

Grewia.] xxvn. tiliace^; (masters). 245 



. 5 - Gr. guazumifolia, Jim. in Ann. Mus. iv. 89. t. 48./. 3 ; DC. Trod. 

 i. 508. A shrub with erect or spreading villose branches. Leafstalks villose, 

 4~2 m. in length. Leaves obliquely subcordate, ovate or oblong, acute, mi- 

 nutely serrate, pilose above, downy beneath, 3-5-nerved, feather-veined, 2-4 

 m. long, 1-1^ in. wide. Peduncles axillary or nearly so, about an inch in 

 length, dividing into 2-3 short pedicels. Drupe globose, the size of a small 

 cherry, slightly pilose, with 4 nuts. Nuts 1-3-celled. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Perrottet ! 



Lower Guinea. Angola, Dr. WdwiUch ! 



Of this species I have only seen imperfect specimens. Jussieu describes the petals as 

 very short. 1 am doubtful whether or no Dr. Welwitsch's specimens may not constitute the 

 type of a new species. 



6. G. laevigata, Vahl; DC. Prod. i. 510. A shrub or small tree, with 

 subglabrous branches. Leaves on very short stalks, oval, tapering or rounded 

 at the base, serrated near the acute or acuminated apex, smooth on both sur- 

 faces, 3-costate, arcuate-venose, 2-3 in. long, 1-2 in. wide. Peduncles 

 solitary, axillary or two or three together, two or three times longer than the 

 leafstalks, 2-3-flowered. Sepals linear, narrow, three or four times longer 

 than the oblong, entire, bluntish petals ; torus short. Drupe deeply 2-lobed ; 

 lobes the size of small peas, glabrous ; nuts 1-2 in each lobe, 1-2-celled. — 

 G. sepiaria,Roxb. Hort. Calcutt. Cat. G. midtiflura, Juss. in Ann. Mus. iv. 89. 



Mozamb. Distr. Rovuma river, Dr. Kirk ! 

 Occurs also in India and Australia. 



7. G. megalocarpa, P. de Beauv. ; DC. Prod. i. 511. A shrub 3-4 ft. 

 in height, with very numerous, spreading, sometimes sarmentose branches. 

 Leaves on short pilose stalks, oblong-ovate subacuminate, sometimes rhom- 

 boid, serrate, nearly glabrous, 3-nerved, feather-veined, 1-2 in. long, l-£ 

 in. wide. Cymes terminal or opposite the leaves. Peduncles pilose, \ in. long, 

 dividing into 2-3 pedicels. Flower-buds ovoid-oblong. Flowers large, 

 H-2 in. across. Sepals oblong-ovate. Petals glandular; lamina very 

 short. Style longer than the stamens. Fruit of 4 pea-shaped, smooth, 

 purplish lobes. 



Upper Guinea. Oware, Beauvois. 

 Nile Land. Abyssinia, Dillon and Petit ! 

 Lower Guinea. Angola, Dr. Welwitech ! 



8. G. lepidopetala, Garckein Pet. Mossamb. Pot. i. 135. A shrub or 

 small tree. Leaves on very short stalks, obovate or oblong-acuminate, crenate- 

 serrate, glabrous, 3-nerved, veins anastomosing ; 1-2 in. long, 1 in. wide. 

 Stipules lanceolate. Flowers in terminal corymbose cymes. Peduncles 1 in. 

 long, dividing into 2-3 pedicels. Flower-buds oblong, obtuse. Sepals ob- 

 long, pubescent. Petals half the length of the sepals, orbicular, glandular 

 beneath. Drupe 4-lobed, villose, ultimately smooth. 



Mozamb. Distr. Senna, Zambesi, Dr. Kirk ! Peters. 



9. G. insequilatera, Garcke in Pet. Mossamb. Bot. i. 134. A shrub, 

 sometimes with prostrate, purplish, lenticellate branches, and other times 

 forming a small tree ; the younger shoots, as well as the petioles, pedicels, 



