674 ARBORETUM Et FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. 
Africa, and Egypt. Height 5 ft. to 6 ft. Introd. 1570. 
Flowers white, bluish white, or reddish white ; Sept. 
Variety, 
a V.A. 2 latifolia Mill. (N. Du Ham., vi. p. 116.) 
has the leaflets broader and shorter than 
those of the species. The spikes of flowers 
are shorter, and the flowers are always blue. 
South of France and Italy. 
Its flowers have an agreeable odour ; but the leaves 
have an unpleasant smell, although aromatic. No 
seeds are produced in England. The plant grows 
freely in any soil that is tolerably dry; and it is 
readily propagated by cuttings, put in in autumn, and 
protected with a hand-glass. In the Paris nurseries it 
is frequently raised from seeds received from Italy, 
and both in France and England the plant sometimes 
1313. v. A’gnus cdstus. produces suckers. 
% 2. V.(A.) incr'sa Lam, The cut-leaved Chaste Tree. 
Identification. Lam. Dict., 2. p.612.; Willd. Sp., 3. p.392.; N Du Ham., by 
6. p. 116. ot 
Synonyme. V. Negrindo Bot. Mag. t. 364. 
Engravings. Bot. ‘Mag. t. 364. ; and our jig. 1314. 
Spec. Char., &c. Leaves digitate, composed of five leaflets, 
subpinnatifid. (Lam.) A deciduous shrub. China. 
Height 4 ft. to 5ft. Introduced in 1758. Flowers 
bluish, purplish, or whitish ; July to September. 
This supposed species, though not common in British 
gardens, is quite hardy in the Jardin des Plantes, where it 
grows with great vigour, and flowers profusely. Distin- 
guished at a glance from the preceding and following 
species, by its long linear fine deep green leaflets. 
% 3. PV. arBo'REA Rox. The arboreous Chaste Tree. 
Identification. Rox. Flor. Ind., vol. 3. 
p. 73. ; Royle Illust., vol. 1. p. 292. 
Engravings. Our fig. 1315. from a living 1314. ¥. incisa. 
specimen in the Jardin des Plantes. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves digitate; leaflets ovate, 
acuminate, dentate. A large shrub ; in its native 
country a small tree. India. Height 30 ft.; in 
the Paris Garden 5 ft. Introduced ?. Flowers 
purplish ; July and August. 
Readily known from the preceding sorts by its 
mucb broader leaves, shorter, and of a paler green. 
According to Royle, this species in the Himalayas 
yields a hard and durable timber, much used and 
esteemed. The plant, in the Paris Garden, grows 
with great vigour, and is quite hardy, but does 
not flower freely. 
1315. V. arborea. 
Sugppivision Il. MONOCHLAMY’DEZ:. 
Perianth simple. 
Orver LVII. CHENOPODIA'‘CEA. 
Oxd. CHAR. Perianth deeply divided, and persistent ; astivation imbricate. 
Stamens equal in number to the divisions of the perianth, or opposite them, 
