140 XXVU. TILIACE.T-'.. 



hairy ; stipules .subulalr. nearly equalling the petioles, caducous. Flowers 

 in axillary and Ieaf-o])posed, fulvous-])ubescent, umbellate cymes; buds 

 oblong, striate; peduncles 1-lj in. long; pedicels p]-l in. long; bracts 

 beneath the pedicels lanceolate. 8e])als jy in. long, densely fulvous- 

 pubescent outsid(\ Petals half as long as the se])als, oblong-lanceolate, 

 entire ; margin oF gland villous. Torus elongate, a illous. (Style longer 

 than the stamens, glabrous ; stiguia obscurelj^ 5-lobed. Pruit not seen, 

 n. B. I. V. 1. p. 3^5 ■ Talb. Trees. Bomb. p. 26; Woodr. in Journ. 

 Bomb. Is^at. v. 11 (1897) p. 130.— Flowers : Nov. 



Kanaka : commou in the evergreen forests of N: Kanara from Aiiishi soutLwards. 

 ex Talbot; Nilkund, Talbot: Gairsoppa Falls, Ta^io^ ! 



0. Grewia populifolia, Vald, Symh. v. 1 (1790) p. 33. An 

 uudershrub, '2-6 ft. high ; stems and branches terete, slender. Leaves 

 up to l.V by 1;^- iu., broadly ovate or suborbicular, sometimes obovate, 

 acute or obtuse, coarsely dentate, glabrous or nearly so, base rounded or 

 cuneate ; petioles \-^ in. long, very slender ; stipules small, linear, 

 caducous. Flowers pure white, |-1 iu. across ; buds oblong, tomentose ; 

 l)eduncles usually solitary, leaf-opposed, thickened near the top, bearing 

 1 (rarely 2 or 3) flowers ; bracts 2, near the middle of the pedicel, 

 caducous, leaving a mark which has the appearance of a joint. Sepals 

 |-| in. long, linear-oblong, tomentose outside. Petals linear-oblong, 

 usually notched, about two thirds the length of the sepals, attached 

 along the back of the gland ; gland broad, suborbicular or obscurely 

 3-lobed, the margin villous. Torus about j.j in. long, the lower portion 

 glabrous, faintly ribbed, with 5 densely villous teeth at the top beneath 

 the ovary. Ovary 4-lobed, glabrous (rarely pilose) ; style longer than 

 the stamens ; stigma 4-5-lobed. Drupes smooth, orange-yellow, about 

 ^ in. broad, usually of two separable halves, each half didymous ; stones 

 1-4, muriculate, 1-2-celled. Fl. B. I. v. 1, ]). 385 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. 

 V. 1, p. 178 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, v. 1, p. 843 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 26 ; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb, Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 130 ; Watt, Diet. Ecou. 

 Prod. V. 4, p. 182.— Flowers : Aug.-Oct. A^ern, Gaiu/o ; Ganyl. 



Oommon in Sind. S. M. Country : Dharwar. Talhof, Woodrow ; Badauii, Ji'oodnnv '., 

 Coo/ccl Sind: Vimryl, Stoc/,:% 53UI, Dahcll, 67!, Coo/,r '. ; Karachi, IVoodrowl: 

 rocky ground in Sind, Sfoc/i-g I 



The acid fruit is eaten by the natives and I lie wood is used for walking-sticks. 

 — DiSTKiB. Arabia, S. Persia, Afghanistan, Belm-liistau. Irojjieal Africa. Mauritius, 

 Ceyloa. 



7. Grewia salvifolia, Hnjiu, c.c lioth, ^'ov. I'l. >Sp. p. 239 (1821). 

 A shrub or small tree, 6-8 ft. high ; branches hoary-i)ubescent. Leaves 

 1 ^-2 by ;y-^/ in., ovate-oblong or laut-eolate, rounded and obliipu' at the 

 base, 3-nervt'd. minutely serrate or subentire, u])per surface glabrous or 

 with a few scattered hairs, the lower densely hoary-tomentose ; petioles 

 4 in. long, hoary-tomeixtose ; sti])ule:s ] in. long, subulate. Flowers iu 

 smjiU umbels; buds ovoid-oblong, striate: peduncles 1-3, less than 

 \ in. long ; pedicels ^-h in. long, usually 3 on each peduncle, stellately 

 tomentose, thickened at the top ; bracts lanceolate. 8ep;ds .\ in. long, 

 linear-oblong, tomentose without. Petals yellow, J in. long, obovate, 

 uotched ; gland hairy, one third the length of the petal. Torus short, 

 glabrous except at the apex beneath the ovary ; style exceeding the 

 stamens ; stigma 4-lobed, lobes deflexed. Drupes \\ in. across, sparsely 

 pubescent, 1-4- (usually 2-) lobed. Fl. B. 1. v. I, p. 386 : Talb. Trees, 



