170 VlTEX. 



Section I Agnus-castus (Endl.) Briq. 

 Subsection 1, Terminales Briq. 



1. V. pteropoda Miq., Fl. Ind. bat. II, Suppl. I, 567 

 (1862); King and Gamble, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, LXXIV, 

 4, 851. ^ — A tree, reaching 13 — 20 M. in height; branch- 

 lets stout, glabrous, many-ribbed; leaves very large, 5 — 

 7-foliolate; petioles broadly winged, the wings broadest 

 near the base, coriaceous, each 5—7 cM. broad, glabrous 

 on both sides, irregularly reticulated with some indistinct 

 nerves; leaflets oblong or oblong-ovate (-lanceolate, King 

 and Gamble), base obtuse or acute, apex acuminate; cori- 

 aceous; pairs of nerves 10—13; glabrous on both sides, 

 eglandular, 27—4372 by 12— 19 cM.; petiolules 0—2 cM.; 

 petioles 14 — 25 cM.; cymules in long, subspicate, terminal 

 panicles, glabrous, or minutely and sparsely pubescent, 

 few-flowered; bracts 0.4 cM., linear, somewhat pubescent; 

 length of panicle 17 — 30 cM.; calyx cupuliform, coriace- 

 ous, slightly 2-lipped, 0.15—0.2 cM. long, 0.2—0.25 cM. 

 wide, upper lip with 3 small, acute teeth, lower one 

 subentire or + 2-toothed and 2-angular; glabrous within, 

 glandular and sparsely pubescent (especially near base) 

 without; pedicels 0.05^ — 0.3 cM., somewhat pubescent; 

 corolla blue, tube 0.6 cM., glabrous in the lower part, 

 both within and without, densely and softly pubescent for 

 the rest outside, villous inside; upper lip 2-lobed, lobes 

 oblong, 0.3 by 0.2 cM., lower one 3-lobed, lateral lobes 

 as those of upper lip, midlobe 0.6 by Vg cM.; stamens 

 exserted, 0.8 cM. long, inserted in the throat; filaments 

 villous; anthers reniform; style 1 cM. long, apex shordy 

 bifid; ovary depressed, glabrous, except at apex, which is 

 densely villous and glandular; drupe 1.8 — 2V2 cM. long, 1.2 

 cM. in diam., glabrous, seated on the much enlarged calyx. 



Sumatra: in H. Bog, sub. no. 1070, Siboga — in H. A. 



