1. Callicabpa.] 82. VERBENACE&. [3. Vitex. 



» 

 rose-cold., in dense 2-chotomous cymes about I* long and 2* 

 diam. on peduncles |-1" long. Drupe J- T \" diam. white. 



Singbhum, Saitba forest, (Bangamati) ; Porahat plateau frequent ; 

 Palamau, Gamble '■ Manbhum, Camp. Nearly always in open jungle or 

 waste land. 



Fls. 8epi.-Nov. Pr. Nov.'Dec. Evergreen, 



L. 5'' by If to 10'' by 4|", base usually rounded, upper surface more or 

 less stellate. Sec. n. strong 10-15 prs. Petiole HF'- Calyx ^" with 4 

 minute teeth. Corolla T y . 



Teetona grandis, L. Tbe Teak, is planted at all the stations but 

 Its growth is slow and the tree does not thrive. L. very large, often 

 over 1 ft. tomentose beneath. Fh. small white. Fruit with a 4-oelled 

 endocarp and spongey nearly dry pericarp §• diam. enclosed in the much 

 enlarged bladdery calyx. 



Fls. July 'Aug. Fr. Nov.-Jany. Renews its leaves in May. 



3. Vitex, L. 



Trees or shrubs otten glanauiar with opp. or 3-nately 

 whorled digitately 3-5-foliolate leaves and rather small lipped 

 flowers in panicled or dichasial cymes. Calyx tubular- 

 campanulate, usually enlarged in . fruit, shortly toothed or 

 truncate. Corolla 2-lipped, upper lip 2-lobed, lower 3-lobed 

 with central lobe larger than the others. St. 4 didynamous . 

 Ovary 2-4-celled. Stigma of % unequal subulate lobes. 

 Drupe with a 1-4-celled bony putamen. 



A» Shrubs or sub-arboreous (Y. leucoxylon is a tree 

 in other parts of India). 



Panicles mostly terminal dense. Lflts, 3-5 white 



tomentose below 1. Negundo, 



Panicles all axillary dichasial. Lilts. 3-5 under 



5" long • 2. leucoxylon. 



B. Trees. Panicles all axillary. 



PanicleB dichasial. Lflts. mostly 5, attaining 8". 



Periolules over \" . . . . . • 3. glabrata. 

 Panicles narrow-oblong. Lflts. 3, 3-7". Petiolules 



under £''. . 4. peduncularu. 



1. V- Negundo, £• Bigana, Surging, Ho.) Hnri, M.; 

 Sindware,. S.y Sinoar, Kharw ; Shivari, H. 



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