586 POLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Gtewia. 



A native ofAinboyna. 



4. G. lancecrfolia. R. 



Shrubby. Leaves exactly lanceolate, acuminate, ser- 

 rate, smooth. Pediaules in axillary pairs, three-flow- 

 ered. Siipules subulate, 



A native of Chittagong, where it flowers in Novem- 

 ber. 



5. G. exceha. Valil. symp. 1. p. 35. Willd. 2. p. 1166. 

 Shrubby, all the tender parts hoary, except the upper 



surface of the short-petioled, unequally-oblons^, three- 

 nerved, serrate leaves. Stipules ensiform. Peduncles 

 from one to four, axillary, three-flowered. 



A native of Chittagong, where it blossoms in April. 



G. G. orientalis. Willd. 2. 1165. 



Shrubby. Leaves ovate cordate, serrate, lucid above. 

 Peduncles lateral, or axillary, solitary, three-flowered j 

 drupes with four, two or three-celled nuts. 



Pai-paroe. Rfieed. Mid. 5. t. 46. 



Teling. Peyar. 



A large, somewhat scandent, or leaning shrub, com- 

 mon in forests over India. Flowering time the rainy sea- 

 son. 



7. G. asiatica. Willd. 2. 1166. 



Arboreous. Leaves round-cordate, serrate, downy. 

 Peduncles axillary, collected, longer than the petioles, 

 three-flowered ; drupes round, with one or two, one-cell- 

 ed nuts. 



Beng. Phulsa. 



A native of various parts of India, and often cultivated 

 in gardens. It flowers about the end of the cold season, 

 the fruit ripens in April, and May, and is palatable to 

 most people. 



