20. TILIACEM. [1. Qbswia. 



about as broad as long, old green beneath 



(in C. N.),not (or very shortly) acuminate. 

 Tree, cultivate^ (always?). L. subrotund. 



Petiole H" 6. asiaticct. 



Undershrub. L. oblong, orbicular or obo- 



vate. Petiole under £" . . . . 7. sapida. 



(b) Peduncles unequal, rarely 1" long, usually 



divaricate. Leaves ovate to oblong, never 



as broad as long, sometimes persistently 



white or tomentose beneath, 5-7-nerved. 



Fl. buds globose or oblong, under £". 

 Very tomentose. Buds globose. Fls. large. 



L. ovate, usually white beneath . .8. elastica. 

 Less tomentose. Buds oblong. Fls. smaller 



with peduncles not longer than pedicels. 



L. oblong, finally green beneath . . var. vestita, 



(c) Peduncles very slender. L. narrow, lanceo- 



late, rarely narrowly oblong or lanceolate- 

 ovate, permanently white beneath but 

 never coarsely tomentose, often only 

 3-nerved. Usually a shrub . . .9. RotMi. 



1. G. hirsuta, Vahl (Em. polygama, F.B.L, polygama 

 Roxb. P 1 pilosa, Eoxb.?) Seta beli, K. ; Seta kata, Seta andir 

 S. ; Kukur bicha, H. ; Gursukri, Kharw. 



A slirub 1^-3 ft. hjgh, usually with many stems from the 

 root, tomentose cr stellately villous all over, with linear- 

 oblong to ovate-lanceolate or broadly oblong serrulate very 

 shortly petioled usually acuminate leaves stellate-tomentosa 

 beneath and also closely stellate above when young. Fls. 

 polygamous or 1-sexual, buds ovoid under J- . Fr. pilose 

 with long deciduous hairs, fleshy with a crustaceous rind. 



Throughout the area, chiefly in open forest, common. Fls. July-Sept, 

 Fr. Nov a -Jcmy. 



Very variable. The following forms occur :— 



G. hirsuta proper, (G. hirsuta Eoxb. and perhaps G. pilosa, 

 Eoxb.) 



1 G. pelygama, Roxb. is net the narrow-leaved shrub described under 

 that name in the F.B.I, and by Duthie and others. Roxburgh's original 

 figure shews Lroadly-lanceolate leaves and very short poduucles aa in 

 hirsuta proper, 



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