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Vitex negundo, Linn. Shrub or small tree with quadrangular branchlets: lfts. usually 5, or occasionally 3, stalked, elliptic-ovate to lanceolate, acuminate, serrate or entire, grayish tomentulose beneath, 1 1/2 - 4 in. long: fls. lilac or lavender, small, scarcely 1/4 in. long, stalked, in rather loose clusters forming slender spikes usually crowded into loose terminal panicles 5-8 in. long; stamens and style slightly exserted. China, India. Tender. Var. incisa, Clarke (V. incisa, Lam. V. laciniata, Hort.). Fig. 3952. Lfts. incisely serrate or almost pinnatifid, 3/4 - 3 in. long; the more extreme form with deeply pinnatifid lfts. and narrow remote segms. may be distinguished as f. multifida, Rehd. (Agnus-castus incisa var. multifida, Carr.). July-Aug. N. China, Mongolia. B.M. 364 (as V. Negundo). This variety is much hardier than the type; it is less showy in bloom than the preceding species, but a graceful shrub of loose and open habit, with handsome foliage.
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==Cultivation==
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==Species==
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==References==
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
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