\'\Y1T. TII,T \('F, V:. 141 



Bomb. p. 1^6; Woodi-. in Joiini. lioiiih. ^at. v. 1 1 (LSi)7) p. lo<i ; Watt, 

 Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 4, p. 1S2. (irewi<( /limlor, .luss. in Ann. Mus. v. 4. 

 p. 1)0, t, 5U, fig. 2; Boiss. F\. Orient, v. 1, p. 844. — Flowers: .June 

 Aug. Verk. Bihul. 

 Not coiutnon. S. M. Countuy : Uatlami, Cooke ! Sinu : hills in Sintl, Stocks, 532 I 



8. Grewia orbiculata, Rottl. in Ges. Xaturf. Fr. Neve Schr. v. 4 

 (1803) p. 205. A shrub reaching 6 ft. high ; young branches softly 

 pubescent. Leaves 1-2^ by h-^-n in., ovate-oblong, suborbicular or 

 obovate, acute or obtuse, minutely and irregularly serrate, hoary- 

 tomentose beneath, velvety above, base rounded or cordate often 

 oblique ; petioles ^ in. long, densely pubescent ; stipules lanceolate, 

 caducous. Flowers in umbellate cymes ; buds subglobose or ovoid ; 

 peduncles axilhuy, 1-3 together, reaching LI in. long, densely pubescent; 

 pedicels 1-3, sometimes more, on the top of each peduncle, \~h in. long, 

 pubescent ; bi^acts linear-lanceolate, caducous. Sepals { in. long, oblong, 

 acute, ])ale-tomentose without, minutely hairy within. Petals yellow, 

 obovate, entire, half as long as the sepals ; gland nn'nute or scarcely 

 any. Torus very short, almost 0. Ovary villous ; stigma 4-lobed, 

 laciniate. Drupes pilose, shghtly 2-lobed ; stones 1-2, 2-celled. Fl. Ji. 

 I. V. 1, p. 386 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 20. Grewia rotundifolia, .Tuss. in 

 Ann. Mus. Par. v. 4 (1804) p. 92, t. 50 ; Wight, Icon. t. 45. 



Eai-e. KoNKAN : Trdbot Deccan : hills at Gokak, Eifckie, 1634 ! 



9. Grewia tilisefolia, Vahl, Si/mb. v. 1 (1790) p. 35. xV tree, 

 30-35 ft. high ; bark pale brown ; young parts densely pubescent. 

 Leaves 3-5 by 2-3 in., ovate, acuminate with a tendency to become 

 lobate at the apex, crenate-dentate, upper surface minutely stellately 

 hairy or subglabrous, the nerves pubescent, lower surface hoary-tomen- 

 tose, cordate and inequilatei'al at the base, 6-nerved, 3 nerves at the 

 larger and two at the smaller side of the midx'ib ; petioles i-^ in. long, 

 pubescent; stipules -^ in. long, leafy, somewhat falcate, auricled, with a 

 rounded lobe on the lower side, veined. Flowers small, mnbellate ; 

 buds obovoid-oblong or subglobose, tomentose ; peduncles 3 or several, 

 axillary, thick, about equalling the petioles ; pedicels 3-5, divergent, 

 shorter than the peduncles ; bracts beneath the pedicels linear- 

 lanceolate. Sepals } in. long, oblong, subacute, pubescent outside, 

 glabrous within. Petals about half as long as the sepals, oblong or 

 spathulate, entire or notched ; gland about one third the length of the 

 petal, densely white-villous on the margiu. Torus rather long, ribbed, 

 glabrous, with 5 obscure villous teeth at the apex. Ovary villous ; style 

 longer than the stamens ; stigma somewhat irregularly 5-lobed. Drupes 

 size of a pea, black, globose or 2- (rarely 4-) lobed ; stones l~2-celled. 

 Fl. B. L V. 1, p. 386; Grab. Cat. p. 21 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 20 ; Bedd. 

 Flor. Sylvat. t. 108; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 1, p. 175 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb, 

 p. 26 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 130 ; Watt, Diet. 

 Econ. Prod. v. 4, p. 183. — Flowers: May- Aug. Yf^un. MdraaH ; 

 TJuulscd. 



Common throughout the Presidency in decicluous forests. Konkan : (Sfoc/.s !, Law I, 

 Gibson I; Worli (Bombay), Balzelll; Elephanta and Salsette, Graham. Deccan: 

 Ganesh Ivhind (Poona), Woodrow ! ; Koina valley below Mahableshwar, Cooke ! 

 Kanaka: Yellapur, Talbot l; Kala uaddi, Ritchie, 7^' ! — Distbib. Birma, Ceylon, 

 East tropical Africa. 



