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Teucpidium parvifolium (The Small-leaved Tcucrtdium). 



A shrub, 2ft. -5ft. in height, forming close thickets ; branches and leaves 

 slightly hairj'. Leaves roundish or oval, (tin. long. Cal>'x bell-shaped, with 5 

 sharp teeth. Corolla hairy, bell-shaped, Jin. -Jin. long. PI. Dec. -Jan. 



Fig. 114. Vitex lucens (^ nat. size). 



Genus Aviceimia. 



Maritime trees, with branching roots. Leaves opposite, entire, hoary. 

 Flowers in capitate panicles, sessile, surrounded by bracts. Cal)-x 4-5-parted 

 Corolla leathery, small, 4-5-lobed. Stamens 4, short. Ovary '2-celled. Fruit an 



