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hills near Poona, Woodrow ! ; Bowdhan, 10 miles from Poona, Cooke ! S. M. Country 

 Dharwar districts, in deciduous open forests, Talbot. 



16. Grewia polygama, Roxh. Hort. Beiuj. (1814) p. 42.— A small 

 much-branched tree ; young parts velvety-tomentose ; branches terete, 

 slender. Leaves distichous, 2-4^ by f-l^ in., oblong-lanceolate, very 

 acute, irregularly serrate, glabrous or with a few stellate hairs on the 

 upper surface, velvety beneath, base rounded or subacute, 3-nerved ; 

 petioles ^-\ in. long, softly hairy ; stipules longer than the petioles, 

 subulate, hairy. Flowers about \ in. across or less, polygamous (male 

 and bisexual) in axillary umbellate cymes ; buds oblong or subglobose, 

 densely pubescent ; peduncles axillary, 1-5 together, short, hairy ; 

 pedicels 2-0, divergent, usually shorter than the peduncles ; bracts 

 subulate, hairy. Male floavers : Sepals \-\ in. long, linear, acute, 

 pilose outside, glabrous within. Petals white, J-^- in. long, oblong, 

 rounded or subacute at the apex, entire, hairy on the back ; gland half 

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

 hairs on the upper margin, ciliate on the lateral ones. Stamens 16-20, 

 with short white hairs intermixed. Torus -^-^ in. long, the lower part 

 glabrous, with a dense ring of erect stiff white hairs at the apex and a 

 ring of fewer and longer hairs at the base. Hermaph. floavers as in 

 the male. Ovary very hairy, the hairs shorter than the stamens ; style 

 glabrous ; stigma laciniate. Drupes i in. across, hairy, brownish, 

 obscurely 4-lobed ; stones 4, 1-seeded. Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 391 ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. p. 2Q ; Trim. Fl. Cevl. v. 1, p. 177 ; Pierre, Fl. For. Cochinch. 

 t. 166 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 26 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 

 (1897) p. 180 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 4, p. 181. Grewia lanca'folia, 

 Grab. Cat. p. 21. — Flowers : Sept. -Nov. Verk. Gauli ; Gavali. 



Pretty common along the GhAts, especially those to the south. Konkan : Stocks ! ; 

 Kanheri jungles, Graham; Matheran, Woodrow ; Amboli Ghat, Woodrow. S. M. 

 Country: Dharwar, Talhotl — Distrib. Ceylon, Pegu, N.Australia. 



A decoction of the leaves has been recommended as a never-failing remedy in cases 

 of dysentery. See Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. 1. c. 



17. Grewia Microcos, Linn. Syst. ed. 12, v. 2 (1767) p. 602. 

 A shrub ; young parts stellately pubescent. Leaves 4-6 by l'2-2^ in., 

 elliptic-obloog, acuminate, glabrous, entire or slightly and irregularly 

 toothed, base oblique, rounded or acute, 3-nerved, the nerves and 

 veins prominent beneath ; petioles i-| in. long ; stipules \-\ in. long, 

 linear, acute. Flowers in terminal panicles ; buds subglobose or ovoid, 

 grey-tomentose, 2 or 3 close together enclosed within an involucre of 

 6-8 oblong-lanceolate imbricate bracts ; pedicels short ; bracts of the 

 pedicels subulate. Sepals \ in. long, obovate-oblong, tomentose on both 

 surfaces. Petals less than \ the length of the sepals, ovate, acute, 

 pubescent at the base outside ; gland half as long as the petal, slightly 

 ciliate. Torus short, lobed at the apex. Ovary glabrous ; style much 

 longer than the stamens, glabrous ; stigma minute, bifid. Fruit globose 

 or slightly obovoid, about | in. across, purplish, glabrous, wrinkled ; 

 mesocarp fibrous; stone 1-celled. Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 392; Grab. Cat. 

 p. 21 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 20 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 1, p. 177 ; Pierre, Fl. 

 For. Cochinch. t. 152 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 26 ; Woodr. in Journ. 

 Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 130 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 4, p. 179.— 

 Flowers : May-Oct. Vern. Shiriil ; Asolin. 



Several stones examined by me were unmistakably 1-celled. 



