250 xxvii. tiliace.*: (masters). [Grewia. 



Widely distributed throughout tropical Africa and found also in the Cape de Verd Islands 

 and the £ast Indies. 



22. G. flava, DC. Prod. i. 509. A shrub, more or less densely covered 

 with grey or ferruginous tomentum. Leafstalks tomentose, very short. Sti- 

 pules minute subulate. Leaves 1-2 in. long, f in. wide, tapering or rounded 

 at the base, oblong, obtuse, serrate, softly tomentose above, cinereous beneath, 

 3-costate, feather-veined. Peduncles longer than the leafstalks, 1- or rarely 

 3-flowered. Pedicels 2-bracteolate, short. Sepals linear. Petals oblong, 

 spathulate. Fruit 1-lobed, pisiform or obscurely 4-lobed, purplish, hirsute. 



South Central, Baines ! 



Mozamb. Distr. Tette, Zambesi, Br. Kirk I 



Very closely allied to, if not identical with O. carta, Sonder, a native of the Cape, as is 

 also the present species. 



There is an imperfect specimen, from Dr. Kirk, which I refer, doubtfully, to this species. 

 Its fruits are somewhat 8-4-lobed. 



23. G. pubescens, P.de Beauv. Fl. Oware, p. 76. t. 108. A shrub 

 2-8 ft. high, with numerous tortuous spreading branches ; the lower ones 

 sometimes sarmentose; the younger ones covered with soft stelliform down. 

 Petioles \-\ in. long, downy. Stipules linear-subulate. Leaves 2-3 in. 

 long, 1-1 \ wide, oblong-acuminate, serrate, 3-nerved ; venation arcuate, 

 downy or sometimes subglabrous. Flowers numerous, in terminal much- 

 branched cymes. Flower-buds roundish or oblong. Flowers 1-1^ in. across 

 or even more. Sepals linear-oblong, silky externally, white or pink within. 

 Petals pink, lanceolate, shorter than the calyx. Fruit 4-lobed; lobes the 

 size of peas, reddish-brown, slightly hispid. 



Upper Guinea. Oware, P. de Beauvois ; Cape Coast, Brass ! 

 Lower Guinea. Angola, Dr. Welwitsch! 



To this species are referred a number of Dr. Welwitsch's specimens, which show a wide 

 range of variation. In the flowers they correspond well with P. de Beauvois' figure. 



24. G. Forbesii, Harv. in Herb. Ketc. A shrub or small tree, more 

 or less densely covered with coarse stelliform hairs. Petioles \ in. long. 

 Stipules subulate-lanceolate, longer than the petioles. Leaves 3-4 in. long, 

 1-2 in. wide, subcordate, oblong, acute or acuminate, irregularly toothed ; 

 teeth setose, scabrous above, stellate-tomentose below, 3-costate ; venation 

 arcuate. Cymes shortly stalked. Peduncles £-J in. long, dividing above 

 into 3-4 pedicels, which are covered with appressed bristles. Flower-buds 

 oblong, tumid at the base. Sepals linear, 1 in. long. Petals oblong, deeply 

 2 -parted. Ovules 1 or 2 in ench cell of the ovary. Fruit the size of a 

 hazel-nut, somewhat 4-lobed ; lobes muricate. 



Mozamb. Distr. Mozambique, Forbes ! Rovuma river, Drs. Meller and Kirk ! 

 A very distinct species indicated as new by the late Dr. Harvey. 



25. G. pilosa, Lam. Diet. iii. 43 ; excl. syu. DC. Prod. i. 510. A 

 shrub or small tree, sometimes fluted at the base, with numerous, widely 

 spreading, sometimes subscandent, purplish, puberulous or pilose branches, 

 occasionally spiuy. Leaves subcoriaceous, 2-4 in. long, 1-1^ in. wide, on 



