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by the veined persistent cnlyx ; stone often 1- or 2-celled by abortion. 

 Fl B. I. V. 4, p. 588 ; Bedd. For. Man. in Flor. Sylvat. p. clxxii ; 

 Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 356 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 270.— Flowers 

 more or less throughout the year (Talbot). Veen. Nirgundi ; Limjur. 



Very closely allied to the preceding species, from which it is dis- 

 tinguished by the sessile obtuse leaflets, occasionally simple leaves, and 

 rather larger flowers and fruit. 



Eare. Konkan : Goa, Dalzelll, Gihsonl Kanaka: sandy sea-shores near Mur- 

 deshwar, Talbot. — Distiub. Scattered tliroughout India in the tropical and sub- 

 trojDical regions ; Ceylon, Japan, Pliilippiues, N. Australia. 



3. Vitex altissima, Linn. f. Suppl. (1781) p. 294. A very large 

 tree with a dense head and somewhat drooping branches ; bark grey, 

 scaly. Leaves 3 (rarely 5) -foliolate ; leaflets sessile, the terminal 

 reaching 6 by 1| in., the lateral 4 by 1| in., lanceolate, acuminate, 

 entire, glabrous above, more or less pubescent especially on the nerves 

 beneath, base acute ; main nerves numerous (up to 20 pairs), slender 

 Math intermediate finely reticulate venation ; common petioles 2g in. 

 long, sometimes slightly winged. Flowers numerous in shortly pedun- 

 culate or nearly sessile cymes, clustered along the branches of large 

 lax fulvous-pubescent terminal panicles ; bracts beneath the flowers 

 ■^-^ in. long, oblong, obtuse. Calyx ^ in. long, fulvous-villous ; teeth 

 small, Jq- in. long, oblong, obtuse. Corolla white, tinged with blue, 

 rather more tlian ^ in. long, 2-lipped ; upper lip j\j^ in. long with 2 

 triangular subacute lobes ; lower lip i in. long, 3-lobed, the middle lobe 

 more than twice as large as the lateral ones. Drupe irregularly globose, 

 less than | in. in diam.; supported by the enlarged flattened calyx, 

 purple, smooth, often dotted with white specks. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 584 ; 

 Grab. Cat. p. 155; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 2Ul ; Wight, Icon. t. 1466; Bedd. 

 Flor. Sylvat. t. 252 ; 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. 247. — Flowers : May. Veen. 

 Balage. 



Konkan : Law I, Stocks ! ; ravines near Nagotna, Dalzell ^- Gibson. Kanaka : 

 plentiful, Dalzell cf Gibson ; Yacombi (N. Kanara), Woodrow ! ; evergreen forests of 

 N. Kanara, abundant in the Kumpta and Yellapur forests, Talbot. — Distrib. India 

 (W. Peninsula) ; Cejiou. 



The wood is hard and close-grained, brownish- grey, weighing 60 lbs. to the cub. ft. 

 {Talbot), does not split nor warp, and polislies well. It is used for building purposes, 

 furniture, and carts, and is in much demand iu parts of N. Kanara {Talbot). See 

 Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. I. c. 



Vae. alala. Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 3 (1895) p. 358. Petioles always 

 rather broadly Avinged, widened and cordate at the base ; leaflets very 

 finely pubescent above, densely grey-pubescent beneath ; flowers more 

 laxly arranged. Vitex (data (sp.), Willd. in Ges. Naturf. Fr. Neue 

 Schr. V. 4 (1803) p. 203; Grab. Cat. p. 155; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 201 ; 

 C. B. Clarke, in Hook, f . Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 584 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, 

 p. 271 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 359.— Flowers : 

 Apr.-May. 



Konkan : hills west of Panvel, Nimmo ex Graham. Deccan : Limbagaon (Sattara 

 districts), Bhival S. M. Country: Duddi, Laiv ex Graham. Kanaka: Yellapur 

 taluka in evergreen forests, Talbot. 



