Grewia. polyandria monogynia. 589 



hairy. Peduncles axillary, longer than the petioles, from 

 two to six-flowered. Drupe twin; each two-lobed, with 

 a solitary one-celled, one-seeded nut in eacli. 



A native of the interior parts of Bengal. Flowering 

 time the rainy season ; the seed ripens during the cool 

 months of November and December. 



Trunk trifling. Branches bifarious, spreadint? ; young 

 shoots downy and scabrous. Leaves alternate, bifarious, 

 short-petioled, lanceolate, serrate, three nerved, both sides 

 downy, particularly the under one, and hairy ; about four 

 inches long and about one broad. Stipules subulate. Pe- 

 duncles axillary. In the male two, three, or four together, 

 two or three times longer than the petioles, round, hairy, 

 each supporting from two to six pedicelled, small white 

 flowers. Bractes or involucres subulate, villous, gene- 

 rally one to each pedicel. Calyx ; leaflets linear, expand- 

 ing, villous, twice the length of the petals. Petals oblong, 

 with apices entire, and the usual hairy nectarial mark 

 on the inside of the lower half. Filaments numerous. In 

 the male flowers inserted on an elevated receptacle ; in the 

 hermaphrodite ones round the base of the germ, and mixed 

 with much white hair. Pistil ; ijti the flowers of the male 

 plant there is nothing like one. In the female it is round- 

 ish, and very hairy. Style longer than the stamens. ^S'^^■^- 

 ma very large, stellate. i>rz^/>e four-lobe d, hairy. Lohes 

 about the size of a small pea, each containing a single, 

 one-seeded nut. 



It differs from G. pilosa, in being polygamous, and the 

 nuts being one-celled. It is also nearly allied to my G. 

 tomentosa, the best distinguishing mark is the male flow- 

 ers in this species. 



14. G. sepiaria. R. 



Shrubby. Leaves obovate, serrate. Peduncles axillary, 

 solitary, three-flowered. Berries twin, singly two-lobed, 

 with one seed in each. 



