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5. CALLICARPA. From the Greek callos, beauty, and cargos, 
fruit. — Chiefly E. Asia and N. Australia. 
Callicarpa macrophylla, Vahl. ; FI. Br. Ind. iv. 568. An erect 
shrub, 4-8 ft. ; branches, leaf-stalks and inflorescence densely 
clothed with tawny, wool-like tomentum. Leaves shortly stalked, 
lanceolate, 6-9 X 2-3 in., crenate or sharply toothed, long-pointed ; 
upper surface wrinkled, stellately pubescent ; lower tomentose. 
Flowers hardly J in. long, pink, crowded in axillary, stalked 
cymes. Calyx bell-shaped, 4-toothed. Corolla-tube short ; limb 
4-lobed, lobes nearly equal, spreading. Stamens equal, far- 
protruding. Ovary 2- or 4-celled ; style long, stigma minutely 
capitate. Fruit succulent, globose, white, containing 4 one-seeded 
nutlets. 
Valleys below Simla ; July-November. — Throughout N. and E. India, 
ascending to 6000 ft. 
6. VITEX. The classical name of V. Agnus-castus, a South 
European shrub. — Most tropical and warm regions. 
Vitex Negundo, Linn. ; FI. Br. Ind. iv. 583. A shrub or 
small tree ; branchlets, leaf-stalks and inflorescence densely grey- 
pubescent. Leaves stalked, digitately compound ; leaflets 3-5, 
lanceolate, unequal, largest about 4 xlj in., entire, long-pointed ; 
upper surface glabrous or nearly so, lower densely grey-pubescent. 
Flowers J in. long, blue -purple, crowded in short cymes forming 
erect, narrow, tapering, terminal panicles. Calyx bell-shaped, 
5-toothed. Corolla-tube not longer than the calyx ; limb 
obscurely 2-lipped, lobes 5, unequal, lowest much the largest. 
Stamens in unequal pairs, protruding. Ovary 2- or 4-celled ; style 
long, tip 2-lobed. Fruit succulent, black, ovoid, | in. long, con- 
taining 4 one-seeded nutlets. 
Valleys below Simla ; March-June. — Throughout India, ascending to 5000 
ft. — Nearly all tropical regions. 
7. HOLMSKIOLDIA, In honour of Theodor Holmskiold, a 
Danish botanical author of the eighteenth century. — India, Africa. 
Holmskioldia sanguinea, Retz ; FI. Br. Ind. iv. 596. A nearly 
glabrous, straggling shrub, 10-30 ft. Leaves stalked, cordate, 
ovate, about 3x2 in., toothed or entire. Flowers scarlet, tinged 
with orange, crowded in axillary, stalked cymes. Calyx coloured 
like the corolla ; tube very short ; limb membranous, circular, 
entire, spreading, 1 in. diam. Corolla f in. long ; tube nearly 
cylindric, curved ; limb short, obscurely 2-lipped, lobes 5, unequal, 
lowest the longest. Stamens in unequal pairs, protruding. Ovary 
4-celled ; style long, tip 2-lobed. Fruit 4-lobed, nearly dry, con- 
taming 4 one -seeded nutlets. 
