evil. VERBENACEiE. 
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Vitex.] 
long, 3 in. wide; petiolules *25 in. long to 0; petioles 2 to 4 in. 
long! Panicles pyramidal pubescent, up to 10 in. long, 6 in. 
through. Bracts ovate or spathulate persistent. Calyx campanu- 
late tomentose, -15 in. long. Corolla 2-lipped, tube pubescent, 
lower lobe long, violet blue. Drupe globose, *2 in. through, black. 
Hab. Very common in open country and secondary jungle from 
Singapore to Perlis, and Pulau Adang. Disirib. India, Burma, 
Malay islands. Native names .' Leban; Leban hitam; Leban 
Tandok. Use : Valued for its timber, used especially for bridges. 
(8) V. heterophylla Roxb. Hort. Beng. 46; FI. Ind. iii. 75; 
Gamble, l.c. 848; Wall PI As. Rar. 15, t. 226. 
Tree 60 to 80 ft. tall, 2 to 3 ft. through. Leaves chartaceous, 
5-foliate; leaflets elliptic-oblong to obovate, long cuspidate- 
acuminate, base narrowed or rounded, mid-leaflet largest, 5 to 
7 in. long, 3 to 4 in. wide; petiolule -5 to 1 in. long, the others 
smaller with short or no petiolule; petioles 3 to 6 in. long. Panicles 
large lax thinly tomentose thyrsoid, 12 in. long, lower branches 
6 in. or more long; cymules in distant pairs, -5 in. long. Calyx 
tubular, campanulate grey-pubescent, -i in. long. Corolla broad, 
funnel-shaped, pubescent, glandular outside, pale yellow, lower lip 
blue. Drupe pyriform. Hab. Local. In dense forests, Perak, 
Tapah (Wray); Ulu Bubong and Larut (Kunstler). Disirib. 
India, Cambodia. 
(9) V. .urceolata Clarke in Hook. fd. F.B.I. iv, 285. V. suma- 
trana var. urceolata Gamble, l.c. 849. 
Tree 40 to 60 ft. tall. Leaves chartaceous, 3- to 5-foliate; 
leaflets obovate or oblong obovate abrupt shortly acuminate, 
glabrous or nearly, mid-leaflet 4 to 6 in. long, 2-5 to 3 in. wide, 
with petiolule 1 in. long, other leaflets little smaller, with petiolules 
shorter; petioles 1-5 to 4 in. long. Panicle thinly tomentose, 
3-branched sessile, up to 8 in. long, lower branehlets up to 
4 in. long. Flowers in pairs of cymes distant at base, crowded 
above. Calyx tubular campanulate, -15 in. long, enlarged in 
fruit. Corolla-tube curved, -25 in. long, pubescent outside, 
glabrous inside, whitish blue, lobes pubescent outside only. 
Drupe globose, -3 in. long. Hab. Forests. Rare. Malacca 
(Griffith). Negri Sembilan, Durian Tawar (Foxworthy). Perak, 
Ulu Bubong (Kunstler). 
(10) V. pteropoda Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. Sufpl. 567; Gamble, l.c. 
851. 
Big spreading tree, 40 to 60 ft. tall. Leaves coriaceous, 5 ~ to 
7-foliate; leaflets long-lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, 
base cuneate, lower pair only much smaller than upper ones, 4 to 
20 in. long, 1 to 2-5 in. wide; petioles 4 1 ° 7 i n - broadly winged, 
wings over 1 in. wide on each side. Panicles terminal and axillary, 
sub-sessile, 1 ft. long; branches 4 in. long, glabrous; branehlets 
or cvmes of few pinkish white flowers. Calyx urceolate, -i in. long. 
