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238 TILIACEA. 
History, Uses, &c.—A tree, leaves hoary beneath, 
oblique cordate, dentate, 5-nerved, feather veined, petioles — 
1 inch, pubescent, thickened at the top, stipules leafy, falcate - 
acuminate, auricled on one side, flowers yellow. The berries 
have an agreeable acid flavour and are eaten. Bark thick, 
white ‘internally, covered externally by a thin grey suber 
which readily peels off, showing a slightly rough, Sree 
surface beneath, very mucilaginous and sweetish to the taste. 
In the Concan the bark, after removal of the suber, is rubbed 
down with water and the thick mucilage strained from it and 
given in 5 told dosés with 2 tolds of the flour of Panicum 
_ miliaceum, as a remedy for dysentery. The Sanskrit name of 
*. the tree is Dharmana, and this name is loosely applied to 
several species of Grewia. : , | : 
The bark of G. asiatica, Linn., has similar properties. 
The trce is called Parusha in Sanskrit, Phalsa in Hindi, Shukri 
in Bengali, Phalshi in Marathi, and Putikiin Telugu. It is 
cultivated for its acid fruit, which is one of the phala-traya or 
fruit triad of Sanskrit writers. (See Pomegranate.) 
- Grewia scabrophylla, Rozb., with scabrous leaves, stem 
and fruit, Khatkhati (Mar.), is giyen in accordance with the 
doctrine of signatures as.a remedy for leprosy in the Concan ; 
. it appears to be simply mucilaginous like most of the genus. - 
Its roots are the althéa of the Portuguese in Goa, and are used 
as a substitute for Althea, ent 
3 Triumfetta.—The plants belonging to this genus are : 
mucilaginous, and are used as demulcents. 
_ The burr-like fruit is said to promote parturition. T. 
rhomboidea, Jucq., often eonfounded with Sida (see 
Malwacee) by the natives, is generally used. The plants of 
_ this genus are the Lappuliers of the French colonies, and bear 
the significant names of Herbe @ cousin, pou de moine,; and téte 
— @ negre. ae a 
