Grewia.\ xxvin. .TILIACE^E. (Maxwell T. Masters.) 387 



Generally cultivated in India, except in the Gangetic plains and E. Bengal ; said to 

 be indigenous in the Salt Range, Poonah, and Oudh. CEYLON. 



A small tree, herbaceous portions covered with soft yellowish pubescence. Leaves 

 1-1 in., obliquely cordate, base 5-nerved, smaller nerves not arched, prominent beneath, 

 transverse ones parallel ; petiole | in , thickened at the top. Stipules nearly as long 

 as the petiole. Peduncles 2 or more, usually shorter, sometimes longer, than the 

 petioles, dividing into 2 or more divergent pedicels. Bracts linear. Flowers f in. diam. 

 Sepals oblong-lanceolata. Petals yellow, linear-oblong, half the length of the sepals. 

 Drupe globose, 1-2-lobed, pilose, about the size of a pea. A very variable plant, the 

 following form is usually held to be distinct : 



VAR. vestita, Wall. Cat. 1 1 05 (sp.) ; leaves obovate acuminate obscurely 3-lobed 

 minutely serrate, cymes densely crowded, buds ovoid not striated. G. asiatica, Wall. 

 Cat. 1089, partly. G. elastica, Boyle 111. t. 22. G. obtecta, Wall Cat. 1114. Tropi- 

 cal Himalaya, from Garwhal to Sikkim, Pegu. 



13. Gr. sapida, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 590; shrubby, leaves subsessile ovate 

 or orbicular doubly-serrate pilose above pubescent beneath, stipules linear, 

 peduncles 2-5-flowered, drupes subglobose slightly 4-lobed, stone 2-seeded. 

 Wall Cat. 1115. G. nana, Wall. Cat. 1102. G. suffruticosa, Ham. in Wall 

 Cat. 1102 B, G. G. pumila, Ham. in Don Prodr. 227. 



TROPICAL HIMALAYA, from Garwhal to Bhotan, and ASSAM. 



A decumbent shrub ; stock woody, subterranean, sending up annually a number of 

 herbaceous pubescent shoots, 1214 in. Leaves If in. by 3 in., base 5-nerved, secon- 

 dary nerves not arched ; petiole 4 in. Stipules linear-subulate, as long as the petiole. 

 Peduncles 2-3, 1 in. ; pedicels divaricate, shorter than the petiole. Flower-buds ob- 

 long. Flowers yellow, J i n - diam. Sepals oblong. Petals yellow, entire, half the 

 length of the sepals. Torus glabrescent. Drupes the size of a pea, obscurely lobed. 

 The shoots are usually burnt by the jungle fires after flowering. Roxburgh describes 

 the petals as 2-toothed, the stone as 1-3-seeded, and the leaves as scabrid. 



tf Leaves not hoary beneath. 

 Drupe globose, rind crusiaceous. 



14. G. scabrophylla, Roxb. Fl Ind. ii. 584 ; shrubby, leaves scabrous 

 above pubescent beneath roundish ovate irregularly serrate, peduncles 

 1-4 axillary equalling the petiole 2-3-flowered, drupe globose tomentose 

 with a crustaceous rind. G. scleropbylla, Wall Cat. L095 ; Wight Ic. t. 

 89. G. Carrea, Ham. in Wall. Cat. 1095 B. G. sulcata, Wall. Cat. 1096. 

 G. pilosa, Wall. Cat. 1112, partly. G. obliqua, Roxb. Fl Ind. ii. 590? not 

 of Juss. 



TROPICAL HIMALAYA; GARWHAL, Falconer; SIKKIM, alt. 2-300 ft., Hk.f.; ASSAM, 

 CHITTAGONG, and AVA, Wallich, &c. 



A small shrub, herbaceous portions pubescent. Leaves 3-6 by 4 in., often 

 slightly lobed, base 3-5-nerved, secondary nerves not arched, prominent beneath ; 

 petiole | in. Stipules subulate. Cymes umbellate, pedicels diverging, longer than the 

 peduncles. Braeteoles linear-subulate, deciduous. Flower buds ovate-oblong, ribbed. 

 Flowers f in. /Sepals linear-lanceolate pubescent. Pttals obovate, white, notched, 

 half the length of the sepals or less. Torus short, hispid. Ovary hairy, 2-celled, cells 

 4-6-ovuled. Drupe the size of a large cherry, stellate-hairy; stones 4, 1-celled, 

 1- seeded. 



15. G., carpinifolia, Juss. in Ann. Mm. iv. 91, t. 51, f. 1; arborescent, 

 leaves 3-nerved oval acute thinly stellate-hairy crenate-serrate, peduncles 

 exceeding the short petiole, flower-buds elliptic dilated at the base, 

 anthers smooth, drupe globose glabrescent. G. pilosa, Wall Cat. 1112, 

 partly. 



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