144 \xvij, TiTJAci;.!:. 



Dliarwar. Wnodiunr. K.vxAitA ; K,il;i iiadili. Uilcliic, "8!: Js'. Ivauara, uomi- villages 

 and in defidiious foiT?ts, no( connnon. '/'«//»//. ^Di>*Ti!ni. 'LVopicMl Africni, Malaya, 

 Australia. 



Tlic tree yields a libre wliiuli is used lor cordage in Kanara but- is not suflleionlly 

 abundant to be of commercial importance. Consult Watt, Diet. Bcon. Prod. 1. e. 



14. Grewia abutilifoliaj Veid. ex Jass. In Ajiji. Mas. Far. v. 4 

 (1804) p. 92. A straggling shrub ; yotmg parts stellately hairy. Leaves 

 3-4| by ^^-Sg in., roundish-ovate, acute or acuminate, often more or 

 less lobed, irregularly serrate, scabrous above, stellately hairy beneath, 

 base subcordate, 3-nerved ; j)e1ioles j^-i- iu. long, hairy ; stipules ^ in. 

 long, lanceolate, hairy, l^'lowers in short, umbellate cymes ; buds ovoid 

 or oblong, pilose ; peduncles axillary, 1-3 together, shorter than the 

 petioles, hairy ; pedicels usually 3, longer than the peduncles, pilose ; 

 bracts lanceolate, acute, hairy. Sepals }j in. long, liuear-obloug, acute, 

 hairy outside. I'etals about a (juarter llie length of the sepals, oblong, 

 rounded at the ajx'x, entire ; gland a little more than half the length of 

 the petal, margin villous. Torus short, with ttifted hairs at the ape.x, 

 the lowtn* part glabrous. Ovary villous ; style much longer than the 

 stamens, glabrous ; stigma laciniate. Drupes i in. across, fleshy, 

 minutely stellately liairv, obscurely 4-lobed, wrinkled. Fl. B. I. v. 1, 

 p. 390 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 2(J ; Pierre, Fl. For. Cochinch. t. 165 ; Talb. 

 Trees, Bomb. p. 2() ; AVoodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 130. 



• — -Flowers : Jime. 



Common in N. Kanara along nalas and in moist shady places ; somewhat rare in 

 other districts. Konkax: Stocks], Law \; Bombay, Br. Lu»h \ Deccan : JDalzdl ^• 

 GiliAon \ Chatarsinghi lull, near Poona, C'ooA^c ! S. M. Coi'nthy : Dharwar, H'oodrow] 

 K'a.xara : Ilalyal (N. Kanara), Talbot [ — Distrib. Java. 



15. Grewia hirsuta, VaJil, Sijmh. v. 1 ('1790) p. 34. A branched 

 shrub; young parts softly pubescent with (usually) fulvous hairs. 

 Leaves distichous, 2-3 by |-lj in., ovate or lanceolate, acute, serrate, 

 the upper surface glabrescent or with a few stellate hairs, the lower 

 usually densely villous with fasciculate hairs, base rounded, oblique, 

 3-nerved ; petioles ,V--i- in. long, densely hairy ; stipules subulate, 

 longer than the petioles, linear-lanceolate, hairy. Flowers polygamous 

 (male and bisexual), in axillary umbellate cymes ; buds ovoid, densely 

 villous; peduncles 1-3; pedicels 2-4, very short, pubescent; bracts 

 linear-lanceolate, hairy. Male floavkes : Sepals .]-,% in. long, linear- 

 lanceolate, softly hairy outside. Petals /; in. long, oblong, rounded at 

 the apex, entire, hairy at the back; gland about half the length of the 

 petal, orbicular-oblong with a fringe of long, white, stiff hairs on the 

 upper margin, ciliate on the lateral ones. Stamens more than 40, inter- 

 mixed with white hairs. Torus short, the lower part glabrous with a 

 ring of long soft hairs at the apex. Hiohmaph. flowiors as in the 

 male. Ovary densely villous, the hairs often equalling or sometimes 

 exceeding the stamens ; style glabrous ; stigma 5-lobed, the lobes 

 fringed ; anthers very small. Druj)es | in. in diam., fleshy, wrinkled, 

 slightly 4-lobed, sparingly stellately liairy ; stones 4, 2-celled. Fl. B. I. 

 V. 1, p. 391 ; Grab. Cat. p. 21 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 1, p. 17G; Talb. 

 Trees, Bomb. p. 20 ; Woodr. in Journ. Jioml). iNat. v. 1 1 (1897) p. 130; 

 Pierre, Fl, For. Cocliinch. t. 107. — Flowers : Aug.-Se])t. 



KoNKA.N : S/ocksl, Lan'\\ Salsetto jungles nnd on the Q-hiits. Grahnm. Deccan : 



