ViteX. DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 73 



A native of Chinn, from tlience Mr. William Kerr sent seed 

 to tlie Botanic garden at Calcntta, where the plants thrive 

 luxuriantly, and blossom when under one year old, and 

 Mhen 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. 



iSVem short, ligneous. Branches: numerous, fornn'ng a 

 large, ever green bush. Leaves oppo»;ite, long-petioletl, ter- 

 nate, and quinate. Lpaflefs oblong, gashed, acute, smooth 

 on both si<les. Panicles terminal, irom two to five inches 

 long'. Flowers numerous, small, white. Lower segment of 

 the border of the corol much larger than either of the other 

 four. Drupe the size of a grain of black pepper, with a 

 four-celled nut. 



8. V. arborea. R. 



Leaves from ternate to quinate; leajlels sessile, oval. Pa- 

 nicles contracted. 



Telinff, 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. 



Trvnk straight, high, and of a large size. Bark ash-co- 

 loured, cracked. Heads spreading and shady, but small in 

 proporti(m 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, running- 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. I^anicles terminal, contracted, 

 branchy ; branches opposite, decussated. Peduncles and 

 pedicels four-sided, villous. Flowers numerous, small, bl ue. 

 Bractesova], reflexed, downy, one below each ramification. 

 Ca/^/.T campanulate, five-toothed, permanent. Corol; tube 



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