ae ; Serrulata, Supra pilis minutis ste : 
Velutina. Um'ellae axillares, pedunculatae, 
lato 
95 
blade about 2 in. long, 9-10 lin. broad, oblong, acute, rounded and 
obtuse teeth, both sides covered with a close velvety greyish 
in 
greyish-velvety. Buds oblong, not constricted at the middle. 
Sepals 33-4 lin. long, } lin. broad, linear oblong, hooded at the 
subacute apex, greyish-velvety outside, glabrous within. Petals 
much shorter than the sepals, about 2} lin. long, 14 lin. broad, 
elliptic-oblong, obtuse or emarginate, with a large gland on the 
claw, yellow ; gland surrounded by a tomentose border, which is 
free from the petal at the obtusely rounded apex. Torus not 
longer than the glands, about 4 lin. loag, glabrous, fringed with 
hairs at the apex. Stamens glabrous. Ovary adpressed-hairy, 
2-celled ; style shortly exceeding the stamens; stigma much 
dilated, 5-lobed. Fruct not seen. 
Kwebe, Lugard, 54. 
Allied to G. salvifolia, Heyne, but distinguished by its acute 
or very acute (not obtuse) leaves, with a close velvety grey 
tomentum on the upper side, and more numerous primary veins. 
Grewia kwebensis, VN. E. Br. Fruter ramosus, ramulis eriseo- 
tomentosis. olia breviter petiolata, elliptico-oblonga, obtusa, 
minute denticulata, supra glabra, subtus cinereo-velutina, Umbellae 
axillares, pedunculatae, 2-3-florae. Sepala lineari-oblonga, sub- 
obtusa, Petala sepalis breviora, lineari-oblonga, apice emarginata, 
A bush about 6 ft. high, the young branchlets covered with a 
greyish velvety tomentum. Leaves spreading ; petiole 13-2 lin. 
long, somewhat fulvous-velvety ; blade 1-3 in. long, 3-1 in, broad, 
elliptic or elliptic-oblong, obtuse, equal or slightly unequal at the 
ase, minutely denticulate, glabrous above, with a close velvety 
whitish-grey tomentum beneath ; stipules 3-5 lin. long, 4-} lin. 
broad, linear-subulate. Umbels axillary, pedunculate, 2-3-flowered, 
Peduneles 6-8 lin. long, greyish-velvety. Bracts similar to the 
percles, very deciduous. Pedicels 4-6 lin. long, ~eegasbetis§ 
webe, Lugard 92. a ae . 
_ Allied to C. salvifolia, Heyne, but is readily distinguished by its 
larger leaves and flowers, and longer peduncles. 
tomentosis. Folia breviter petiolata, elliptico-oblonga, a 
la lineari-oblonga, subobtusa. Petala sepalis breviora, spathu- 
bo - . 
vata, apice emarginata, 
