1. Gbewl ,] 20. TILIACE2E. 



late or subulate stipules, and very long peduncles |-1|*. 

 Bads large clavate, j" or more before opening. Drupes 

 globose, sometimes somewhat lobed with 1-3 1-seeded 

 nuts. 



Singbhum, RTanbhum, Hazaribagh and Palaraau on the hills and fire- 

 lines, or in scrub jungle annually burnt. Fl. April-June. 



Like asiatica and elastica this species shows a series of forms from 

 glabrescent (in C. N.) to white or white-tomentose (in the U. P.) or 

 brown-tomentose (in the Sikkim Terai). The C. N. form (var. Campbellii) 

 has shoots with few stellate hairs. L. attaining 4 ' sometimes sub-lobate, 

 very rarely acnte, with. scattered stellate hairs, nearly glabrous except on 

 the nerves when old. Peduncles hispid, usually 3-fid., pedicels $-%''. 

 Sepals about §". Pet. %' usually 2-fid. Drupes £'\ 



The fruit is eaten. 



8. G. elastica, JRoijle (em. G. cinnamomea, Gamble 

 G. vestita, Wall.) Syn. G. asiatica pro parte Brandts. Gonyer 

 K. ; Nanha Olat ', 8. 



Tree with tomentose shoots, ovate oblong or elliptic 

 acuminate serrate or serrulate 5-7-nerved leaves tomentose 

 when young and often- persistently white or tomentoso 

 beneath when old, with oblique base but not cordate. Petioles 

 short (usually under §" in large leaves) stout uniform or only 

 slightly thickened upwards. Stipules linear to setaceous, 

 more rarely subulate. Peduncles few to many usually stout 

 tomentose and divaricate, but sometimes slender in var. y. 

 Bracteoles narrowly linear or setaceous, more persistent than 

 in asiatica. Buds sub-globose to oblong. Gonophore present 

 or absent. Fruit globose under J" diam. 



Throughout Chota Nagpur. Fl. April-May. Fr. Oct.-Jany. Campbell 

 and Watt say that vestita (the tree referred to is elastica proper) is VGry 

 plentiful on the summit of Parasnath at 4,500 ft.; but as far' as 

 Parasnath is concerned, it nowhere occurs below 3,500 ft., its place at the 

 lower elevations being taken by G. asiatica (G. tilire folia?). On 

 the Tundi Hills both specios grow side by side at an elevation of 

 1,500 ft 



The typical G. elastica, Boyle, is a very tomentose form with ovate 

 leaves, found chiefly in the north-west Himalayas. Leaves on some shoots 

 will attain 11 inches. Typical G. vestita, Wall, is a green form with 

 oblong leaves, short peduncles and smaller flowers, found chiefly in Nepal 

 and the Eastern Himalayas. The following forms occur in C. N. 



a. elasi ica proper. Bra nches often drooping. Shoots shaggily tomen- 

 tose when young with, tomentum white or (var. cinnamomea) tawny or 



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