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3. V. pmiictilata. Lamarck Encycl. ii. GOG. 



Arboreous. Leaves digitate, qiiinate; leaflets ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, entire ; the exterior one petiolate, the two inferior ones 

 small, and sessile ; smooth above, hoary underneath. Pani- 

 cles terminal. 



A native of the Moluccas. I doubt whether it be any thing 

 more than a broad-leaved, luxuriant variety of JVeijunda, 

 Rump/mis, ]i)th plate of the Ath vol. of his Herbarium Am- 

 boinense, is a bad representation of this plant, though iio doubt 

 intended for it. 



4. V. altissima. Linn. Snppl. 294. 



Arboreous. Leaves ternate ; leaflets lanceolate, entire, 

 acuminate. Panicles terminal, composed of opposite, verti- 

 celled, simple ramifications. 



This, the most stately tree of the genus which I have yet 

 met with, is a native of the mountainous forests of Coromandel. 

 In Dr. Anderson's garden near Madras, it flowers in July and 

 August. The same has since been found in the eastern parts 

 of Bengal, where it flowers in June. 



Trunk erect, of very considerable magnitude, and cover- 

 ed with smooth greenish gray bark. Branches numerous, 

 spreading-. Leaves opposite, ternate. Leaflets sessile, entire, 

 acute, somewhat downy, with the upper surface of a deep 

 green, and the lower one pale, from three to six inches long, 

 and from one to two broad. Petioles common, somewhat 

 channelled, and though long, they are shorter than the leaf- 

 lets. Panicles terminal, composed of a few long, simple, op- 

 posite, pairs of sub-verticelled, downy spikes. At a more 

 advanced age, what appeared verticels while young, become 

 two opposite, short, bifid, or tritid secund spikes. Flowers 

 numerous, small, collected, into short-peduncled, opposite 

 fascicles, which appear like verticels. Bractes lanceolate, 

 concave, downy. Calyx downy, the segments rather un- 

 equal. Coral, &c. as in the family. Germ ovate, four-celled, 

 with oneovulum in each, attached to the partition. Style ful- 



