50 



39. a. Calyx-lobes 0.6-0.65 c.M 27. V. longisepala 



b. Calyx-lobes 0.2 c.M 40 



40. a. Calyx-lobes 0.15 c.M., abrupt . . . . . 28. V. medusaecalyx 



b. Calyx-lobes 0-0.05 c.M , not abrupt .... . . , . .41 



41. a. Leaves glabrous beneath, or pubescent on or near the nerves only . , 45 

 b. Leaves + pubescent beneath. 42 



42. a. Inflorescences 2-6 by 2-6 c.M 43 



b. Inflorescences 9-19 by 3-17 c.M. . . . . . . ... 44 



43. a. 1 Peduncle p. axil; leaflets with rounded apex . . 29. V. hawaiiensis 

 b. 2 Peduncles p. axil, leaflets with acute apex . . . . 30. V. vestita 



44. a. Cymes dichotomous, lax, 1 p. axil . . . ' , . 31. V. leucoxylon 

 b. Inflorescences paniculate, (l-)2 p. axil . . . . 32. V. bogoriensis 



45. a. 3. Peduncles p. axil, inflorescence subspicate ... 33. V. Curranii 



b. 1-2 Peduncles p. axil . . , . . . . . , . .46 



46. a. 1 Peduncle p. axil ■ . . . 50. 



b. (l-) 2 Peduncles p. axil. . . . ... . . . . . 47 



47. a. Leaves 3-4-foliolate, calyx 0.4 c.M.. corolla-lobes langer than tube 



34. V. Aherniana 



b. Leaves 3-5-foliolate, calyx 0.1-0.15 c.M. 48 



48. a. Calyx teeth obtuse, 0.05 c.M., leaves 3-foliolate . . .35. V. venosa 



b. Calyx teeth acute, very small or none, leaves 3-5- foliolate . . . 49 



49. a. Calyx truncate, 0.1 c,M., pedicels 0.1-0.5 c.M.; leaves 3-foliolate 36. V. luzonica 

 b. Calyx obsoletely toothed, 0.15 c.M., pedicels 0-0.15 c.M., leaves 5-foliolate 



. . 32. V. bogoriensis 



50. a. Terminal leaflets 10-31 by 4-13' l 2 c.M., petioles 5.7-17 c.M., petiolules 1-4.7 c.M. 51 

 b. Terminal leaflets 9V-J5'/2 by 3-8 c,M., petiolules 1 .4-2 c.M.; petioles 3-8 1 / 2 c.M. 52 



51. a. I Peduncle p. axil, leaves glabrous beneath , . . 37. V. glabrata 

 b. (l-)2 Peduncles p. axil, leaves ± pubescent beneath , 32. V. bogoriensis 



52. a. Cymes dichotomous, 1217 by 12-17 c.M. . . .31. V.ieucoxylon 



b. Inflorescences paniculate . . •. .53 



53. a. 1-2 Peduncles p. axil, petioles 7-8 1 /2 c.M.; calyx 0.1 c.M., truncate 



'35. V. luzonica 



b. I Peduncie'p. axil, petioles 3.7-5.3 c.M.; calyx 0.15 c.M., truncate or somewhat 

 5-toothed 38. V. bankae 



Imperfectly known or doubtful species: 



41. V. geniculate 44. V. Merrillii 



42. V. Koordersii 45. V. padangensis 



43. V. macrophylla 



Excluded species: 45. V. bantamensis 



1. Vitex altissima L. F. Suppl. 294 (1781); Verb. 371. — V. lati olia 

 WIGHT ex STEUD. Nom. ed. 11, I, 777 (1841).— V. pn^cscens HEYNE ex 

 WALL. Cat. n. 1755 (1828).— A large tree, 25 M. high; branchlets quadran- 

 gular, sulcate, densely grey-pubescent when young; leaves 3-foliolate; 

 leaflets sessile or nearly so, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, chartaceous; 

 acute at base and at apex, margins entire ; young leaflets ovate, base broadly 

 cuneate, apex schortly acuminate, margins serrate; lateral leaflets 7.2-14 by 

 2.7-5 c.M., sessile, terminal ones 13-18 by 6-7 c.M., petiolules 0.1-0.5 c.M. ; 

 pairs of nerves + 10; petioles 3.8-6.2 c.M. long, unwinged near base, 

 gradually becoming winged towards the apex, rotundate at apex and with 

 a breadth of 8.0-1 c.M.; upper surface of leaves and petiole-wings glabrous ; 

 lower one somewhat pubescent or subglabrous ; inflorescences 



