VITEX. 



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majore, tubo basi anguslalo, inlrorsum Ima basi 3-nervato, nervulis in quovis 

 corollae lobo pinnalim expansis. Slaraina exserla, sterilia filamentis inferne com- 

 planalis hlrsiilis ad basin lubi inserlis. — V. litloralis Dcne. in Nouv. Ann. du 

 Mus. d'hisl. nalur. IIl. 401. (nec .411. Cunn.) — In insula Timor et in Manilla crescit. 



15. V. P,4RVIFL0RA Juss. Annales du Mus. d'hist. nat. VII. 76. — Fruticosa: foliis 

 longe peliolalis ternalis, foliolis breviter peliolulalis ovato- lanceolatis inlegris 

 subpubescenlibus; paniculis axillaribus opposilis; Ooribus parvis; drupa ovala, 

 Ducem telraspermam gerente. 6 — Crescil in insulis Philippinis. 



10. V. RUFESCENS Juss. 1. c. 77. — Fruticosa, undique rufo-tomentosa: foliis pe- 

 liolatis ternaiis, foliolis sessilibus ovalo-lanceolalis; pedunculis.supraaxillaribus 

 opposilis petiolo brevioribus, apice paucifloris ; floribus tomentosis ; calyce 

 quinquefido; corolla calyce duplo longiore exlus tomentosa, bilabiatim quin- 

 queloba; slaralnibus parum exserlis. i — Propler calycem quinquefidum haec 

 species male descripta e genere excludenda et ad Catarettoam translocanda vi- 

 delur. A C. molli, cui proxima jam differt pedunculis peliolo brevioribus pauci- 

 floris follollsque sessilibus nec petiolulatis. — In Brasilia. 



17. V. MOLLIS H. B. Kth. Nov. gen. et spec. plant. II. 245. f — Foliis ternalis, fo- 

 liolis oblongis obtasis integerrimis, supra glabris nitidis, subtus molliter canes— 

 cenli-pubescenlibus sessilibus, intermedlo peliolulato; coryrabis axillaribus di- 

 cholomis. 6? — Ramuli canescenli-tomenlosi. Foliola basi paullo angustata 

 subcorlacea rellculalo-venosa, inlermedio 5-poIllcari, 2 pollices lalo. Foliola 

 juniora subtus argenleo-sericea, peiioli 2'/2-poIllcares pubescentes. Pedunculi 

 axillares sesquipolllcares ramlque canescenli-lomentosi. Bracleae lineares, flores 

 pedicellali. Calyx tomenloso-sericeus. Corolla et frucius haud salis noli. — 

 Cresclt locis leraperatis prope Chllpancingo Mexicanorum. 



18. V. VESTITA Wall. Catal. 1750. — FruUcosa: ramis terelibus ad nodos in- 

 crassaiis ; foliis opposilis longlssime petlolatis Irlfoliatis, foliolis late ovalis 

 subrhombeis, ulrinque acurainatis merabranaceis, infra breviler piloso-pu— 

 bescenlibus, ad nervos fcrrugineo-lomentosis, peliolulalis, intermedio maximo 

 longissirae peliolulalo, laleralibus basi saepe inaequllateris; cymis axillaribus 

 pedunculatls (ter) trichotomis fasciculatis peliolo mullo brevloribus. 6 — Frutex 

 esse videlur. Rami crassilie pennae anserinae rufescentes, breviter pubescentes, 

 demum glabri. Petioli 3-3'/4-poIIicares rufescenti-tomentosi, superne subcana- 

 liculall. Folloli inlermedli peliolulus bipollicarls, laterallum 4-6 lin. longus. Folli 

 inlermedii laraina ultra 5-poIIicaris, 3 pollices lata, lale ovata, utrinque abrupte 

 acurainala, laleralium 3-4-poIIicarls, l'/2-2poII. lata, acumlnata vel obtusiuscula, 

 basi saepe inaequall, omnlum membranacea, supra glaberrima, excepto solo 

 nervo medlo rufescenti-loraenloso, infra sparse pilosula, penninervia, nervis ve— 

 nisque rufescenll- loraentosis. In axlllls foliorum inferiorum proveniunt folia 

 hisce similla, sed cum petiolo non ullra 2'/- poll. longa. Cymae ternae qualer— 

 naeve fasclculatae, pedunculi circller pollicares cum pedicellis ter tiichotomis 

 rufescenti -lomenlosi. Calyces brevlssiml patellaeformes penlagoni obsolele 5- 

 dentatl, demura glaberriml perslslenles. Caelera omnia mihi prorsus incognila. — 

 Crescit in Marlabania. (v. s. sp.) 



§. 3. Foliis quinatis ternatisque. 



19. V. GIGANTEA H. B. Klh. Nov. gen. et spec. plant. II. 245. f — Folils ternalis 

 aut quinatis, follolis oblongis aculls iniegerrimis, supra glabris, subtus pubescen- 

 tibus, inlermedlo maxlmo; pedunculls axillaribus Iri- aul sexfloris. 5 — Arbor 

 procerrima, ligno durissimo, rarai juniores subcorapressi tomentoso-hlrti. Folia 

 quinala, saepius ternata, petioll bipollicares longioresque pubescentcs, foliolum 

 intcrraedium maxlmum 4'/u-poIllcare, 2 polllccs lalum, exliraa rainora sesqui— aut 

 bipollicaria, omnla brevissime peliolulata. Pedunculi axlllares pollicares 3-6— 

 flori. Flores pedicellati „violacei, labio corollae inferiore basin vcrsus macula 

 alba notato. Filaraenta basi pilosa." Calycis quinquedenlali deutes obtusiusculi, 



