Tiliacece. 1 7 1 



"W. indica, L. Sp. PL 673 (1753). Punnikki, T. 



Herm. Mus. 30. Burm. Thes. 149. Fl. Zeyl. n. 244. Moon Cat. 48. 

 Thw. Enum. 30. C. P. 1128. 



FI. B. Ind. i. 374. Burm. Thes. t. 68. 



A perennial herb, 1-3 ft., erect, slightly branched, stems 

 softly pubescent ; 1. 1-2J in., ovate or oblong-ovate, rounded 

 or cordate at base, obtuse, crenate-serrate, closely velvety on 

 both sides, lat. veins very prominent beneath, plicate, petiole 

 short, woolly ; fl. very small, ^ in., sessile, in dense axillary 

 clusters, bracteoles linear, ciliate ; cal.-tube campanulate, teeth 

 narrowly triangular, strongly ciliate, very hairy outside, per- 

 sistent ; capsule very small, enclosed in cal., membranous, 

 2-valved ; seed solitary, smooth, black. 



Rather common in the dry districts, rare in the moist low country. 

 Fl. Nov.-Feb.; yellow. 



Distributed throughout the Tropics as a weed. 



Guazuma io7nentosa, Kunth. is occasionally planted in the drier dis- 

 tricts. It is C. P. 1 1 14, and figured in Bedd. Fl. bylv. t. 107. 



XXIV.— TILIACE^. 



Trees, shrubs or herbs, often with stellate hairs or scales ; 

 1. alternate, simple, with stip. ; fl. regular, bisexual ; sep. usually 

 5, distinct or connate into a cal. ; pet. 5, distinct ; stam. 

 numerous, distinct, free, anth. 2-celled ; disk fleshy or o ; ov. 

 (sometimes on a gynophore) 2-5-celled, with 2-many ovules 

 in each cell, style simple ; fruit either a loculicidal or in- 

 dehiscent capsule, or a drupe with i or 4 stones ; seeds with 

 fleshy endosperm, embryo with flat cotyledons. 



Anth. opening by slits. 



Sep. combined into a calyx. 

 Capsule 5-valved, not winged . . . .1. Pityranthe. 



Capsule 3-valved, 6-winged 2. Berrya. 



Sep. distinct. 



Trees or shrubs 3. Grewia. 



Herbs. 



Fruit indehiscent, spiny 4. Triumfetta. 



Fruit a 2-5-celled capsule 5. Corchorus. 



Anth. opening by a terminal pore {Elceocarpece) . . 6. Elteocarpus. 



With the exception of Elceocarpus all the genera are confined to the 

 low country. Pityranthe and four species of Grewia occur only in the 

 dry region. Triwnfetta and Corchorus are weeds of cultivated and waste 

 ground. Of the species of Elceocarpus, 4 are montane exclusively, 2 

 extend also into the moist low country, and one, E. serratus, is confined 

 to it ; none are found in the dry region. 



