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7. Grewialaorifolia, Hook. inHook. fil. Fl. Br, Ind. i. 392. A tree 

 20 to 30 feet high ; all parts except the infloi'escence glabrous : young 

 branches with dark-coloured bai-k. Leaves thinly coriaceous, oblong- 

 lanceolate or lanceolate, acuminate or acute, entii'e ; the base rounded 

 boldly 3-nerved : both surfaces shining 5 latei-al nerves 1 or 2 pairs, 

 alternate^ length 4 to 6 in., breadth 1"5 to 2"5 in., petiole '5 to 7 in. 

 fntiicles terminal and axillary, 1"5 to 4 in. long, lax, few- flowered, pu- 

 berulous : bracteoles few, linear, fugaceous. Flowers '2 in. long, their 

 pedicels about "15 in. Sepals ovate, concave, the edges much inflexed, 

 minutely tomeutose on both surfaces. Petals much shorter than the 

 sepals, oblong, often absent. Torus cup-shaped, its rim hirsute. Ovary 

 globose, sub-glabrous, 4-celled. Style thick, cylindric, tapering, gla- 

 brous. Drupe ovoid, '5 in. long, the pedicel about as long, with 1 or 2 

 vertical furrows, pericarp glabrous, endocarp fleshy and fibrous : pyrene 

 1 to 3-cell'ed, but usually oniy one cell containing a single seed : endo- 

 carp bony, 



Malacca , Griffith, Maingay. Penang ; Curtis. Perak ; Scortechini, 

 King's Collector. Distrib. Sumatra, 



8. Grewia calophylla, Kurz Andam. Rep. App. B. iii; Flor. 

 Burra. i. 157. A tree 20 to 30 feet high : all parts glabrous except the 

 minutely velvetty tawny inflorescence : young branches slender, dark- 

 coloured. Leaves thinly coriaceous, shining, ovate-lanceolate to ovate- 

 elliptic, acuminate, entire; the base rounded or slightly cuneate, 3- 

 nerved ; lateral nerves 3 or 4 pairs, ascending ; transverse nerves 

 slender: length 4 to 7 in., breadth 1-75 to 3 in., petiole '3 to '75 in. 

 Panicles pedunculate, axillary or terminal, few-flowered, 1"5 to 3 in. 

 long. Floivers '5 in. long, their pedicels very short. Sepals nar- 

 rowly oblong, the edges much incurved, minutely velvetty, much 

 reflexed. Petals about half the length of the sepals and much nar- 

 rower, lanceolate ; the limb subulate ; the claw ovoid, expanded, 

 thick and densely tomentosc at the margin. Torus cyliiidiic, puberulous 

 outside. Ovary ovoid, pointed, style long filiform, both puberulous. 

 Fruit obovoid, compressed, 1-4 in. long and -75 in. in diam. ; pericarp 

 membranous, glabrous, shining; mesocarp thick, pulpy and fibrous: 

 pyrcnes 3, of which one is 2-celled but contains only a single seed, the 

 others abortive ; the endocarp bony. Mast, in Hook, fil, Fl, Br, Ind. 

 i. 392. 



Nicobar Islands, Kurz : S. Andaman, Kurz, King. 



This is very near G. lanrifolta, Hook, but has very^ much laro-er 

 fruit. A Malacca plant (Griffith, No. 630/2 Kew Distrib.) resembles 

 this in leaves but not in flower. The only specimens which I havr 

 seen are too imperfect for dctoruiinatiuzi. 



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