386 xxvm. TILIACEJE. (Maxwell T. Masters.) [Grcrvia. 



longer than the petiole. Flowers \-\ in. diam. Sepals linear. Petals oblong, half the 

 length of the sepals. Drupe the size of a pea ; nuts 2-celled. Possibly not specifically 

 distinct from G. salvifolia, Heyne. The fruit is agreeable. 



9. G-. salvifolia, Heyne in Roth Nw. Sp. 239 ; leaves glabrescent hoary 

 beneath entire or minutely serrate, peduncles 1-3 axillary clustered longer 

 than the petiole, petals 2-fid, drupe 1-4-lobed. W. & A. Prodr. i. 77. 

 G. bicolor, Juss. in Ann. Mus. iv. 90, t. 50, f. 2 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, i. 844. 

 G. araria, Wall. Cat. 6308? 



North West provinces from the JHELUM to NIPAL, Hamilton, &c. ; WESTERN PENIN- 

 SULA, Heyne, &c. DISTRIB. Tropical Africa. 



A shrub or small tree ; bark grey, herbaceous portions covered with soft hoary pubes- 

 cence. Leaves 2 by l in., base 3-nerved, transverse nerves indistinct ; petiole .} in. 

 ,V /////'.? in., subulate. 7' mim-l .- 2 in., pedicels | in. Jimh ovate-oblong, striated. 

 Sepals \ in., linear, 3-nerved. Petals in., obovate, 2-fid, limb yellow from the back 

 of the thickened claw. Ovary pubescent; style as long as the stamens. Wight and 

 Arn< tt describe the petals as entire, probably from confounding the present 

 with G. liuthii. 



10. 6. orbiculata, liottl. in Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. Berol 1803, 205 ; 

 shrubby, leaves cordate roundish elliptic or oblong pubescent on both 

 surfaces hoary beneath minutely toothed, peduncles tufted longer than tlie 



petiole, flower-burls subjJul.Mse or oblong, drupes slightly -2-lobed, 

 1-2 2-celled. Roth Nov. tip. 246 ; WaU. Cat. 1085 and p. 237, 1085 0. 

 G. rotumiifolia, .///*.<. in Ann. J///.<. iv. <):>, t. 50, f. 3 ; I !'/<//// TV. t. 45 ; II'. 

 & A. Prodr. i. 80 ; Wall. Cat. 1085. G. orbicularis, G. Don Gen. Syst. 

 i. 550. G. variabilis, Wall. Cat 1087. 



WESTKKN PENINSULA ; Concan, Malabar, &c. 



A shrub; branches virgate. Leave* l-2 by -! in., subsessile, base often oblique, 

 5-nerved, nerves arched. ('I,HHX umbellate ; peduncles pil se. 3- flowered ; jiedin Is 

 hlmrter than the peduncles, divaricate. Bruct<l<x minute, pinnatifid. Bii<i 

 oblong striated. Flowers yellow, ^ in. diam ^-jxils linear. Petals notched, half the 

 length of the sepals. Torn* glabresrent, very slmrt. Ovary villous. J>n<j>< ,u r i-e>i-h, 

 pih<se. The G. orl,i<-ul.-ttti, of Wall. Cat. 1085 1), may prove a distinct spet 

 has smaller flowers and very small glands to the petals. 



11. G. tilieefolia, Vnht N/////A. i. 35 ; a tree, leaves hoary beneath oblicpie 

 cordate, stipules leaty falcate acuininatu, aurieled, llower-buds oval-oblong, 

 dru|>e 1-4-loV.ed small rojbglobose, stonefl 3-6-celk-d IT. <( A. Prodr. i. B() ; 

 RoaA. Fl. In.l. ii. 687 ; \'tt. Cat. loi)4 : l*a!z. <( Gil*. Bomb. Fl. 2(5; Bed- 



dome Fl. tfy/wtt. t. 108; Tlnwiiti-x I] mi m. 32. G. arborea, 1,'olk >^/>. ^N'. 

 G. variabilis, Wall. Cat. K),s7, i><tr1lij. G. Bubinaequ&lis, Wall. Cat. K 



Hot dry forests thmughout WKSTKKN INIUA, ascending to 4000 ft. in the Himalaya. 

 "VYi.siKKN I'KMNSII.A ; I'.III.MA, CKYLCN. DISTKIB. East Tropical Africa. 



A moderate tree, branches purplish. Leav<8 4 by 2 in., dentate, base 3-5-nervr-d, 

 feather veined ; petiole 4~1 in., pubescent, thickened at the top. Ptdancles 3-10, 

 axillary, tufted, as h ng as. or longer than, the petiole Pedicels 3, divergent, slirti r 

 than the peduncle. Swals \-^ in., oblong. Pttals oblong, emarginate, half the hn.th 

 of the sepals. Torus slender, glabrous. Drupe blackish, the size of a small j.ea 

 Fruit eaten by the natives. The stipules form the best distinguishing mark ot' this 

 species. 



12. G-. asiatica, L. ; W.& A.Prodr. i. 79; arborescent, leaves roundish 

 coarsely and irregularly toothed subacuminate oblique, stipules subulate 

 ensiform, buds club-shaped, drupes subturbinate with 1 or 2 1-celled nuts. 

 Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 586 ; Wall. Cat. 1089 ; fioiss. Fl. Orient, i. 844 ; Date. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 26. G. subinaequalis, DC. Prodr. i. 511 ; Wall Cat. 

 1087 C. 



