolatis 

 integerrimis subtomentosis, paniculis terminalibus, bracteis 

 calyce longioribus. 



Lubbun. Malay. 



Sumatra, &c. — A tree, with somewhat 4-sided branches. 

 Leaves opposite, petiolated, ternate, sometimes quinate; leaf- 

 lets ovato-lanceolate, acuminate, quite entire, rigid, covered 

 with a very short tomentum. Petioles long, thickened at the 

 base, pulverulent. Panicles terminal: flowers subsessile. 

 Bracteas opposite, ovato-lanceolate, acute, tomentose, longer 

 than the calyces. Calyx 5-dentate, tomentose, persistent. 

 Corolla ca;rulescent, or nearly white, longer than the calyx, 

 contracted and almost closed at the mouth ; limb bilabiate, 

 upper lip 2-lobed, lobes diverging, lower lip larger, 3-lobed, 

 the lateral lobes reflexed, the middle one larger, subrotund, 

 concave, tomentose at the base, and of a deeper blue than the 

 rest. Stamens 4, didynamous, ascending, longer than the 

 corolla. Style longer than the stamens. Stigma bifid. Berry 

 black, juicy, containing a 4-celled, 4-seeded nut. 



The wood of this tree is very hard, and employed by the 

 inhabitants of Sumatra in the construction of their houses. 

 They consider an infusion of the bark as a useful application 

 in cases of ophthalmia. 



SPHENODESME. W. J. 



DiDYNAMIA Angiospermia. Nat. Ord. Vitices. Juss. 

 Calyx tubulosus, 5-dentatus. Corolla 5-loba, subirregularis. 

 Stamina 4-5, exserta. Ovarium 4-loculare, 4-sporum. 

 Bacca monosperma. Flores fasciculati, involucrati. 



Sphenodesme pentandra. W. J. 



S. pentandra; foliis oblongo-ovatis glabris, involucris 5-6 

 phyllis, fasciculis 6-T floris, floribus pentandris. 



Roscoea pentandra. Roxb. Cat. Hort. Beng. p. 64. (Congea. 

 Roxb. Corom. 3. — Wall.) 



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