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Our species has a close affinity with V. bankae, but in the absence of a more 

 complete material, we separate it from that species, because of the differences, noted 

 in the descriptions. 



33. Vitex Curranii H. J.L., Verb 207 (1919). 

 Distribution: Philippines (Negros) ! 



34. Vitex Aherniana MERR., Bur. Gov. Lab. Bull. no. 6, 18 (1903); 

 Verb, 206. 



Distribution: Philippines ! 



35 Viiex venosa H. J. L, nov. spec. — Arbor 18 M. alta, trunco erecto, 

 gracili, tereti, vertice latissimo, multibrachiato ; ramuli teretes, glabri, curvis- 

 simi, tenues ; cortex brunneus ; f o 1 i a 3-foliolate ; f o 1 i o 1 a oblongo-lanceolata, 

 utrinque acuta, margine intégra, coricea, utrinque glaberrima, eglandulosa; 

 supra in sicco grisea, + bullata, subtus reticulatione prominente suffulta; 

 petiolus glaber, supra sulcatus, persectione transversa semilunare, basi 

 apiceque incrassatus; foliola lateralia 5.3-6.3 c.M. longa, 2-2.6 c.M. lata, 

 petiolulo 0.5-0.6 c.M. longe; terminalia 7.7-10.7 c.M. longa, 2.7-4.5 c.M. 

 lata, petiolulo 0.8-1.3 c.M. longo; petiolus 3-3.8 c.M. longus; paniculae 

 axillares, superiores solitariae, inferiores binae in axilla, sparse ferrugineo- 

 pubescentes cymulis parvis oppositis, paucifloris, inferioribus quaternis 

 in nodo positis (duobus superioribus majoribus, 5-12- floris, Vj 2 -3 c.M. 

 longis, pedunculo 0.7-1.8 c.M. longo, duobus inferioribus minoribus, 2-4- 

 floris, 0.5-0.7 c.M. longis, superioribus binis in nodo positis, parvis, 5-1- floris, 

 0.5-1 c.M. longis; bracteae lineares 0.2-0.35 c.M. longae; paniculae totae 

 4-11 c.M. longae, l'/' 2 -2 c.M. latae, pedunculo 2.3-6 c.M. longo; calyx 

 subsessilis. campanulatus, sparse pubescens vel subglabratus, 0.15 cM. 

 longus, dentibus 5 (interdum 6) deltoideis obtusis, 0.05 c.M. longis; 

 corrollo, parte inferiore excepta, extus dense minuteque puberula, 0.9 c.M. 

 longa, tubo angusto-infundibuliforme, 0.5-0.55 c.'M. longo, intus glabro, 

 prope staminum insertionem annulo pilorum rigidorum vestita, basi lobi 

 labü inferioris medii rigido-barbato ; lobi 4 minores, deltoidei, subacuti, 

 utrinque pubescentes, 0.15-0.2 c.M. longi et lati, unus major 0.25-0.4 c.M. 

 longus, 0.25-0.35 c.M. latus, venosus, margine irregulariter sinuato-uiidulatus; 

 stamina didynamia, 0.5 et 0.6 c.M. longa, exserta, 0.2 c.M. a basi 

 tubo inserta, filamentis basis lateraliter compressis, sparse pubescentibus ; 

 stylus longe exsertus, 1 c.M. longus, stigmate breviter bifido, lobis hori- 

 zontaliter divergentibus vel paulo recurvis; ovarium glabrum. 



Sumatra: GRASHOFF n. 890, Banjuasin- and Kubu- countries; 

 Palembang, flw. on 24. XII. 1915, 20 M. in alt., in the forest, firs. He- 

 liotropium-coloured, with a little agreeable fragrance; native name: Krin- 

 djing daun talang. 



36. Vitex luzonica H. J. L., nov. spec- Arbor?, ramuli glabri, acute 

 quadrangulares ; folia 3-foliolata, foliola ovata, basi late cuneata, apice 

 breviter acuminata, margine intégra, chartacea, in sicco supra atra, subtus 

 grisea; utrinque glaberrima; nervis utrinque 8-11; lateralia 8 } j 2 -\0U 2 c.M. 

 longa, 4.6-6.4 c.M. lata, petiolulo 1.3-2.1 c.M. longo, terminalia 9'/ 2 -12c.M. 

 longa, 4.5-7 c.M. lata petiolulo 1.4-2 c.M. longo; petiolus glaber, 7-8 , ;2 c.M. 



