Greima^^ TlhacCiF. 1 75 



sep. oblong-lanceolate, densely pubescent without ; fr. \ in., 

 globose, slightly lobed, somewhat stellate - hairy, stones 

 i-celled. 



Low country ; very rare. Kalutara (Moon) ; Trincomalie (Glenie) ; 

 Colombo. Probably always cultivated. 



Also in S. India, but usually cultivated. 



Hermann calls this ' Hamdamanias.' 



I do not know this plant well; in my Cat. Ceyl. PL, p. 12, it is referred 

 to G. orbictdata, Rottl. 



3. G-. bracteata, Hcyitc in Roth. Nov. Sp. 243 (1821). 

 Fl. B. Ind. i. 389. 



'Shrubby; 1. 3-4 by i|-if in., somewhat oblique, oval- 

 lanceolate, serrate, base rounded, 3-nerved, secondaries arched, 

 with straight hairs along the nerves beneath, petiole \ in. ; 

 peduncles equalling the petioles, axillary, solitary or twin, 

 3-flowered, bracts broad, pilose, as long as the peduncle, buds 

 conical or ovoid, pilose, sulcate ; sep. linear, covered with 

 golden down ; pet. much shorter than sep., oblong, entire, 

 recurved ; torus prolonged beyond the glands ; drupe 4-lobed, 

 shrivelled when dry, the size of a cherry, covered with yellow 

 hairs, stones 2-3-celled.' 



Entered on the faith of a scrap in Herb. Kew from Gardner (No. 78), 

 and somewhat doubtful. 

 Also in Southern India. 

 I know nothing of this, and have copied the description from Fl. B. Ind. 



4. Cr. diplocarpa, Thw. Emuii. 31 (1858). 

 Thw. Enum. 31. C. P. 2568. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 390. 



A shrub, young parts hairy ; 1. 3-4 in., lanceolate, acute or 

 obtuse at base, acuminate, crenate-serrate, glabrous above, 

 slightly hairy on veins beneath, 3-nerved at base, veins very 

 oblique, prominent beneath, petiole \ in., hairy, stip. linear- 

 setaceous, rigid; fl. over fin. diam., on short ped., in threes 

 at end of axillary peduncle, buds globular-ovoid, bracts small, 

 ovate ; sep. linear, pilose outside ; pet. less than half as long ; 

 fr. 4-lobed {i.e., of two didymous halves), with a few stellate 

 hairs. 



Low country ; rare. Maturata ; Uva (Thwaites) ; Uma-oya. Fl. 

 November. 



Endemic. 



5. G-. tiliaefolia, Vahl Syinb. \. 35 (1790). Daminiya, S. Chad- 

 achchi, T. 



Moon Cat. 41. Thw. Enum. 32. C. P. 621. 

 Fl. B. Ind. i. 386. Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 108. 



