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564 spotted with purple; peduncles ⅓–⅔ in. long. Calyx-segments lanceolate, acuminate. Corolla campanulate; lobes rounded, villous within. Stamens 4, scarcely exserted. Ovary 4-celled. Drupe ¼–⅓ in. long, oblong, succulent, reddish-purple.—''A. Rich. Fl. Nouv. Zel.'' 195; A. Cunn. Precur. n. 387; Raoul, Choix, 43; ''Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 204; Handb. N.Z. Fl. 225; Kirk, Forest Fl.'' t. 124. Citharexylum perforatum, ''Forst. Prodr.'' sub. n. 238.





Herbs or shrubs or trees. Leaves opposite or whorled, very rarely alternate, usually simple (digitate in Vitex); stipules wanting. Flowers generally hermaphrodite, irregular or rarely regular. Calyx inferior, persistent, 4–5-toothed. Corolla gamopetalous, hypogynous; limb 2-lipped or equal, 4–5-lobed, lobes imbricate. Stamens usually 4, didynamous, inserted on the tube of the corolla; anthers 2-celled, dehiscing lengthwise. Ovary superior, entire or shortly 4-lobed, 2–4-celled; style terminal, simple; stigma entire or 2-lobed; ovules solitary or 2 collateral in each cell, erect or ascending. Fruit drupaceous or almost capsular, 2–4-celled (1-celled in Avicennia), indehiscent or the whole fruit or the endocarp alone separating into 2–4 pyrenes. Seeds solitary in each cell, usually erect or ascending; albumen present or wanting; embryo straight, radicle inferior.

Trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite, digitately 3–5-foliolate, very rarely simple. Flowers in axillary or terminal cymes or panicles.