104 ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE BOTANY OF [Tiliacee. 
species, as of G. didyma, are given as fodder to cattle, and are even stacked up for winter 
use. As the wood of the limé-tree is valued for its close grain, lightness, and smoothness, 
so Berria Amomnilla, or Trincomalee wood-tree, affords timber, valued also for its lightness 
and strength, and is employed in the construction of the excellent Massoola boats of 
Madras. Grewia elastica, figured at Pl. 22, called dhamnoo by the natives, and common 
in the Himalayas in northern latitudes, at moderate elevations, affords timber which is 
highly valued for its strength and elasticity, and therefore much used for bows, buggy 
shafts, and bangy sticks. Some of the species of Grewia, as before mentioned, yield 
pleasant acid berries, much used for making sherbet. Of these, G. asiatica may be 
instanced as common in gardens; but G. sapida, helecterifolia, sclerophylla, and others, 
are used for the same purpose. 
Grewia elastica; foliis 5-nerviis ovatis acuminatis sepe subtrilobatis serratis, supra stellato-pilosis 
subtus stellato-tomentosis canis transversim reticulatis, pedunculis 3-floris petiolo longioribus, sepalis 
I-nerviis petala triplo superantibus.—Hab. This tree is common in the Himalayas, in the tract between 
the Ganges and Sutlej rivers, and well known, as above mentioned, for the elasticity of its timber, 
whence the specific name has been applied. It attains a height of from fifteen to twenty feet, the older 
branches smooth, the younger densely hoary or rufous, with stellate pubescence. Leaves ovate-acuminate, 
frequently tapering towards and unequal at the base, sometimes obscurely 3-lobed towards the apex. 
Petioles short, thickened towards the apex. Stipules subulate, very hairy. Peduneles lateral or 
axillary, solitary or aggregated, twice as long as petioles, hoary as all the young parts, 3-flowered, each 
pedicel supported by a subulate bracte. Alabastra globose, hoary. Sepals coriaceous, hoary externally, 
coloured and rather smooth internally. Petais small, oblong, smooth. Stamens very numerous. 
Germ very hairy, 4celled. v. Tab. 22. Grewia elastica.—1. A flower.—2. The same, with the sepals 
and petals separated.—3. Anther magnified.—4. 'T'wo ripe drupes.—5. One cut transversely, contain- 
ing, by abortion, two nuts.—6. Another, containing only one nut. 
26. HUGONIACEZ. 
Hugonia temporarily placed at the end of Chlenacee by M. De Candolle, has been 
formed into a separate order by Dr.Wight and Mr. Arnott. The three known species 
of the genus are distributed between the island of Mauritius and that of Ceylon; the 
one, H. mystar, found in the latter, extends into the coast of Malabar, but not higher 
up in India. : 
27. ELZEOCARPEZ. 
This family, formed of few genera, but which are distributed over a very extensive 
space, being found in Penang, Cochin-china, and the Moluccas, in New Holland, 
Van Diemen’s Land, and New Zealand, as well as in Chili and Peru, has several spe- 
cies of the genus Elgocarpus in India, which has itself the distribution of the order in 
the Old World. The Indian species are found in the Peninsula and from the Burhmese 
territories, along the foot of the Himalayas, and one species, EZ. serratus, as far north 
as the province of Kemaon; but [ have not met with it, or any other species, to the 
northward of the Ganges. 
The name ju/pai, or olive, is applied to the fruit of some species of E/@ocarpus, which 
is eaten ; while that of others is dried and used in the curries of the natives of India, and 
also pickled, according to Dr. Roxburgh, though he mentions having been unable to 
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