564 MYOPORINEX. [Myoporum. 
spotted with purple; peduncles 4-2in. long. Calyx-segments. 
lanceolate, acuminate. Corolla campanulate ; lobes rounded, villous 
within. Stamens 4, scarcely exserted. Ovary 4-celled. Drupe 
11 in. long, oblong, succulent, reddish-purple.—A. Rich. Fl. Now. 
Zel. 195; A. Cunn. Precur. n. 387; Raoul, Choiz, 43; Hook. f. 
Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 204; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 225; Kirk, Forest Fi. t. 124. 
Citharexylum perforatum, Forst. Prodr. sub. n. 238. 
KERMADEC IsLANDS, NoRTH AND SoutH IsLANDS, CHATHAM IsLANDS: Not 
uncommon in lowland districts as far south as Otago, chiefly near the coast. 
Ngaio. October-January. 
The wood is said to be durable, and is sometimes used for cabinetwork ; 
and an infusion of the leaves has been used as a wash to prevent the bites of 
mosquitoes. 
Orper LVIII. VERBENACES.. 
Herbs or shrubs or trees. Leaves opposite or whorled, very 
rarely alternate, usually simple (digitate in Vitex); stipules want- 
ing. Flowers generally hermaphrodite, irregular or rarely regular. 
Calyx inferior, persistent, 4—5-toothed. Corolla gamopetalous, 
hypogynous; limb 2-lipped or equal, 4-5-lobed, lobes imbricate. 
Stamens usually 4, didynamous, inserted on the tube of the corolla ; 
anthers 2-celled, dehiscing lengthwise. Ovary superior, entire or 
shortly 4-lobed, 2—4-celled; style terminal, simple; stigma entire 
or 2-lobed; ovules solitary or 2 collateral in each cell, erect or 
ascending. Fruit drupaceous or almost capsular, 2-—4-celled 
(1-celled in Avicennia), indehiscent or the whole fruit or the endo- 
carp alone separating into 2-4 pyrenes. Seeds solitary in each 
cell, usually erect or ascending; albumen present or wanting; 
embryo straight, radicle inferior. 
A moderately large order, most abundant in the tropics or warm temperate 
regions of both hemispheres; a few species extend both north and south 
into cool climates. Genera 60 or thereabouts; species estimated at 700. 
Bitter or astringent properties predominate in the order, but these can hardly 
be said to be of medicinal importance. The teak (Tectona grandis), the timber 
of which is so largely employed for shipbuilding, is the species of most economic 
importance. The genera Verbena, Lantana, and Clerodendron contain several 
well-known garden-plants. Of the New Zealand genera, Tewcridiwm is endemic ; 
Vitex is found in nearly all warm countries; while Avicennia is widely spread op 
most tropical shores. 
Tree. Leaves digitate. Corolla 2-lipped. Fruit a fleshy 
drupe s se ac se 3 ole, is / VED 
Slender shrub. Leaves small, entire. Corolla 2-lipped. 
Fruit separating into 4 pyrenes as ye : 
Maritime shrub. Leaves entire. Corolla regular. Fruit 
capsular .. a ye Sc $e .. 93. AVICENNIA. 
1. VITEX, Linn. 
Trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite, digitately 3-5-foliolate, very 
rarely simple. Flowers in axillary or terminal cymes or panicles. 
2, TEUCRIDIUM. 
