1. Gbewta.1 20. TIL1ACEM. 



L. lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, hoary and densely clothed with stel« 

 late aud pilose-stellate hairs beneath, hairs deciduons above leaving a 

 simple base. Peduncles few, or clustered, eqnal to petiole. Pedicels as 

 long. FIs. < pening white, turning light-yellow and finally brown. Sep. £ to 

 nearly \" Pet. T ' 5 "-nearly |" oblong entire, blade not much longer than the 

 rland. M. nonophore cylindric bnt slightly expanded into a sinuous rim 

 bove, top densely pilose, stamens 45 or more much longer than the hairs. 

 Herm.fl: gonophore not margined, hairs rather longer than the stamens. 

 Ovary hirsute. In fruit the hairs at the top of the gonophore spread 

 beneath it. 



Form «. L. oblong, suddenly acute or acuminate, sometimes wider 

 .jpwards and 3-lobed, green or scarcely hoary beneath, base often oblique. 

 Smgbhum and Palamau. 



Form 3. L. much larger, often i>" by 2", mare membranous, preen 

 beneath. Palamau and Hazaribagh. 



Var. helicterifolia, Wall Svn. ft. angustifolia, Wall, 6. polygama 

 F.B.I, non Roxb. 



As in G. hirsuta proper but stems slender, leaves very narrow, almost 

 white but not tomentose between, the raised nerves beneath, 2£-4" long, 

 under V broad. Peduncles 1-4 slender, attaining 1£". M. st. about 30 

 only. St. in the herm. fl. slightly exceeding the hairs. 



Common in scrub jungle in the west of Palamau. 



Form y. L. linear-oblong, under £" broad, often 3£" long with 

 peduncles longer than petioles, but otherwise as in hirsuta proper is 

 intermediate. Mr. Witt has sent a similar specimen from Nimar, C. P. 



The fruit of all varieties is pleasant eating, and is given in diarrhoBa 

 and dysentery. 



A decoction of the leaves is also said to be used, Watt Die. 

 2. Cr. pilosa, Larnk. 1 Syn. G. carpinifolia, Roxb. nou 

 Jus8. Gursukri, Kharw. ; Gursikri (Sirgnja, Wood). * 



A large straggling shrub with branchlets, leaves and 

 inflorescence hirsute with stellate hairs, not villous. L, 

 oblong or sometimes slightly buoader upwards, suddenly 

 Darrowed to the tip,' or more rarely acuminate. Fl.-buds 

 oblong mostly constricted in the middle J-|" long before 

 opening. Stigmas 4 linear spreading. Style stellate. I rt. 

 closely covered with very short stellate hairs. 



1 Lamarck's description seems at first excellent, except that the fruit 

 desmbed is that of hirsuta. The plant is certainly "Wight and Arnott's 

 G. pilosa, Lamk. Mr. Drummond has, however, pointed out that Lamarck's 

 mlosa is not this plant at all but G. orientalis, L. t and he considers that 

 the one here described is G. oommutata, D.C 



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