Greivia. polyandria monogynia. 583 



sules cylindric, ten-ribbed, five-celled ; seeds imperfectly 

 separated. 



A native of Bengal. Flowering time the end of the 

 rains ; the seed ripens in the cold season. 



GREWIA. Schreb. gen. n. 896. 



Calyx five-leiiyed. Coro/five-petalled. Nectar i/ a. scdile, 

 or fringed gland on the inside of the base of each pe- 

 tal. Stamina and germ elevated on a receptacle. Germ 

 superior, generally two-celled ; cells few-seeded ; attach- 

 ment interior. Drupe with from one to four, one or more- 

 seeded nuts. Eiiibryo inferior, centripetal, and furnished 

 with a perisperm. 



8. G. oppositlfolla. Buck. 



Arboreous. Leaves rhomb OYRte , gland-serrate, scab- 

 rous. Peduncles leaf opposed, from three to five flowered. 

 Petals lanceolate. Drupe from one to four-lobed ; nuts 

 one-celled, 



A native of Nepal, from thence Dr. Buchanan sent 

 seeds to the Botanic garden at Calcutta in 1802, and 

 in March April, May, and June 1808, tlie young trees 

 were in flower, and ripened their seed in October and 

 November. 



Trunk distinct, erect, stout as a man's arm. Bark 

 pretty smooth, light ash colour. Branches spreading 

 much, and covered with bark like the trunk. Branch- 

 lets or young shoots bifarious, round, harsh with stellate 

 pubescence, and very short hairs. Leaves bifarious, alter- 

 nate, short-petioled, from ovate, to rhomb-shaped, three- 

 nerved, serrate, with the serratures obtuse and glandular, 

 of an obscure green, and rather harsh on both sides, from 

 two to three inches long, and one and a half broad. Sti- 

 pules ensiform, hairy. Peduncles opposite to the leaves, 

 solitary, much longer than the petioles, round, harsh, from 



