10. ViTEX.] 105. VERBENACEM. 



Var. incisa, Clarice. Syn. Y. incisa, Lamh. 



Lflts. cuneate-serrate or sub-pinnatifid. Occasionally mixed with 

 normal form. 



Var. densiflora. L. all 3-foliolate. Lflts. smaller, 1-3", more broadly 

 lanceolate. Panicles almost thrysiform. Corolla very tomentose, 

 only •2b" on long diameter. 



Along the Sone, Palamai; ! 



The root is tonic, febrifuge and expectorant, and the leaves tonic and vermifuge. 

 A decoction with long pepper is given in catarrhal fever. Duft. 



3. Y. trifolia, Lf. 



Differs from V. negundo in the leaves only 1-3-foliolate, lflts. all 

 sessile obovate or obovate-oblong entire, subobtuse. Calyx •12-17". 

 Corolla •3-'5" diam., tomentose. 

 Scattered throughout India, Clarke. There are no specimens from our area. 



4. Y. peduncularis, Wall. Simjanga, K. ; Mara-kata (Peafowl's foot), 



Bhadu, S.: Mado-chulia, Or. 

 A small or mod.-sized tree, Avith pubescent shoots and 3-foliolate 

 leaves, leaflets narrowly elliptic or lanceolate, 3-7" by 1-25-2", 

 glabrous, concolorous both' sides, minutely gland-dotted beneath, 

 punctulate above. Petiole often winged (always in the young plants). 

 Flowers Avhite with yellow palate, cymose in narrowly oblong or 

 lanceolate slender lax panicles 6-11" long and exceeding the leaves. 

 Drupe somewhat obovoid, •35-'4" long and 3' diam. with 3-4-celled 

 endocarp. 



Central and Southern Areas. A^alleys and on northern rocky slopes. Gaya 

 ghats ! Singbhum, frequent in the moister forests ! Manbhum ! Hazaribagh, 

 attaining large size on the northern slopes of Parasnath ! Koderraa ! Palamau ! 

 Santal Pai-g., frequent ! Puri, not verj^ common ! Angul ! Sambalpur! Mayur- 

 bhanj ! Fl. April-June. Fr. Aug.-Sept. Evergreen. 



Usually aboiTt 3 ft., but attains 5 ft. girth and about 50 ft. in height with light- 

 brown nearly smooth bark. Blaze with chlorophyll in young trees, light yellow or 

 cream and sometimes streaked with brown, rapidly turning darker on exposure. 

 Ltlts. acuminate with 12-20 very slender sec. n. Petiole l"5-3". Petiolules ■15-'2". 

 Lateral branches of panicle 1" or less long, lower dichasial, upper 3-flowered, 

 minutely a])pressed pubescent. Bracts subulate -Oo-'O"". Calyx campanulate 

 '06-'0S" only in flower, minutely pubescent or sometimes with 6 pubescent lines 

 and glandular with yellow glands, verj- minutelj- toothed. Corolla-tube "l", 

 puberulous and with minute yellow glands, upper lip very short erect with 2 

 oblong obtuse lobes, lateral lobes rather longer, anterior lobe four times as long, 

 shovel-shaped with short base, pubescent. 



Wood good for yokes. Wt. about 60 lbs. Col. Vnnghan believes that in an 

 infusion of the leaves of this i)lant he has found a specific for black-water fever. If 

 so it will become of great importance. 



The form with winged petioles is called var. Roxburghiana, but all seedlings 

 have winged petioles and these persist sometirues to maturity. 



5. Y. leucoxylon, L.f. Chirai-gori, Bhuia (Bonai). 



A large shrub or a mod.-sized tree with pubescent or silky shoots 

 and 3-5-foliolate nearly glabrous leaves with narrowly-elliptic- 

 lanceolate acute or acuminate leaflets, 1-4-5" by •3-1-5" entire or (in 

 very young plants) serrate, dark and shining above, paler beneath. 

 Flowers white, 5" on the greatest diameter, in divaricate dichasial 

 axillary long-peduncled glabrous cymes 2-4" wide. Drupe ellipsoid, 



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