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13. V. peduncularis, Wall. — Syn. Vitex alata, Roxb. : Kurz F. Fl. ii. 

 272. Vern. Boruna, Bern:.: Osai, Ass.: Kyetyo, Pazin-nyo, Burm. 



A middle-sized or large deciduous tree, wood hard, close-grained. Youngest 

 shoots minutely grey pubescent, branchlets, petioles and 1. glabrous. Leaflets 

 3, membranous, lanceolate. 5-7, in., the lateral on petiolules up to J in. long, 

 common petiole channelled and narrowly margiuate. in young plants and 

 coppice shoots often broadly winged. Shining resinous glands usually on the 

 underside of 1., on calyx and corolla. Cymes in a lax pedunculate thyrsus, up 

 to in in. 1 >n lt, ramifications slender, jiedicels as long as calyx. Fl. yellowish- 

 or greenish-white, corolla -j in. long, lower lip longer than tube. 



Siililiinialayaii tract from Nepal eastwards. Assam, Khasi bills. Cachar, C'hitta- 

 gong. From the Rajmahal hills through Chutia Nagpur to Qrissa and the Circars. 

 Burma, Upper and Lower, common. Fl. March-June. 



11. V. glabrata, R. Brown.— Syn. I'. Leucoxylon, Kurz F. Fl. 273. 

 Vern. Goda, Beng. ; Tauksha, Burm. 



A large deciduous tree, wood grey, handsome. Youngest shoots slightly 

 pubescent, 1. almost glabrous, leaflets •">, blade 5-7 in., petiolules of the lateral 

 up to 1 in. long, underside without resinous glands. Cymes pedunculate, 

 dichotomous, lax corymbiform, calyx usually glabrous in the lower, hairy in 

 the upper part, corolla J-l in. long, white and purple. Fr. succulent \ in. 

 long. 



Assam. Garo hills, Cachar, Eastern Bengal and Chittogong. Andamans. Burma, 

 Upper and Lower. Fl. April, May. Malay Fenins. and Archip. NewGuinea. North 

 Australia. 15. V. vestita. Wall. Assam, Khasi hills. Upper Burma, Yunnan. 

 Malay Peninsula an<l Archip. A shrub or small tree, branchlets, petioles, underside 

 ■ •f leaflets ami inflorescence pubescent or woolly with long soft hairs. Leaflets 3, 

 acuminate, 1-6 in., the lateral on petiolules up to | in. long. Cymes shorter than 

 petioles, peduncles up to ; , ! in. long, shining- res i nuns glands on calyx, > >l In and under- 

 side of 1., corolla J— J in., nil"' 2-3 times longer than calyx, fr. | in. diam. Specimens 

 coll. in hu.l ..n the "hills bel ween Xunzalin and Salween 3,<X.m i ft. (I i. B. March lssni 

 hav leaflets 8-9 In. long, densely grej tomentose beneath, qo resinous glands but 

 Mack dots on the uii.l.-isi.lc 



Hymenopyramis, brachiata, Wall. Dry districts of the Iraua.li valley. Upper Burma. 

 An extensively scandenl shrub, branches and underside of 1. grey-tomentose. Fl. 



white in c..iii|.acl cymes arrange.! in a large pyramidal thyrsus. Capsule small, 1- 



valvd in the greatly enlarged acutely 1-winged membranous almost entirely closed 

 calyx. 



3. TECTONA, Linn. HI. : Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 570. 



Deciduous tivs with angular branchlets, young shoots, inflorescence and 

 leaves clothed with stellate tomentum. L. large, opposite or termite, cut ire. PI. 

 small, in large terminal elect trichotoinous panicles, bracts small, narrow, calj \ 

 oampanulate, Bhortly 5- or 6-lobed, enlarged in fruit, corolla-tube short, limb 

 spreading, equally •">- or 6-lobed, anthers exserted. Ovary L-celled, style 

 shortly 2 l-tid. Fr. 1-celled, endocarp bony, enclosed in tin- calyx. Embryo 

 enclosed in a thin layer of endosperm. Species 3, one in the Philippines. 



I. T. grandis, I. inn. til.: Roxb. Cor. PI. t. 6; Bedd. PI. Sylv. t. 250; 

 Brandis P. PI. t. II. The Teak tree. S&ns.Sdka; I 'its. SaJ, Sal. Vern. 

 Sagun, Sagon, Bind.; Saguan, Ka.jp. ; SSg, SOgtcan, Mar.: Teka, Gond; 

 Ti'ku, Tel.; Tegu, dan.; TheTcku, Tarn. ; KyUn, Bonn. 



A large tree, hear twood golden yellow when fresh cut, turning brown, oily to 

 the touch, with a strong scent, moderately hard, does not warp or split, extremely 

 durable, weigh! I"> lb. per cnb. ft., annual rings marked by a narrow bell of 

 vessels. I '.ranch lets quadrangular and channelled, with large quadrangular pith. 



L. elliptic or obovate. uppersi.le rough, underside clothed with dense stellate, 



grey or tawny tomentum, blade 12-24 in., narrowed into petiole i ll in., of 



seedling's and coppice shoots the I. often 2-3 ft. long'. Fl. while, pan 



