176 Tiliacece. {Grewia. 



A tree, with brownish pale bark, young parts pubescent ; 

 1. 2^-5 in., ovate-orbicular, more or less cordate and oblique 

 at base, obtuse, serrate, glabrous on both sides, 3-5-veined at 

 base, petiole 4-1 in., stip. nearly \ in., slightly falcate, auricu- 

 late, acuminate, veiny ; fl. small, not \ in. diam., on slender 

 ped., in stalked umbellate clusters of 3, several together from 

 the axils and about equalling the petiole, buds oblong-ovoid ; 

 sep. linear-oblong, stellate-tomentose outside ; pet. about half 

 as long; fr. |in., 4-lobed, slightly stellate-hairy; stones 3- or 

 6-celled. 



Low country, and extending into lower montane zone ; common. Fl. 

 April-July; pale yellow. 



Found throughout India and Burma, and in E. Trop. Africa. 



A variety with very small flowers was collected near Kekirawa. 



Heart-wood hard, close-grained, moderately heavy, tough, brown ; a 

 valuable wood, but of no great size. The inner bark makes good ropes. 

 The fruit is said to be eaten. 



6. G. hirsuta, Vahl Syinb. i. 34 (1790). 



Thw. Enum. 31. C. P. 3554. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 391. Wight, Ic. t. 76. 



A low, much-branched shrub, covered throughout with 

 dense, velvety, stellate tomentum ; 1. 2^-3^ in., lanceolate or 

 oblong-lanceolate, rounded and oblique at base, very acute, 

 finely dentate - serrate, 3-nerved at base, tomentum more 

 dense beneath, mixed above with minute scales, petiole very 

 short, stip. I in., setaceous ; fl. \ in. diam., pedicellate, usually 

 2 together on short, solitary, axillary peduncles ; sep. linear, 

 very hairy outside ; fr. over \ in., globose, slightly 4-lobed, 

 very hairy, stones 4, 2-seeded. 



Dry country ; very rare. Only found about Nilgala, in Uva Province. 

 Fl. January ; white. 

 Also in Southern India. 



7. C orientalis, L. Sp. PL 964 (1753). Wel-k^liya, Wel- 

 m^diya, S. Taviddai, T. 



Herm. Mus. 3. Burm. Thes. 26. Fl. Zeyl. n. 324. Moon Cat. 41. 

 Thw. Enum. 31. C. P. mo. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 384. Rheede, Hort. Malab. v. t. 46. 



A scmi-scandent shrub, with smooth, cinnamon-brown 

 bark and divaricate branches, young parts with fine rufous 

 pubescence ; 1. 3-4 in., ovate-oval, rounded at base, acuminate, 

 finely crenate-serrate, glabrous on both sides, 3-nerved at 

 base, veins very prominent beneath, with glandular pores in 

 their axils, petiole short, stip. small, rigid, lanceolate, soon 

 falling; fl. about i^- in., in small, axillary, stalked, umbellate 

 cymes much shorter than the 1., buds ovate-oblong, blunt, 

 bracts linear ; sep. ^ in-, linear, densely stellate-hairy outside ; 



