388 xxvin. TILIACEJE. (Maxwell T. Masters.) [Grewia. 



A small tree. Leaves 3 by U in., glabrescent above, thinly stellate-hairy along the 

 nerves beneath ; petiole in. Peduncles 3-flowered, pedicels short. Flower-budt 

 pilose. Sepals oblong-lanceolate. Petals oblong, halt' the length of the sepals. 



16. r. pilosa, Lam. Diet. iii. 43, excl. syn. ; shrubby, leaves subsessile 

 scabrous cuneate-obovate or lanceolate, peduncles 1-3 as long as the petiole, 

 drupe hairy 1-4-lobed. W. & A. Prodr. i. 78 ; l)lz. <( <;it#. J ;<>>!>. Fl. 26. 

 G. parpinifolia'Soa*. Fl. Ind. ii. 587; Wall Cat. p. 237, 1113 C, partly, <>t 

 of Juss. ; Roth Nov. /Sp. 245, partly. G. involucrata, W'ujht in Wall. ('at. 

 1093 C. G. commutata, DC. Prodr.i. 511. G. flavescens, Juss. in Ann. .I/"*. 

 iv. 91 ; Watt. Cat. p. 237, 1113 D. G. bipartita, Wall. Cat. p. 237, 1113 B. 

 G. scabrida, Wall. Cat. 1113. G. orientalis, <;-rtn. Fruct. ii. t. 106? 



CENTRAL and SOUTHERN INDIA ; from GUZERAT to BEHAR, and southwards to 

 MAISOR. DISTRIB. Tropical Africa. 



A small tree or shrub, herbaceous portions rough with stellate h;iirs. Leave.* '2 \ 

 by 1-1 ^ in., scarcely acuminate, uneoually serrate, softer beneath, base rounded or 

 subcordate, 3-nerved, secondaries arched ; petiole very short, pilose. Xti/mlnt subulate, 

 acuminate. Peduncles axillary, .J in. ; pe licels as long as tin- peduncle. Fl<>ir,'r-< 

 oblong, dilated at the base, constricted in the middle, ^cftah linear. /' tnl* linear, 

 L'-lid, one-third shorter than the sepals. Torn* glabrous, scarcely exceeding the glands. 

 Ai'thr)-* and style stellate-hairy. Stiyma 4-parted. Ovules iiiunenms. Drwp reddish- 

 brown, the size of a large pea, mesocarp fibrous ; stones 1-4, 1-3-celled, pitted. Very 

 g-eat contusion exists in books and herbaria as to the synonymy of this and some nearly 

 allied species. 



Several di-tinct species are called in Wallirh's herbarium, and the labels 



have in all probability b-en sliit'te 1 ; moreover, it sometimes happens that two or three 

 different plants are included under the same letter. 



17. G. villosa, Will<l in Nov. Act. Xt. Cr. Pn>rnl . 1P03, 205 ; shrubby, 

 leaves rugose above villoiis beneath suborbicular obliquely cordate serrate, 

 M-rratures ciliate, peduncles very short, drupe 4-stoned rind crustaceons. 

 DC. Prodr. i. 512; If". <<- A. Prodr. i. 71) : W<dl. Cat. <>.;(><;; Dalz. & 6'/V 

 Fl Pxnnb. 25. G. corylifolia, <in\U. <(* P<-rr. Fl. &'ne;j. i. 1)5, t. 20. G. or 

 biculata, G. Don Gen. Syst. i. 551, not of HottUr. 



NVi.srKKN and SMIMHIIN IXMIA, from SINDH and the PANMAB to TRAVANCOR. 

 hiviKiu. Cape de Verde Islands, Tropieal Africa. 



Herhaceoiis portions coveted with long soft hairs. Leaven 1-3 in., apex acuminate or 

 rounded, base ;Vnerved, nerves promiBttnl villous, secondary nerves not arched; petiole 

 ^-1 in. >^lij>ults broad, leafy. Finn r* nearly sessile, in close tuft*, sum* times oppo- 

 site the leaves. /!r<i 1* olilong. Sepals oblong, acute, villous. Petals dull yellow, 

 oblong, notched, much shorter than the sepals. Drupe globose, coppery, pilose, tin- 

 si/. of a cherry ; stones 4, 1-2-seeded. 



oo Dnipf.t /?>'!</it/ didymotit, 



18. G. multiflora, /?/.w. in Aim. Mus. iv. 89, t. 47, f. 1 ; shrub or tree, 

 leaves shortly ) etioled lanceolate glandular-serrate peduncles much exceed- 

 ing the petiole 3 -flowered, flower-buds oblong-clavate, petals entire, drupes 

 2-lobed. Mi'/. Fl I ml J>"t. i. pt. 2, 200. G. sepiaria, Jtovb. J/ort. Beng. 42 ; 

 Fl fuel. ii. 589; Wall Cat. 1104, ,.artbj. G. serrulata, DC. Prodr. i. 510. 

 G. coriacea, Garcke in PI Hohenack. exsirc. 1132. 



KASTKRN BI:M;.VI., ASSAM, the SIKKIM HIMALAYA, and KHASIA Mrs., ascending to 

 4000 ft. ; WESTERN PENINSULA, NILUUIRI Mrs. ; SINGAPORE. DISTRIB. Malay Archi- 

 pelago, East Tropical Africa. 



Branches slender, sparingly hairy. Leaves distichous, variable in shape and size, 

 glabrescent, apex sometimes acuminate, base 3-nerved ; petiole very short, pilose. 

 titipules linear-subulate, as long as the petiole. Peduncles half the length of the 



