162 67. VERBENACEiE. [Vitex. 



V. alata, HeynG ; Roth. Nov. Sp. 31G ; Fl. Br. I. 4. 584-; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 201 ; Grab. Cat. Bomb. PI. 155. In the moist forests 

 of the Konkan and North Kanara ; common in the Yell^pur taluka in 

 evergreen forests, scarcely separable from V. altissima, L. f. Fl. ApL- 

 May. Fr. June, July. 



V. Leucoxylon, Lirni. f. Snppl. 293; Fl. Br. I. 4.587; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 201 ; Bcdd. Fl. Sylv. 171 ; Brandis For. Fl. 370. 

 Bola naki, senkani, K.; songarhi, JNl.; sheyiis, Vern. Throughout the 

 Konkan and North Kdnara ghats, along the banks of rivers and nalas, 

 in moist forests, attains a considerable size ; stem thick and short. FL 

 Feb., Apl. Fr. May, June. Leaves often 5-foliate, petiole not winged. 



CLERODENDRON, Linn. 



Shrubs or small trees. Leaves simple, opposite or whorlec!. 

 Flowers axillary or terminal. Calyx 5.toothed or lobed, accrescent 

 in fruit. Corolla-tube long, cylindric; lobes 5, equal. Stamens 4, 

 exserted. Ovary 4-celled, cells 1-ovuled ; style filiform, bifid. 

 Fruit a drupe, dry or succulent. 



Leaves opposite. Corolla white. 



Leaves small, obovate. Cymes few flowered, axillary. 



Calyx in fruit campauulate, slightly lobed or trmicate ... C, inerme. 



Leaves ovate, sinuate. Flowers in axillary or teiminal 

 panicles. 



Calyx deeply cleft, lobes caudate-aeuminate C. iMomoides. 



Leaves large, ovate, cordate, tomentose. Flowers in ter- 

 minal panicles. 



Calyx in fruit much enlarged, red within C.infortunatum. 



Leaves long, lanceolate. Flowers in lax, terminal panicles. 



Calyx I inch, deeply divided C. Siplionanthus. 



Leaves in verticels of 3. Flowers blue. Calyx I inch, 

 cup-shaped C. serraium. 



C. inerme, Gffirtn. Frnct. 1. 271, t. 57, fig. 1. Fl. Br. I. 4.589; 

 Daiz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 200; Bedd. For. Man. 174; Brandis For, 

 Fl. 363. Common near the sea-coast of the Konkan and North Kanara. 

 Flowers throughout the year, abundantly during the rainy season. 

 Tube of corolla nearly 1 inch long. 



C. phlomoides, Linn. f. Suppl. 292 ; Fl. Br. I. 4. 590 ; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 200 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 174 ; Brandis For. Fl. 363. Jnw, Vern. ; 

 ami, Gujarat. In the dry districts of the presidency, usually in hedges, 

 common in the south of Dharwar. Fl. throughout the year. 



C. serratTim, Spreng. Syst. II. 758; Fl. Br. I. 4 592 ; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 200; Brandis For. Fl. 364. Barunrji, Vern. Throughout 

 the presidency, often in deciduous forests, a small shrub, scarcely woody. 

 Fl. May-Aug. Fruit a drupe of four pyrenes. 



° C. infortunatum, Gasrtn. Fruct. 1. 271, t. 57, fig. 1 ; Fl. Br. I. 4. 

 594; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 173; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 200. Bhant, hhat, 

 Vern. Throughout the presidency in deciduous forests, very common in 

 North Kanara. Fl. Dec.-Apl. ]?r. R.S. The flowers are tinged with 

 red. Calyx in fruit red, leathery. 



