504 LXXXII. YERBENACE.E [Vitex 



Common, often gregarious, nearly everywhere in the plains and lower hills of India, 

 ascending to 5,000 ft. in the N. West Himalaya, extending west to Peshawar and Sind. 

 Common near streams. Fl. May-Dec. Ceylon, low country. China. 



2. V. trifolia, Linn. f. (Indrani, Mar. ; Kyauny ban, Burm.). Western Peninsula. 

 Burma, Upper and Lower. L. 3- often 1-foliolate, leaflets sessile, pleasantly aromatic. 

 3. V. Agnus castus, Linn. Gregarious in dry stony watercourses in Baluchistan to 

 4,000 ft. (Mehrwan). Afghanistan, Western Asia and the Mediterranean region. Calyx- 

 teeth very short, corolla J-i in. long, pale purple, throat glabrous, tufts of hairs only 

 at the insertion of stamens, lobes nearly equal. 



^ 4. V. altissima, Linn. f. ; Wight Ic. t. 1466 ; Bedd. El. Sylv. t. 252. 

 Vera. Nevali Adugu, Tel. ; Mairole, Nauladi, Kan. ; Media, Tarn. : Maiyella, 



Mai. 



A very large tree, young shoots villous with soft hairs. Leaves 3- rarely 

 5-foliolate, leaflets lanceolate, nearly sessile, nearly entire, when full grown 

 upperside glabrous, (excepting midrib), underside pubescent, petiole 1-3 in. 

 long, often with a narrow wing, widening upwards, inflorescence 3-8 in. diam., 

 branches spiciforrn, interrupted. El. white with a tinge of blue, calyx-teeth 

 short, triangular, corolla woolly and ciliate at edges. Ovary and young fr. 

 fulvous-villous at apex. Drupe J in. diam. 



Western Peninsula, common in the evergreen forests of the Western Ghats, also in 

 the Deccan. Fl. E. S. 5. V. alata, Heyne, Western Peninsula, wing of petiole J in. 

 wide, generally wider below, is probablv not specifically distinct. 6. V. limonifolia, 

 Wall. Kyetyo, Burm. Khasi hills (D. B. April, 1879). Chittagong (C. B. Clarke. Feb. 

 1873). Burma, Upper and Lower. Common petiole more or less winged, leaflets sessile, 

 usually 3, from lanceolate to broad-elliptic, 3-10 in. long, sometimes serrate, underside 

 with shining resinous glands, sparsely hairy or softly tomentose. Branches of thyrsus 

 spiciforrn. 



7. V. pubescens, Vahl. — Syn. V. arborea, Roxb.; Wight Ic. t. 1465. 

 Vera. Nemali adugu, Tel. ; Myladi, Tarn. ; Kyetyo, Burm. 



A large evergreen tree, wood brown, very hard, branches quadrangular, 

 branchlets, pietioles, underside of 1. and inflorescence densely clothed with soft 

 minute tawny pubescence, leaflets usually 3, the lateral sessile or nearly so, 

 elliptic, 4-8 in. long. Inflorescence dense, pyramidal, 3-5 in. across, top 

 rounded, bracts persistent, \-\, corolla J-i in. long. 



Western Peninsula, on the east side fi-om Orissa, on the west side from the Nilgiris 

 southwards. Silhet. Lower Burma. Andamans. Fl. Jan.-Mar. Malay Penins. 

 8. V. diversifolia, Kurz. Andamans. L. simple and 3-foliolate, glabrous, only midrib 

 pubescent beneath, closely reticulate veins conspicuous on both surfaces, bracts ovate, 

 conspicuous. 9. V. eaneseens, Kurz. Sarmala, Ass. ; TauJcsha, Burm. Assam, Khasi 

 hills. Pegu. Upper Burma. Yunnan. A middle-sized tree, branches quadrangular, 

 branchlets, petioles, underside of 1. and inflorescence softly pubescent or tomentose, 

 leaflets 3 or 5, blade 3-6, lateral petiolules up to ^ in. long. Fl. white, with a faint 

 pink tinge, pedicels as long as calyx, in half whorls, rarely in short cymes, on the 

 branches of the terminal, rarely axillary thyrsus, bracts caducous, calyx eainpanulate. 

 10. V. heterophylla, Eoxb. ; Wall. PI. As. Par. t, 226. Assam. Tipperah. Pegu. 

 Tenasserim. China. Formosa. Ind. Archip. A large tree, leaflets membranous, as 

 a rule 5, nearly glabrous, blade 3-7, pet. of the lateral J-l in. long. Branches of thyrsus 

 elongate, narrow, fr. J in. diam. 11. V. coriacea, Clarke. Mergui (Kijet-Iio hpo). Malay 

 Penins. Similar to 10, leaflets as a rule 3, coriaceous, shining fr. j-J in. long, supported 

 by the enlarged cup-shaped calyx. 



B. Inflorescence always axillary. 



12. V. Leucoxylon, Linn. f. — Syn. Wallrothia Leucoxylon, Roxb. ; Wight 

 Ic. t. 1467. Vem. LoJcki, Kondavavili, Tel. ; Sengeni, Lakki, Kan. 



A large deciduous tree, bark white, young shoots slightly puberulous. L. 

 3- or 5-foliolate, leaflets lanceolate, almost coriaceous, glabrous, only midrib 

 hairy on underside, blade 4-6, petiolule of the lateral up to f in. long. Cymes 

 trichotomous corymbiform, lax, branches divaricate, fl. fragrant, whitish, 

 corolla hairy outside, 4 lobes equal, the 5th much larger, on the upper side 

 bearded with purple hairs. Drupe oblong ovoid f in. long, dark purple, stone 

 4-celled. 



Western Peninsula, chiefly on banks of streams, from the Chanda district, south- 

 wards. Fl. Feb.-April. — Ceylon, dry country. 



