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Teucridium parvifolium {The Small-leaved Teucridium) . 



A shrub, 2ft. -5ft. in height, forming close thickets ; branches and leaves 

 slightly hairy. Leaves roundish or oval, ^in. long. Calyx bell-shaped, with 5 

 sharp teeth. Corolla hairy, bell-shaped, ^in.-Jin. long. Fl. Dec. -Jan. 



Fig. 114. Vitex lucens (4 nat. size). 



Genus Avicennia. 



Maritime trees, with branching roots. Leaves opposite, entire, hoary. 

 Flowers in capitate panicles, sessile, surrounded by bracts. CahTc 4-5-parted 

 •Corolla leathery, small, 4-5-lobed. Stamens 4, short. Ovary -i-celled. Fruit an 



