300 XXV. TiLiACE^. [Grcwia. 



(i) G. umbellata Roxb. Hort. Beng. 42 ; Masters, in Hook. fil. 

 F.B.I, i. 385 ; King, I.e. 109. 



A climbing shrub 50 or more feet long all stellate-puberulous. 

 Leaves oblong-ovate or elliptic, serrate, bluntly acuminate, base 

 rounded, above glabrous, beneath pale; nerves 4 pairs, 3 to 4*5 in. 

 long, 1-5 to 2 in. wide; petioles '25 in. long. Umbels panicled, 

 axillary or terminal 6- to 8-flowered. Flowers 75 in. long, yellowish 

 white. Sepals ribbed tomentose, linear-oblong, reflexed in flower. 

 Petals as long or shorter, oblong from the back of an orbicular 

 hairy concave claw. Stamens connate at base in a silky tube. 

 Torus long, tomentose. Fruit globular, green ; pyrene 2- to 4- 

 celled; cells i-seeded; endocarp bony. Hub. Common in secon- 

 dary growth, from Singapore, Malacca, Pahang, Perak, Penang. 

 Disirib. Siam, Borneo. Native names : Akar Chenderai ; Akar 

 Sekapu ; Akar Kapialu ; Akar Sempelas Lida Kuching. 



(2) G. paniculata Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 591 ; Masters, I.e. i. 393 ; 

 King, I.e. no. 



A bushy tree 20 to 40 ft. tall, 2 ft. through. Branchlets 

 tomentose. Leaves coriaceous, cuneate-obovate to elliptic, blunt 

 acuminate, edges serrate dentate, base rounded ; nerves from base 



5 or 6 pairs, above sparsely pubescent, midrib and nerves tomentose, 

 beneath stellate-tomentose ; nervules horizontal, elevate beneath, 

 3 to 6 in. long, 1-5 to 275 in. wide; petioles '25 in. long, tomentose. 

 Stipules glabrous lanceolate. Panicles 2'25 to 3-5 in. long, terminal 

 or axillary tomentose; bracteoles linear. Flowers "25 in. long. 

 Sepals obovate, base rounded, tomentose outside, pilose inside. 

 Petals shorter, yellowish white, oblong blunt, claw concave, hirsute 

 outside. Torus cup-shaped, edge tomentose. Ovary ovoid, stel- 

 late-tomentose 4-celled. Fruit obovoid, green hard, m.inutely 

 pubescent ; pj^rene i-celled, i-seeded ; endocarp stony. Hab. 

 Open countrj^ common, but absent from Singapore. Malacca. 

 Selangor, Rantau Panjang; Kwala Lumpur. Perak, Plus River 

 (Wray). Pahang, Sungei Jelai (Machado) ; Penang. Distrib. 

 India and Indo-China. Native name : Chenderai Hutan. 



(3) G. latifolia Masters, I.e. i. 392 ; King, I.e. 112. 



A shrubby tree 20 to 40 ft. tall. Branchlets tomentose. Leaves 

 coriaceous, broad, elliptic shortly acuminate, base narrowed, blunt, 

 above glabrous except midrib, laeneath stellate-pubescent ; nerves 



6 to 9 pairs, strongly elevate, as are the transverse nervules, 6 to 

 9 in. long, 3-5 to 4*5 in. wide; petioles '5 to 75 in. long, tomentose. 

 Panicles terminal or axillary tomentose, i"5 to 4 in. long, few- 

 flowered; bracteoles ovate-lanceolate. Flowers "25 in. long; 

 pedicels shorter. Sepals oblong, tomentose both sides. Petals 

 shorter, oblong acute, claw hirsute, longer than the limb. Torus 

 cup-shaped, edge hairy. Ovary depressed-globose. Drupe obovoid 

 75 in. long and '5 in. wide; pericarp sparsel}^ pubescent, yellow, 

 at length glabrous; mesocarp fibrous and pulpy; pyrene single, 



