270 



68. VEIlBENACEiE. 



[ Fifex, 



Wood grey, smooth, soft. Pores small, equally distributee). Medullary 

 rays moderately broad and fine, liglit coloured, distinct. Weiglis 35 lbs. 

 to the cub. ft. The bitter bark is used in native medicine. The 

 tomentose buds are used as wicks in oil lamps. 



5. VITEX, Linii. 



Trees or sbrubs. Leaves usually 3-5-foliate. Calyx truncate or 

 5-toothed. Corolla small, tubular, 2-lipped, 5-tootlied ; central lobe 

 of lower lip largest. , Stamens 4, in pairs, exserted. Ovary 2-4- 

 celled^ style filiform, shortly bifid, cells 4-ovuled ; drupe globose, 

 sup]3orted by the more or less accrescent calyx. 



Flowers in terminal panicles. 



Leaves 1-3-foliate, leaflets sessile, white 



mealy beneath ... ... 1. F. trifolia. 



Leaves 3-5-foliate, leaflets petioluled, grey- 

 pubescent beneath .. ... 2. F", Negundo. 



Leaves 3-5-foliate ; petioles oi' slightly 



winged ... ... ... ... ... 3. T^. altissima. 



Leaves 3-5-foliate ; petioles broadly winged, 



mng cordate ab the base ... 4i. V. alata. 



Flowers in axillary corymbose cymes 5. F. leucoxylon. 



1. V. trifolia, Linn. f. Suppl. 293 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 17^ ; Brandis For. 

 Fl. 370. Nirqunda^ Yern. ; Indrdni, liagur, M. 



Scattered throughout India in the tropical and sub-tropical region 

 from the Himalayas to Ceylon, very easily distinguished from V. Negundo, 

 when they are seen growing together. The panicles are shorter and the 

 fruit larger than in V, Negundo. Sandy seashores near Murdeshwar, 

 North Kanara. Fl. Fr. apparently throughout the year. A shrub or 

 small tree. 



2. V. K-egundo» Linn. Roxb. Fl. Ind. IIL 70; Fl. Br. I. 4.583 ; 

 Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 171 ; Brandis For. FL 369. V. bicolor, Willd. ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 201. Lehhigidda, sJmrnboli, K. ; Nirguda, lingur, M. ; 

 Nirgunda, nengar, H. ; Nagodz, Guz. Indian Privet. 



Throughout tropical India and Ceylon. Throughout the presidency 

 and Sind, very common along the banks of rivers and in moist situations 

 in or near deciduous forests. Fl. Mch.-May ; also throughout the year at 

 other times. 



A large shrub or small tree. Bark thin, grey. Wood greyish-white, 

 hard; annual rings distinct. Pores small and moderate sized. Medul- 

 lary rays numerous, fine. Weighs 42 lbs. to the cub. ft. Used for 

 building purposes and fuel, often planted in hedges. The root is used in 

 native medicine as a febrifuge. 



3. V. altissima, Linn. f. Suppl. 294; Fl. Br. I. 4. 585; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 201; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 252; Brandis For. Fl. 370. Bidgi, 

 harnige, naiiladi-mara^ naulmitilc, K. 



