' _ “ the wings of the leaves, and are of a bright purple colour. — 
i ee) ae: 
Grewia OccipenTaLis. Ex:m-Leavep 
- GREWIA. og 
Seieab ieee ae ea ete ak eg see 
_ Clafs and Order. 
Gynanpria Poryanprta. 
= Generic Charafer. ee 
Monogyna. Cal. 5-phyllus. Petala 5: bafi {quama neftarifera. 
Bacca 4-locularis. . Aa ; 
| Specific Charaéer and Synonyms, | 
GREWIA occidentalis foliis fubovatis, floribus folitariis. Lian. 
: Syft. Vegetab. 826. Ait. Hort. Kew. v. 3. p. 313- 
‘GREWIA corollis acutis. Hort. cliff. 433. Duham. arb. ie 
p- 276. tf. 168. 
ULMIFOLIA arbor africana baccifera, floribus purpureis. 
Pluk. alm. 393. t. 237. f. 1. 
ULMI FACIE ARBUSCULA ethiopica, ramulis alatis, flo- 
— _ vibus purpurafcentibus. Comm. hort. 1. p. 165 
EBS; Seb, thef.1. p. 46. t. 29. f. 3. Raj. dendr. ' 
a 
Linnaus gave to this genus the name of Grewia, in honour 
of Dr. Nenem1au Grew, the celebrated author of the Ana-- 
tomy of Vegetables, &c. Of the feveral fpecies enumerated 
by authors, few have-been introduced into our collec- 
tions; “the one here figured, which has been long* and very 
“ generally cultivated as a green-houfe plant, will grow to th 
__ “ height of ten or twelve feet ; the ftem and branches are ver" 
“ like thofe of the fmall-leaved Elm, the bark being fmootb, - 
and of the fame colour as that when young ; the leaves ar 
** alfo very like thofe of the Elm, and fall off in autumn; th 
“ flowers are produced fingly along the young branches frot 
“ In winter, the plants fhould be placed in the green-hou 
“ for they are too tender to live abroad in England ; butt 
“ fhould have as much free air as poflible in mild weather, a 
* they only require to be ptoteéted from froft; andafter the leave 
_“ are fallen, they will require very moderate watering, but 
* Jummer they fhould have it more conftantly in dry weathe 
Miller's. Di&.—T his {pecies is a native of the Cape, is prop 
gated by cuttings or layers, and flowers moft part of the fumme: 
* Cultivated in the royal garden at Hampton-Coutt in 1692. Ait, Kew. 
