174 



Tiliacece. 



{GreTvia^ 



Infl. axillary. 



Fruit (if fully developed) more or less 4-lobed. 

 Stellate-pubescent or hairy, 

 L. hairy on both sides. 

 L. not white beneath . 

 L. white beneath 

 L. hairy beneath on the veins. 

 Fl. solitary or twin 

 Fl. in threes 

 L. glabrous on both sides 

 Densely velvety-tomentose 

 Fruit globose, not lobed. 



Semiscandent ; 1. pubescent beneath 

 Tree ; 1. glabrous .... 



Infl. terminal 



Fl. solitary, leaf-opposed .... 



1. G. COLUMNARIS. 



2. G. ASIATICA. 



3. G. BRACTEATA. 



4. G. DIPLOCARPA. 



5. G. TILIyEFOLIA. 



6. G. HIRSUTA. 



7. G. ORIENTALIS. 



8. G. POLYGAMA. 



9. G. MiCROCOS. 

 10. G. POPULIFOLIA. 



1. G-. columnaris, Sm. in Rces' Cycl. xvii. (181 1). XLodl- 

 taviddai, T. 



Thw. Enum. 31. C. P. nil. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 383. Wight, Ic. t. 44. 



A shrub or small tree, much-branched and twiggy, young 

 parts stellate-pubescent ; 1. 2-3 in., oval, rounded at base, 

 bluntly acuminate, serrate-dentate, rough with stellate hairs 

 on both sides, petiole very short, stellate-tomentose ; fl. about 

 I in., on stellate-tomentose ped., \ in. long, in axillary and 

 terminal, umbellate cymes, buds conical, furrowed, bracts 

 oblong ; scp. oblong-linear, pubescent outside, recurved ; pet. 

 \ length of Sep., erect, acute, densely hairy within ; stam. 

 shorter than sep. ; ov. densely hairy, style longer than stam., 

 stigma 4-fid ; fr. subglobose, depressed, slightly 4-lobcd, 

 somewhat bristly, dark yellow. 



Dry country ; rather common. Jafiha ; Puttalam ; Anuradhapura ; 

 Kekirawa ; Kantalai ; Haragama ; Mannar ; Kurunegala. Fl. July to 

 November ; yellowish-white. 



Also in India, Java, and E. Trop. Africa. 



2. *G. asiatica, L. Riant. 122 (1767). 



Harm. Mus. 3. Fl. Zeyl. n. 208. Moon Cat. 41. G. rotmidifoliay 

 Thw. Enum. 402 (non Juss.). C. P. 3785. 

 Fl. B. Ind. i. 386. 



A small tree, young parts densely stellate-pubescent ; 

 1. 4-5 in., ovate-orbicular, rounded or subcordate and slightly 

 unequal at base, acute, coarsely and irregularly serrate, 

 puberulous above, white with dense stellate pubescence 

 beneath, petiole \-\ in., stip. \ in., lanceolate or linear, 

 acuminate ; fl. over \ in. diam., on slender ped., in small 

 umbels of 2-5, on long peduncles, peduncles 1-4 together, 

 axillary, greatly exceeding the petioles, buds obovate-oblong ; 



