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^Generally cultivated in India, except in the Gangetic plains and E. Ben^ral ; said to 

 toemdigenous in the Salt Range, Poonah, and Oudh. Ckylon. : . : ^ .- : 



A small tree, herbaceous portions covered with soft yellowish puhescence. Leaver 

 -t in^, obliquely cnrdute, base 5-ncrved, Rmaller nerves not arched, prominent beneath, 

 Transverse ones parallel; petiole 4 in , thickened at the top. StijniUs nearly as lon.q: 

 the petiole: Peduncles 2 or more, usua'ly shorter, sometimes longer, than the 

 F"ules, dividing into 2 or more divergent pedicels. Bracts linear. Flowers \ in. diara. 

 i^pals ohlong-lanceolate. Petals yellow, linear-oblong, half the length of the sepnls. 

 />'ny?e globose, 1-2-lobed, pilose, about the size of a pea— A very variable plant, tlj§ 

 ■ v^^"S.Fni is usually held to be distinct: 



Vxiv . f>estka, Wall. Cat. 1 1 



^^^, .**• sapida, Roxh, FL hid. ii. 590; slirubby, leaves subsessile ovate 

 npd^ 1 ^^ ^onbiy-serrate pilose above pubescent beneath, stipules linear, 

 ^auncies 2-5-flowered, drupes subglobose slightly 4-Iobcd, stone 2-seeded. 

 OnfK.'^^^^' G. nana, Wall Cat 1102. G. suffruticosa, Ham. in Wall 

 ^<^' 1102 B, G. G. pumila, Ham. in Don Prodr. 227. 



^ J '^^^^'MALAYA, from Garwhal to Bhotan, and Assam. 

 Wli shrub; stock woody, subterranean, sending up annually a number of 



flarx.^"^ P'^^escent shoots, 12-14 in. Leaves If in. by 3 in., base 5-nerved, >econ- 

 hdu^T^^ ^^'^ arched; petiole \ in. Stipules linear-subulate, as long as the petiole. 

 W r7 ^~^' ^ '"' ' pedicels divaricate, shorter than the petiole. Floicer-bvds ob- 

 hmh /ft --^ yellow, ^ in. diam. Sepals oblong. Petals yellow, entire, half the 

 ThesV sepals. Torus glabreecent. Drupes the size of a pea, obscurely lobed.— 



the tit f ^ ^^^ usually burnt by the jungle fires after flowering. Roxburgh describes 

 Pt^lals as 2-toothed, the stone as 1-3-seeded, and the leaves as scabriir ,1 .: i 



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■eaves not hoary beneath; .,,,,: ,,,.,.,,...,..;. 



^upe globose, rind cnisiaceous. 



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aboto ^' f ^'a^rophylla, Noxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 584 ; shnibby, leaves scatrous 

 1-4 •V,"'^^scent beneath roundish ovate irregularly serrate, peduncles 

 with ^ ^^y equalling the petiole 2-3-flowered, drupe globose tomentose 

 89 r?n'''^^*^ceous rind. G. sclerophylla, W««- Cat. 1095; Wight Jc. t. 

 G'n!) t/^*' ^«»*- in Wall. Cat. 1095 B. G. sulcata, Wall. Cat. 1096. 

 ^- PUosa, ra/;. Ca<. 1112, vartlv. G. obliqua, i?oa;6. FL Ind. ii 690? «o< 



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3-6 hv 4 in., often 





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<-*ovnl!?^ ° "' ^''^ sepals or less. Toru-i short, hispid. Ow/r//haiiy, - 



1-Beed«^ • .^'■"Pe tlie size of a large clierry, stellate-hairy ; stones 4, 1-celIed, 



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^'^Sdtyj'^ ?^^1 acute thinly stellate-hairy cren&t^serrate peaui.cles 

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