20. TIL1ACE2E. [1. Grewia. 



rufous. Twig? reddish when old. L. 3-5" obliquely broadly ovate acumi- 

 nate or acute, persistently white beneath when old, serrulate. ("Royle's 

 type is lobed). Stipules broadly linear or subulate. Petioles about |*. 

 Peduncles £-£''. Bracts linear or subulate. Buds large globose ver- 

 tomentose. Sepals persistently tomentose without about f-|*. I 

 oblong I-3I". Stigma capitate with much lobed or fimbriate margin or 

 deeply 2-fid. with lamellate branches. Fruit \''. 



Singbhum, frequent in the forests : Manbhum, Tundi hills and 

 Hazaribagh, especially on Parasnath. 



Well described by Campbell and Watt as a " small, much branched 

 tree crowded with ovate oblique acute or aouminate leaves, densely 

 rufescent, hoary beneath, above deep dark preen. Foliage thick dark 

 coloured. Fruit less tban £", 2-seeded." 



P. Less tomentose. L. becoming quite green beneath, but permanentlv 

 Btellately puberulous, attaining 6£" by Zi". Singbhum. 



y. vestita (Bengal Plants, not typical). Less densely tomentose or 

 villous than in a. L oblong or narrowly ov.le 3-6", scarcely cr ver? 

 finely tomentose, ultimately green or hoary beneath, finely acuminate. 

 Stipules as long as petiole linear to setaceous, but sometimes with sub- 

 auricled base. Peduncles slender §-f".* Pedicels shorter than peduncles. 

 Buds obiong or clavate before openinsr. Bracts setaceous. Sep. rh^" 

 Pet. linear or linear-oblong »-W- 



Singbhum, frequent. (Some specimens, e.g., Singbhum No. 152 witn 

 leaves hoary beneath are placed in G. excelsain the Gal. Herb.) 



5 vestita, Wall, is more densely brown-villous on twigs and 

 peduncles. Peduncles very short and pedicels equalling or exceeding 

 them- Oblong-acuminate leaves stellately villous beneath. Sep. -aV^V* 

 Pet. •£-" linear-oblanoeolate. Not seen in C. N. 



The wood is much valued, but not quite as much as is that 

 of tilicB folia, 



9. G-, Rothii, D-C. Syn. GK <?xcelsa, F.B.I, non VaU, 

 G. salvifolia, Roxb. non Heyne. 



Bursu, K. ; Cheli, K (f . Watt) ; Bichra (Sirguja, f. Wood). 



A pretty shrnb or, rarely a small tree with hoary branch- 

 lets, oblong-or ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate, rarely oblong or 

 lanceolate- ovate, acuminate serrulate or crenulate 3-5-Derved 

 leaves always beautifully white beneath, short petioles rarely 

 over \". Stipules broadly linear to linear-subulate (nevCT 

 setaceous as in elastica) equalling or exceeding the petiole. 

 Peduncles 1-6, very slender, f-1", with usually 3 very slender 

 pedicels clavate beneath the flower and linear bracts J* long. 



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