384 xxvni. TILIACEJE. (Maxwell T. Masters.) [Grcwia. 



A shrub. Branches virgate, stellate-hairy. Leaves 2-3 by 1-1 in., coriaceous, 

 glabrescent, base rounded, 3-nerved, secondary nerves arched ; petiole &- in. 

 Flowers white, in terminal corymbose cymes. Ptdundes twice the length of the 

 petiole, 3-5-flowered, pedicels supported by small subulate deciduous bracts. Sepals 

 ^ in., linear, yellow, 3-nerved. Petals half the length of the calyx, ovate-lanceolate, 

 entire. Torus short, villous. Ovary villous. Drupes % in. diam., purplish ; stones 4, 

 2-celled. 



2. G. emarginata, W. & A. Prodr. i. 79 ; shrubby, leaves stellate-hairy 

 above pubescent beneath roundish-obovate cordate gland-toothed, pe- 

 duncles mostly terminal much longer than the petiole, flower-buds ovate- 

 oblong not striated, drupes glabrescent, stones 4 1-2-seeded. G. carpinitolia, 

 Rath Nov. Sp. 245, partly; Wall. Cat. low 15, partly . G. orientally, Wall. 

 Cat. 1093 B, G. G. involucrata, Wall. Cat. 1093, C. 



WESTERN PENINSULA; Mysore. Courtallum, Pulney and Nilghiri Mts., Wight, &c. 



Leaves 2-24 by J f-2 in., base 3-nerved, secondary nerves not arched, pr'tio:. 

 ftfij.itli'H subulate. ft&HtaU l in., 3-6-brauched, pedicel 4-f in. Bracts lim;u- 

 Kubulate. Flowers 1 in. diam. Sepals linear-lanceolate. Petals linear-oblong, emar- 

 ginate, shorter than tin- sepals. 'I'orus elonpite. AY///r ciavate. stigma 4-lobed. 

 'jinqie the size of a large pea, yellowish, subglobose, turbinate, 4-lobed. 



3. G. oppositifolia, Rnrl. 77. Ind. ii. 583 ; a tree, leaves scabrous 

 above pubescent U-m-ath broadly ovate-lanceolate acuminate, cymes umbel- 

 late opposite the leaves, drupes 1 -4-lobed, stone 1-celled 1-seedeil. Wiyht 

 Ic. t. 82; Wall. Cat. 1101 ; J/Ay. 7-7. 1,,<1. hat. i. pt. 2, 204. 



Common and indigenous, wild in the N.W. Himalaya, from Jamu to Nipal, ascend- 

 ing to 7000 ft. ; also frequently cultivated. 



Bark ash-coloured. Herbaceous portions rough with stellate hairs. Leaves 3 by 

 ]J in., distichous, crenate-serrate. lower srrratuivs glandular, base rounded. M-nt-rvcd, 

 H-i-niidar\ in -r\t-s scarcely arched, tertiary veins parallel conspicuous; petiole in., 

 pilose. Stipules caducous, linear lanceolate, lonp-r than the petioles reauncfe* Oppo- 

 Bite the leaf, sometimes terminal, rarely axillary, inneh longer than the petioles ; pedicels 

 shorter than the peduncle, clavate, witli small bracteoles at the base. /'//(//- /-/,,/, I* 

 c\lindric, obovate-oblong, pilose sulcate-striate. /-'ton; ,-x yellowish. AVy^//.s- ;',' in., 

 linear, :;-nei-vrd. /'</<//< oliloii-, entire, half the length of the sepals. Turux hairy, 

 scarcely longer than the glaiids. Ovary 2-celled, cells 2-ovuled, stigma 2-lobei'i. 

 Drupe gtabrescent, blackish, lobes the si/c of a small pea. The leaves are i. 

 fodder, the bark for cordage, and the wood for various purposes. 



4. G. orlentalis, 7. /////. ; DC. Prodr. i. 510; shrubby, often scandent, 

 leaves glabrescent elliptic-lanceolate acuminate, peduncles axillary and ter- 

 minal twice the length of the petiole, petals lanceolate entire, drupe globose 

 scarcely lobed. Roxl>. /'/. 7W. ii. 586; Roth Nov. ,S)>. 242; W. & A. Pr<,,lr. 

 i. 76; Wall Cat. 1100 A, B, D, E ; Thivaites Enwm. 31; Dak. d- C,V/,v. 

 Bomb. Ft. 26. G/ obtusa, Wall. Cat. 1103, ]>art!;i. (i. rhamnifolia, Roth 

 Nov. Sp. 244 ; Wall. Cat. 1100 C. G. ovalifolia, Wight in Wall. Cat. 1103 

 B, C. G. pilosa, Wall. Cat. 



SOUTHERN PROVINCKS of the WESTKKN PENINSULA, Wight; CEYLON. 



Branches virgate, thinly stellate-hairy. Leaves 3-4 by 1-1 in., base tapering or 

 slightly cordate, 3-nerved, arch-veined, veins with oppressed siin})Ie hairs, margins 

 serrulate ; petiole \ in. Cymes umbellate ; pedicels shorter than the flowers, each with 

 a small subulate bracteole at the base. J?lowcr-bwb ovoid, pilose, ribbed. /vy/r//,s- 

 nearly 1 in., linear, yellow, pubescent outside. Petals half as long as the sepals, lanceo- 

 late, entire. Torus hispid, short. Drupes yellow, wrinkled, the size of a small 

 cherry, pilose ; stones 4, 2-3-celled. The Ceylon specimens are referred with doubt to 

 this species, as 1 have not seen the fruit. 



