Grewia.] xxvn. tiliace-e (masters). 2-19 



tomentose on both surfaces. Peduncles axillary or opposite the leaves, 

 longer than the leafstalks, dividing above into 3 branches. Flower-buds 

 oblong, tumid at the base. Sepals oblong, twice the length of the narrow- 

 oblong emarginate petals. Style equal to the stamens. Ovary 4-lobed. 

 Drupe 4-lobed or 1-lobed by abortion; lobes downy, roundish, the size of a 

 small pea. 



Upper Guinea. Niger, Barter! 



South Central. Koobie to N. Shaw Valley, Chapman and Baines I 

 A. common Indian plant, subject to much variation. The African specimens are more 

 downy on the upper surface of the leaves than is the case in the Indian plants. 



19. G. tilisefolia, Vahl ; DC. Prod. i. 511. A shrub ; the younger 

 portions covered with a short dense coating of felted hairs, rarely entirely 

 glabrous. Leaves stalked, obliquely cordate, roundish, acuminate, irregularly 

 toothed. Stipules falcate-lanceolate. Peduncles axillary or emerging a little 

 on one side of the petiole, equal to or exceeding the petiole, 3 5-flowered. 

 Sepals linear-oblong. Petals oblong, notched at the apex, half the length of 

 the sepals. Drupes 2- rarely 4-lobed ; lobes globose. 



Mozamb. Distr. Mozambique, Peters. 



A common Indian plant. I have not seen any African specimens, unless indeed G. ve- 

 nusta, Fresenius, be a form of this species. 



20. G. venusta, Fresen. in Mm. Senck. ii. 159. An herbaceous peren- 

 nial or sometimes an undershrub. Branches decumbent or erect, simple or 

 slightly branched, more or less densely covered with white stelliform tomen- 

 tum. Leafstalks 1 in. or more in length, downy. Stipules subulate-lanceo- 

 late. Leaves 3-5 in. long, 2-4 in. wide, roundish oblong, acute or obtuse, 

 subcordate or rounded at the base, crenate-serrate, palmately 3-5-nerved ; 

 nerves prominent, especially below, venation arcuate, scabrous above, clothed 

 with soft white tomentum below. Cymes many-flowered, extra-axillary ; 

 peduncles short, dividing into 2-3 slender pedicels f in. long. Sepals ob- 

 long, downy outside. Petals half the length of the sepals, oblong, emargi- 

 nate. Ovary villose. Drupe 2-4-lobed ; lobes subglobose, the size of a 

 large pea, crustaceous, copper-coloured, pilose. 



Upper Guinea. Niger, Barter ! 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Roth I 



Lower Guinea. Angola, Dr. WelwiUch ! 



This species, which occurs also in Jheliim and other parts of India, resembles G. villosa, 

 but may be known by its more herbaceous habit, its narrower stipules, and its longer and 

 more numerous pedicels, and its usually 4-lobcd fruit. 



G. nana, Wall. Cat. 1102, seems closely allied to this species. 



21. G. villosa, Willd. ; DC. Prod. i. 512. A small shrub ; the younger 

 portions covered with long setaceous hairs. Petioles 5-] in. long. Leaves 

 1-3 in. long, suborbicular, obliquely cordate, serrate, serratures ciliate, 3-5- 

 nerved, feather-veined ; nerves and veins prominent, rugose above, villose 

 beneath. Stipules broad, leafy. Flowers nearly sessile, in close cymes 

 placed along the sides of the branches. Sepals oblong, acute. Petals ob- 

 long, notched, much shorter than the sepals. Torus setose. Fruit globular, 

 the size of a cherry, crustaceous, coppery, pilose, with 4 1-2-seeded stones. 

 — G. echinulata, Delile, Voy. Meroe, Bot. 82, G. coryli/olia, Guill. et Perr. 

 Fl. Seneg. i. &5. 



