138 XXVII. TILIACE^. 



Inflorescence axillary (rarely extra-axillary). 

 Leaves usually hoary, at least beneath. 



Gland of the jjetals minute or 8. G. orbiculata. 



Gland of the petals conspicuous. 



Leaves S-nerved from the base 7. G. salvifolia. 



Leaves 5-6-nerved from the base. 



Stipules leafy, auricled 9. G. tilitefolia. 



Stipules linear-lanceolate 10. G. asiatica. 



Leaves not hoary beneath. 



Drupes vi'iih a crustaceous rind. 



Leaves ovate-oblong; anthers hairy 11. G. pilosa. 



Leaves orbicular ; anthers glabrous 12. G. villosa. 



Drupes fleshy. 



Flowers all bisexual. 

 A small tree ; leaves lanceolate ; drupes didymous ... 13. G. Icevigata. 

 A straggling shrub; leaves roundish, irregularly 



toothed or lobed ; drupes 1-4-lobed 14. G. ahut Hi folia. 



Flowers polygamous. 



A branched shrub ; stamens more than 40 15. G. hirsuta. 



A small tree ; stamens 16-20 16. G. jyolygama. 



Inflorescence terminal in panicled cymes ; flowers involucrate. 17. G. Microcos, 



1. Grewia columnaris, Sm. in Bees, Ci/cloj). (1811) v. 17, n. 5. 

 A much-brauehed shrub or small tree ; young parts stellately pubescent. 

 Leaves --3| by f-l| in., elliptic-oblong, acute or acuminate, serrate, 

 crenate or dentate, more or less rough with short, stellate hairs, at 

 length glabrous or nearly so, rounded at the base, 3-nerved ; petioles g- 

 l in. long, pubescent. Flowers in umbellate cymes, which are more or 

 less corymbose when terminal ; buds conical, ribbed, dilated at the base, 

 densely pubescent ; peduncles solitary or 2-3 together, axillary, extra- 

 axillary and terminal, twice as long as the petioles ; pedicels 3-5, shorter 

 than the peduncles, supported by small lanceolate deciduous bracts. 

 Sepals I in. long, linear-oblong, pubescent outside, 3-nerved. Petals 

 w^hite, \ in. long, oblong, acute, entire ; gland less than half the length 

 of the petal, densely villous on the upper margin, less so on the lateral 

 ones. Torus nearly i in. long, softly villous, 5-angled, hairy at the apex, 

 the part beneath the gland glabrous. Stamens shorter than the sepals. 

 Ovary densely hairy ; style longer than the stamens ; stigma 5-lobed, 

 papillose. Drupes i- in. in di;un.. subglobose, depressed, slightly 4-lobed, 

 bristly with stiff hairs from glandular bases ; stones 4, 2-celled. Fl. B. 

 I. V. 1, p. 383 ; Grab. Cat. p. 21 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 26 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. 

 V. 1, p. 174; Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 25; AVoodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. 

 V. 11 (1897) p. 1 30.— Flowers : Apr.-June. 



Konkan: Malabar hill, Bombay, Graham; Salsette, common, Graham. Kanaka: 

 in evergreen forests of N. Kanara, Santaveri, Talbot. — Distuib. Java, East tropical 

 Africa, Ceylon. 



2. Grewia umbellifera, Bedd. For. Man. in Flor. Sijlvat. p. xxxvii. 

 A large scandent shrub ; stem at the base covered with blunt protu- 

 berances ; branches terete, the young ones slightly fulvous-pubescent. 

 Leaves 3-5 by 1-2 in., elliptic-oblong, acute or acuminate, serrulate or 

 dentate, reticulately veined, dotted with minute stellate hairs, ultimately 

 glabrous, base rounded or subacute, 3-nerved; petioles \-h in. long, 

 pubescent ; stipules \ in. long, lanceolate, acute. Flowers in umbelkte 

 cymes ; buds oblong, grooved, pubescent ; peduncles terminal and axil- 

 lary, 1-1^ in. long, 1-3 together, pubescent ; pedicels ^-^ in. long, 10-20 



