504 LXXXII. VERBENACE.il [Viteoe 



Common, of ten gregarious, nearly every where in the plains and lower hills of India, 

 a&cencling to 5,000 ft. in the N. West Himalaya, ext end mg west to Peshawar and Sind. 

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



2. V. trifolia, Linn. f. (Indrani, Mar.; Kijaung ha7i, Burm.). Western Peninsula. 

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

 B. 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 ^-\ in. long, pale purple, throat glahrous, tufts of hairs only 

 at the insertion of stamens, lobes nearly equal. 



4. V. altissima, Linn, f, ; Wight Ic. t. 146G ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 252. 

 Vern. Neralt Adugu, Tel. ; Mairole, Nauladi, Kan. ; Maila, Tam. ; Maiyclla^ 

 Mai. 



A very large tree, young shoots villous with soft hairs. Leaves 5- rarely 

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

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

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

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

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

 fulvous-viilous at apex. Drupe \ in. diam. 



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

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

 wide, generally wider below, ib probably not specifically distinct. 6. V. limonifolia. 

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

 1873). Buima, 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 

 spic if orm. 



7. V. pubescens, VahL — Syn. F. arhorea^ Roxb. ; Wight Ic. t. 1465. 

 Yern. Nanali aclugu^ Tel. ; Myladi^ Tani. ; Kyetyo^ Burm. 



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

 branchletSj petioles, 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, i~}, corolla ^-J- in. long. 



Western Peninsula, on the east side from 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. canescens, Ivurz. Earinala^ A.^s..\ Tatil<:^ha,l^uTni. Assam, Khasi 

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

 branohkts, petioles, underside of 1. and inflorescence softly jjubescent or tomentose, 

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

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

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

 10, V. heteropliylla, Eoxb. 5 Wall. PI. As. Ear. t. 226. Assam. Tipperah. Pegu. 

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

 a rule 5, nearly glabrous, blade 3-7, pet. of the lateral J-1 in. long. Branches of thyrsus 

 elongate, narrow, fr. -J in. diam. 11. V. coriacea, Clarke. Mergui {Kyet-lw hpo), Malay 

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

 by the enlarged cup-shaped calyx. 



B. Inflorescence always axillary. 



12. V, Leucoxylon, Linn. f. — Syn. Wdllrothia Leucoxylon, Eoxb. ; Wight 

 Ic. t. 1467. Vern. LoJdd, Ko7idavavil% Tel. ; 8enge7iij Lakki^ Kan. 



A large deciduous ti^ee, 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 latei^al up to f in. long. Cymes 

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

 corolla hairy outside, 4 lobes eq^ual, 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. PL Feb.- April—Ceylon, dry coxmtry. 



