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elliptic ; cymes axillary, as long as the leaf, 3-flowered, collected 

 into a terminal corymbose panicle ; flowers white ; the tubes long 

 and slender. Common along the Coast, near the sea. Syn. Volka- 

 meria inermis, Linn. Fl Zeyl. p 231 ; C buxifolium, Spr. syst. ii, 750. 



9. GMELINA. 



1. ARBOREA, Roxb. Fl Ind. iii, 84. An unarmed tree; branch- 

 lets and young leaves covered with a mealy tomentum ; leaves long- 

 petioled, cordate-acuminate, quite entire, when old smooth above, 

 tomentose and ashy beneath; panicles terminal and axillary, 

 tomentose, racemed; cymes few-flowered; flowers yellow, about an 

 inch long, with a wide mouth. Drupe yellow when ripe. Common 

 in the Concans ; yields a valuable wood, light and strong ; some 

 specimens somewhat resemble Satinwood. Syn. Premna arborea, 

 Roth. nov. sp. p 287. Grows remarkably well in Sind, where it was 

 introduced by Dr. Gibson. Its cultivation ought to be encouraged, 

 as, perhaps, no wood combines so much lightness and strength. 



10. VITEX. 



1. BICOLOR, Willd. Enum. Hort.*Ber. p 606. A shrub; 

 branchlets, panicle, and underside of the leaves white, with a fine 

 tomentum; leaves petioled, 3 to 5-foliol ate ; leaflets lanceolate, long- 

 acuminated, entire or coarsely cut and crenated ; panicle terminal, 

 pyramidal ; flowers light-blue ; berry black, size of pea. A 

 very common shrub. Native name " Neergoonda." This is No. 

 1150 of Graham's Catalogue. 



2. ALATA, Heyne in Roth. nov. sp. 316. A small tree; 

 branchlets with obtuse angles, densely tomentose ; leaves trifoliolate ; 

 the petiole with a broad wing; leaflets ovate or elliptic-oblong, 

 narrow at both ends, acuminate, quite entire, subcoriaceous, shining 

 above, pubescent or hoary and glandular-dotted beneath ; panicle 

 terminal-compound, spreading pyramidal ; flowers pale-yellow, 

 tinged with blue ; petioles three inches long, with a broad-veined 

 wing. Southern Maratha country, Law. ; Wursai jungles. 



3. ALTISSMIA, Linn. Fil. Suppl. 294. A large tree, with the 

 branchlets quadrangular, compressed, and channelled ; petioles and 

 back of the leaf white, with a short, woolly pubescence ; leaves 

 long-petioled, trifoliolate ; leaflets elliptic or elliptic-oblong, acumi- 

 nated at both ends, entire ; panicle hoary, with a dense tomentum, 

 terminal, compound, spreading, pyramidal ; cymes interruptedly 

 verticelled ,- corolla small, lower lip woolly ; flowers white, tinged 

 with blue. Ravine near Nagotna ; in Canara, plentiful. 



4. LEUCOXYLON, Linn. Fil Suppl. 293. A small tree ; leaves 

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