428 XCVII. TEBBEXACE.IE. 



A large tree ; leaves usually iJ-fuliolate ; leaflets subsessile ; 

 comiuon petiole sometimes winged ; drupe less than 



^ in. in dium 3. V. altissima. 



Peduncles wholly axillary; leaves 3- or Sfoliolate; common 



petiole not winged ; drupe | in. long; a large tree 4. V. leucoxylon. 



1, Vitex Negundo, Lmn. 8p. P/. (1753) p. 638. A large shrub 

 or sometimes a small slender tree ; bark tbin, grey ; branchlets quad- 

 rangular, whitish with a fine tomentum. Leaves 3-5-foliolate ; leaflets 

 lanceolate, acute, the terminal leaflet 2-4 by f- 15 in. with a petiolule 

 g-g in. long, the lateral leaflets smaller with a very short petiolule, all 

 nearly glabrous above, covered with a fine white tomentum beneath, 

 base acute; common petioles I-I5 in. long. Mowers in pedunculate 

 branched tomentose cymes, opposite along the quadrangular tomentose 

 rhachis of a large terminal often compound pyramidal panicle (axillary 

 peduncles in the upper axils sometimes present) ; bracts jV~tV i"* ^°"g' 

 lanceolate, caducous. Calyx \ in. long, white-tomentose ; teeth triangular, 

 -STj—^ in. long. Corolla f in. long, bltiish-purple, tomentose outside, 

 hairy inside at the insertion of the stamens ; upper lip y'g in. long, 

 divided to the base into 2 obtuse lobes ; lower lip large, -i in. long, with 

 2 short oblong obtuse lateral lobes ^ in. deep, and a large broadly 

 obovate crenulate terminal lobe ^ in. long. Pilaments hairy at the very 

 base. Ovary glabrous ; style glabrous ; stigma forked. Drupe less than 

 4 in. in diam., black when ripe. ¥1. B. I. v. 4, p. 583 ; Wight, Icon. t.519 ; 

 Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 357; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 270; Woodr. 

 in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 359; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. 

 V. 6, part 4, p. 248. Vitex bicolor, Willd. Enum. Hort. Berol. p. 660 (in 

 Note); Dalz. & Gibs. p. 201. V. trifolia, Grab. Cat. p. 155 {not 

 of Linn.). — Flowers more or less throughout the year. Veek. Nirgud; 

 Nirgnndi. 



A common shrub throughout the Presidency often cultivated in gardens and for 

 hedges. Dalzell without locality in Herb. Kew. ! ; very common along the banks of 

 rivers and in moist situations in or near deciduous forests, Talbot. Konkan : W. 

 Ghdts, Woodrow. Deccan : Mahableshwar, abundant (planted), Cooke ! Sind : Sukkur, 

 cultivated, Cooke I — Distrib. Throughout India; Ceylon, Afghanistan, Philippine 

 Islands. 



The leaves are agreeably aromatic when bruised and are employed in native medicine. 

 A pillow stuffed with the leaves is placed under the head to relieve headache. The 

 leaves are also employed as a remedy in inflammatory swellings of the joints. See 

 Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. 1. c. 



2. Vitex trifolia, Linn. S2). PJ. (1753) p. 638. A shrub or small 

 tree ; bark smooth, pale-grey. Leaves variable, some simple and some 

 3-foliolate ; leaflets elliptic or oblong-obovate, usually obtuse, the 

 terminal leaflet sessile (rarely very shortly petioluhite), 2-2;! by l-lg in., 

 the lateral smaller, sessile, all glabrous above, very densely white- 

 tomentose beneath, base tapering ; common petioles |-|- in. long. 

 Elowers in pedunculate tomentose cymes, opposite along the ton)entose 

 rhachis of a terminal panicle ; bracts minute. Calyx g in. long in 

 flower, white-pubescent, slightly enlarged in fruit ; teeth very short, 

 triangular, acute, sometimes obscure. Corolla pubescent outside, pale- 

 purple, rather more than ^ in. long, 2-lipped ; upper lip with 2 short 

 obtuse lohes ; lower lip 3-loIied, the middle lobe much the largest. 

 Filaments hairy at the base. Drupe globose, exceeding \ in. in diam., 

 purplish-black when ripe, embraced for rather more than half its length 



