384 XXVIII. TiLXACEiE. (Maxwell T. Masters.) [Grewifi. 



A slirub. BrancJies virgate, stellate-hairy. Leaves 2-3 by 1-H in., coriaceous, ' 

 glabrescent, base rounded, 3-nerved, secondary nerves arched; petiole H'"- 

 Flowers white, in terminal corymbose cymes. Peduncles twice the length ot tiie 

 petiole, 3-5-flowered, pedicels supported by small subulate deciduous bracts, '^epaii 

 i in., linear, yellow, 3-nerved. PetaU half the length of the calyx, ovate-lanceolate, 

 entire. Torus short, villous. Ovary villous. Drupes i in. diam., purplish ; stones % 

 2-celled. 



2. G. emar^inata, W.&A. Prodr. i. 79 ; shrubby, leaves stellate-hai^ 

 above pubescent beneath roundish-obovate cordate gland-tootned, pe- 

 duncles mostly terminal much longer than the petiole, flower-buds ovale: 

 oblong not striated, drupes glabrescent, stones 4 1-2-seeded. G. carpiniloiia, 

 Both Nov. Sp^ 2Ab,paray; Wall Cat 1093 B, parUy. G. orientalis, )yaiL 

 Cat. 1093 B, G. G. involucrata, Wall Cat 1093, C. 



Western Peninsula ; Mysore, Courtallum, Pulney and Nilghlri Mt8., Wigjit^ &c. 



Leaves 1~2\ by l|-2in.,base 3-nerved, secondary nerves not arched, P^*^^*^?.* * 



Stiimles suLulate. Peduncle l\ in., 3-6-branched, pedicel 4-f in. Bracts imear- 



Bubulate. Flowers 1 in. diam. Sepals liuear-lanceolate. Petals li^^^^f^^^^^^jT^ 



"inate, shorter than the sepals. Torus elongate. Style clavate, stigma 4-ioi>e ^ 



"^ntpe the size of a large pea, yellowish, subglobose, turbinate, 4-lobed, -- 



3. O, oppositifolia, Roxh. FL Ind. ii. 583 ; a tree, leaves scabrous 

 above pubescent beneath broadly ovate-lanceolate acundnate, ^y"\^^?^^/^ 

 late opposite the leaves, drupes 1-4-lobed, stone 1-celled l-seeded. "n' 

 Ic. t. 82; Wall Cat 1101 ; Miq. Fl Ind. Bat L pt. 2, 204. ' : . 



Common and indigenous, wild in the N.W. Himalaya, from Jamu to Nipal, ascen ■ 

 ing to 7000 ft. ; also frequently cultivated. . ^ Ti? 3br 



Barh ash-coloured. Herbaceous portions rough with stellate hairs. ^^ g^- J 

 li in., distichous, crenate-serrate, lower serraturcs glandular, base rounded,^ ^-n .^, 

 secondary nerves scarcely arched, tertiary veins parallel conspicuous ;peliol«S'| 

 pilose. Stipules caducous, linear-lanceolate, longer than the petioles -^f '."'* f^ji^els 

 site the leaf, sometimes terminal, rarely axillary, much longer than the petioles , p ^^ 



shorter than the peduncle, clavate, with small bracteoles at the base. i^<^ ' j^^^ 

 cvliudric, obovate-oblong, pilose sulcate-striate. Flowers yellowish. ^^^^ ^\,w, 

 linear, 3-nerved. Petals oblong, entire, half the length of the sepals. ^ -'^^ globed. 

 Bcarcely longer than the glands. Ovary 2-celled, cells 2 ovuled, stigma ^:, ^ 

 Drupe glabrescent, blackish, lobes the size of a small pea.— The leaves are use 

 fodder, the bark for cordage, and the wood for various purposes. 



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4. a. orientalis, Linn.; DC. Prodr. i. 510; shrubby, often s^ ter^ 

 leaves glabrescent elliptic-lanceolate acuminate, peduncles ^^^^^^ ^i^])ose 

 minal twice the length of the petiole, petals lanceolate entire, drupe g ,^^ 



Nov. Sp. 244 ; Wall Cat 1100 C. G. ovaHfolia, Wight in Walt 

 B, C. G. pilosa, Wall Cat 1112, partly. 



Hoik 

 1103 



Southern Provinces of the WEarEUN Peninsula, TT/gfftf ; Cevlon. 'ii^g^ 



Branches virgate, tbinly stellate-hairy. Leaves 3-^ ^7 ^"^4 ^"''i T -rs marg^"^ 



shghtly^ cordate, 3-nerved, arch-veined, veins with apprcsscd simple .?^^J '^^^h vi* 



serrulate ; netiole J in. Cymes umbellate ; pedicels shorter than the "*^^'^[ Jj ^j)fl» 



a small 

 nearly 



lower-huds ovoia, pi*"«^i ^''jj^jg laiic*^ 



V late, entire. Torus hispid, short. Drwpes yellow, wrinkled, the ^^^^ -^jj joub^ ^^^ 

 cherry, jjilose; stones 4, 2-3-celled.— The Gey Ion specimens are referrea ^* 



this sjecies^as 1 have not seen the fruit u l-'^^'iM^-'.. i^ 



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