6(U BURMA. ITS PEOPLE AXD PRODUCTIOXS. 



G. nuMiLis, "Wall. <S'. Streams of Pegu and Ava. var. « Ava, Segain Hills ; 



var. ji in savannahs, especially along the borders 

 of swamp forests of the Irrawaddy. 



More tomentose. Drupes obsolotely 2-lobed, red, sparingly hirsute. 



var. a WalUcliii. Tonicntum more villous, leaves acute. 



var. ji rehmjolia, Kurz. Tomentum velvety. Leaves deeply retuso and broader. 



The drupes are normally 4-lobed, but by abortion usually 2- rarely 1- or 3-lobed. 

 The species is hardly more than an extreme form of G. hirsida, Ylil. 



G. MicRosTEJiJiA, Wall. <S. Ava and Promc Hills. 



Leaves at base 3- or 4-nerved, scabrous. Flowers in short dense sessile clusters. 

 Stamens 16. 



X X Leaves tisualh/ broad, at base 5-7-nerred, thi upper ones often onhj Z-nerxei 

 or 3- and b-nerved ones mixed. 



f Peduncles slender, mi<cJi longer than the petioles. 

 G. ELASTiCA, Eoyle. T. Mixed forests of Chittagong, Pegu, 



G. vestita, Wall. and Martaban. 



Pyn-ta-yor (Kurz). 



Leaves obliquely lanceolate, while young, greyish or whitish tomentose beneath. 



G. TILT^FOLIA, Yhl. T. Ava. 



G. AsiATiCA, L. T. Ava (stunted variety). 



Leaves broadly obovate or almost rotundate, on both sides sprinkled with stellate 

 hairs, or pubescent beneath, often scabrous. 



f f Peduncles verij short or almost redaced, and the flowers appearing clustered. 

 G. ABUTiLiFOLiA, Juss. S. \M\ a Pogu. Var. ji uot rare in the mixed forests 

 Hsen-ma-no-pyin (Kurz). f^'efs of the Pegu Toma var. 7 fri'qucnt in 



the low and Eng torests 01 Pegu, and Martaban. 



Leaves very variable iu shape, tomentose to pubescent. Drupes from the top 

 deeply 4- or only by abortion fewer-lobed. 



var. 7 sclerophjlloides. A low shrub, 3-4 feet high, more or loss branched, 

 the younger parts densely rusty-coloured villous. Leaves very variable in shape on 

 the same branch, the lower ones usually ovate-oblong, up to nearly one foot long, the 

 upper and uppermost ones gradually smaller and narrower, from ovate to lanceolate, 

 doubly and sometimes bristly serrate, acuminate, scabrous or thinly pubescent above, 

 beneath more or less stellate-pubescent or almost tomentose. Bracteoles linear- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, pubescent externally, longer or as long as the flower-buds. 

 Petals a line long, the lamina acuminate, pubescent outside. Drupes deeply 4-lobed, 

 often remaining sparingly hii'sute during ripeness. A laterite form. 



A very vaiiablc plant, of which I entertained some hope of being able to separate 

 var. 7 (which is also a common Assam plant) specifically. It resembles in size of 

 flowers G. sclerophglla, but the deejily 4-lobed drupes at once separate it (Kurz). 



G. scLEEOPHTLLA, Wall. Ava and Chittagong {fide Masters). 



O. scabrophglla, Eoxb. 



Leaves very scabrous and harsh. Drupes the size of a cherry, almost globular. 



Tlic fruits of several species of Grewia are pleasant, and make a favourite sherbet, 

 especially the cultivated G. Asiatica. The leaves also yield fodder for cattle, as 

 G. Asiatica, G. elastica and G. opposifi/olia, and some an ordinary timber. 



°° Fruits pridlg. 

 TiauMFETTA, Linnicus. 

 Drupe usually small, globular, iudehiscent or separating into cocci. 



