525 
An ornamental, more or less climbing shrub; calyx corolline, 
corolla persistent, changing from green to white; berries black, 
shining; flowering August to September, Golungo Alto (Hiern, 
Cat. Welw. Afr. Pl. iv. p. 843). 
The Clerodendrons may all be readily grown from seed or 
cuttings and thrive in rich, light loam, well watered with free 
drainage. 
Vitex, Linn. 
Vitex Agnus-Castus, Linn. Sp. Pl. (1753), p. 638. 
A deciduous shrub, 6-14 ft. high. Leaves usually 5-foliolate. 
Inflorescence a slender, terminal or axillary panicle; flowers small, 
white tinged with blue cr lilac. 
ll.—Gaertner, Fruct. Sem. Pl. i. t. 56; Lam. Encycl. t. 541, 
f. 1; Plenck. Ic. t. 510; Schk. Fadi s 177; Duhamel, Traite des 
Arbres, vi. t. 35; Sibthorp, Fl. Gr. t. 609; Woodville, Med. Bot. ii. 
cag t. 137; Nees von Esenbeck, Gen. Plant. Fl. Germ. vi. t. 51; 
c. Fl. Germ. xviii. t. 1293; Moggridge, Fl. Mentone, t. 14; 
Gard, Chas ir 27th, 1912, p. 52 (habit, trained on a west wall, 
in flower at ; 
Vernac. names.—Athlak (Arabic, Dymock); Panjangusht 
(Persia, Dymock) ; s (Àr rabie, Jod Vester & Co.).— 
Cha ste Tree, Monk’s Pepper 
Lagos (Dawodu, No. 9, 1899, Herb. Kew). Native of Sicily and 
the Mediterranean region 
Leaves scented, used to spice dishes, Lagos (Dawodu, 1.c.). 
The berries are imported into India, considered astringent, resol- 
vent and deobstruant (Dymock, Warden & Hooper, Ph 
Indica, iii. p. 76). Seeds pungent, acrid and aromatic, possess- 
plant of value also for ornamental purposes. Propagated from : 
seed or cuttings, growing freely in light, well-drained soil. 
Vitex Cienkowskii, Kotschy § Peyr.; Fl. Trop. Afr. V. p. 328. 
' Ill.—Kotschy, PI. meme t. 12; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin, 
Tth Nov. 1909, App. xxii. No. 2, p. 35, f. 12; Engl. & Drude, Veg: 
Erde, ix. part 1, 1910, p. 295, £ 261. 
Vernac. names.—Dinya or Dumya (Sokoto, Dalziel) ; Galbiji 
Fufulde, Dalziel) Edi (Nupe, Barter); Ori-nla (Olo oke-Meji, 
odd); Inguli Baub (Sierra te Hes Elliot); Umbindoio 
Singuni, Gazaland, womozi (Lungoro, Uganda, 
awe); Upudu (Shire Highlands, Alaton: B ové (Kafir, John- 
son); Muxillo- c llo (Golungo Alto, W tinh) —bBlack Plum 
of Sierra Leo 
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