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388 XXVIII. TiLiACEiE. (Maxwell T. Masters.) [Grema. 



A small tree. Leaves Shy 1\ in., glabrescent above, thinly stellate-hai^ ^^*^"1*A 

 ixerves beneath; petiole Jin. Peduncles 3-flowered, pedicels short. Flower-buat 

 pilose. Sejjals oblong-lanceolate. Petals oblong, half the length of the sepals.; b^ 



16. G. pilosa, Lam. Diet iii. 43, excl. syn. ; shrubl^y, leaves subsessile 

 scabrous cuneate-obovate or lanceolate, peduncles 1-3 as long as the P^^^^J^' 

 drupe liairy 1-4-lobed. W. & A. Prodr. i. 78 ; Dak. <k Gibs. Bmh. fL 2b. 



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a Involucrata,' 'Wig/U in Wdl. Cat 



1093 C. a commutata, i>6\ ProJr. i. 511. G. flavescens, c7w55. ^w ilw«. ^^*- 

 iv. 91 ; TfaK. QaL p. 237, 1113 D. G, bipartita, Wall. Cat. p, 237, 1113 li 

 G. scabrida, Wall. Cat 1113. G. orientalis, Goertii. FrucL n. t 106 J 



Centrat. and Southern India j from Guzerat to Behar, and southwards 

 Maisor. — DisTRiB. Tropical Africa. , - p^ 



A small tree or shrub, herbaceous portions rough with stellate hairs, .^^^^fj^^ 

 by 1-1 4 in,, scarcely acuminate, uneaually serrate, softer beneath, ^®® ^'^""^ ij^ip 

 Bubcordate,3-nerved, secondaries arched; petiole very short, pilose. ^^^P^^^^ i^jx 

 acuminate. Peduncles axillary, \ in. ; peilicels as long as the peduncle. ^ ^ ^v g^j 

 oblong, dilated at the base, constricted in the middle. Sepals linear. Fetm n ^^' 

 2-fid, one-third shorter than the sepals. Torus glabrous, scarcely exceeding the P^^^^^ 

 Anthers and style stellate-hairy. Stigma 4-parted, Ovules numerous, ^^-P^ ^y^j-y 

 brown, the size of a large pea, mesocarp fibrous ; atones 1-4, 1-3-celled, pitted. J 

 great confusion exists in books and herbaria as to the synonymy of this and some 

 allied species. J u 1 kls 



Several distinct species are called G,pilo8a in Wallich's herbarium, and the w^^ 

 have in all probability been shifted ; moreover, it sometimes happens that two or 

 different plants are included under the same letter. ' ' ' 



1 7. G. vlllosa 



leaves rugose abov 



serratures ciliate, peduncles 

 DC Prodr. i. 512; W 



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Bomb. 25. G. coryl 



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Western and Southern India, from Sindh and the Panjab to TbatAkcok- 



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Di8iTiiB. Cape de Verde Islands, Tropical Afnca. nminate (^ 



Herbaceous portions covered with long soft hairs. Leaves 1-3 in., apeX acui ^^ 

 rounded, base 5-nerved, nerves prominent villous, secondary nerves not ^'''^"':?' Hppo- 

 4-1 in. Stipules broad, leafy. Fhwers nearly sessile, in close tufls, sonuiuu r ^ 

 site the leaves. Bracts oblong. Sepals oblong, acute, villous. Petals au ; . 

 oblong, notched, much shorter than the sepals. Drupe globose, coppery, pi; 

 size of a cherry ; stones 4, 1-2-seeded. 



00 Drupes fleshy didymous. 



18. Cr. multiflora, Jms. in Ann. Mus 





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m^the petiole 3-tlowered, flower-buds oblong-clavate, petal?/^7^^ 42; 

 2-lubed Mui. Fl. Lid. Bat i. pt. 2, 200. G. sepiaria, lioxh.HortJ^^^^^^ 

 11. lad. u. 689 ; Wall Cat 1104, ixxrtly. G. serrulata, DC Prodr. ^ 

 G. coriacea, Garckein PI. Hofunadc, €xdcc.\lZ2. v<^ii^'-f^ ^^^^^ 



Eastern Bengal, Assam, the Sikkim Himalaya, a:ni Khasia Mts., as^en ^^ 

 4000 ft. ; Western Pkmksula, Nilohiri Mts. : Sincai>obe.— Disp^^: ^^ ^ 

 pelago, East Tropical Africa. \ .■ ^ . ..;, v*" t^^e and s'^^ 



YBranc/ie« slender, sparingly hairy. XaaT;^^ distichous,' variable in ^^^\^^^ pilose, 

 glabrescent, apex sometimes acuminate, base 3-ner\'ed ; petiole very » ^ ibe 



oi/2'«*e» linear-subulate, as long as the petiole. nP^^wncZips, half tue 5 





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