500 



morning sun, until the oft'sets have taken new roots, when they nius! 

 be placed in a sheltered situation, so as to have the full sun. On 

 the ap])roach of frosts, they should be placed in frames, and ma- 

 naged as plants of the tender kind. 



The second sort is very impatient of cold, and seldom flowers in 

 this climate. 



They produce variety among other potted plants of the green- 

 house kind. 



2. V I T E X N E G U N D O. 



FIVE-LEAVEB CHASTE TREE. 



This genus contains })lants of the hardy and under-shrubby 

 kinds. 



It belongs to the class and order Didij)nimia Angiospcnuia, and 

 ranks in the natural order o^ reraonalic. 



The characters are: that the calyx is a one-leafed perianth, 

 tubular, cylindric, very short, five-toothed; the corolla one-pctalled, 

 ringent: tube cylindric, slender: border flai, two-lipped: upper lip 

 Irifid, with the middle segment wider: lower lip trifid, wilh the 

 middle segment bigger: the stamina have four lilaments, capillary, 

 a little longer than the tube, two of which are shorter than llie 

 others: anthers versatile: the ])istillum is a roundish germ: style 

 filiform, length of the tube: sligmas two, awl-shaped, spreading: 

 the pericarpium is a globular berry or drupe, four-celled: the seeds 

 solitary, ovale. 



The species cultivated arc: 1. V. Agnus vastus, Ofiiciiial Chaste 

 Tree; 2. V. iiicisa. Cut-leaved Chaste 'J'ree; 3. V. frijblia, Three- 

 leaved Chaste Tree; 4. V. Neguiido, Five-leaved Chaste Tree. 



The first has a shrubby stalk eight or len feet high, sending out 

 their whole-lenglh opposite branches, which are angular, pliable, 



