Grewia.} xxvin. TILIACE.E. (Maxwell T. Masters.) 389 



leaves, pilose ; pedicels dilated upwards. Sepals in., linear-oblong. Petals half the 

 length of the sepals, entire. Drupe the size of a small pea, purplish, glabrescent ; stones 

 1-seeded. Doubtful if distinct from G. Icevigata ; used as a hedge plant. 



19. G-. leDvig'ata, Vahl Symb. i. 34; arborescent, leaves shortly 

 petioled glabrescent tapering to both ends acuminate serrate, peduncles 

 much exceeding the petiole, flower-buds oblong obtuse, drupe 2-lobecl. 

 W. & A. Prodr. i. 77; Wall. Cat. 1086 H; Mia. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2," 199. 

 G. ovalifolia, Juss. in Ann. Mus. iv. 90. G. didyma, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 591 ; 

 Wall. Cat. 1086, partly. G. disperma, Rottl. in Spreng. Syst. ii. 579. G. mol- 



1. Lali 



lococca, Ham. in Wall. Cat. p. 237, 1086 F. G. Lalpeta,#am. in Wall. Cat. 

 p. 237, 1086 G. 



EASTERN and SOUTHERN INDIA, from NIPAL, SIKKIM, and the KHASIA MTS., through 

 both PENINSULAS, AVA, and MARTABAN. DISTRIB. Tropical Africa, Malay Islands, 

 Australia. 



Herbaceous portions thinly stellate-hairy. Leaves 3^-4^ by l^-lf in., 3-nerved, 

 nerves pilose beneath, secondaries arched ; petiole ~ in. /Stipules linear-subulate. Buds 

 ovoid-oblong, striated, as long as the petiole. Peduncles 2 or 3 together, 2-3-flowered. 

 Bracts linear-subulate. Sepals 4~| in., 3-nerved. Petals oblong-lanceolate, entire, 

 yellow, half the length of the sepals. Torus glabrous, short. Style longer than the 

 stamens. Drupe smooth, 1-4-lobed, the size of a small pea, black when ripe ; stones 

 1-celled. Closely allied to G. multiflora, but has larger flowers. 



000 Drupes fleshy 1-4-lobed. 



20. <3r. Ritchiei, Mast. ; arboreous, leaves glabrescent ovate-lanceolate 

 glandular-serrate 3-nerved, peduncles cympse axillary and terminal, buds 

 oblong subclavate, torus as long as the entire petals sulcate, drupe deeply 

 4-lobed. 



CONCAN, Stocks; WESTERN GHAUTS, Ritchie. 



Young branches stellate-hairy. Leaves 3 by 1^ in., coriaceous, glabrous above, 

 thinly stellate-hairy beneath, base rounded, smaller nerves arching, petiole pilose, T TT- 

 in. Peduncles half as long as the leaves, pedicels pilose. /Sepals linear-oblong. Petals 

 white, narrow-pointed, shorter than the sepals. /Style exceeding the stamens. Drupe 

 purplish, 4 in. diarn. ; stones 1-seeded. Allied to G. columnaris, but differs in the ob- 

 Icng buds, very long torus, and deeply lobed fruit. 



21. Cr. bracteata, Roth Nov. Sp. 243; shrubby, leaves glabrescent 

 scabrous beneath oval-lanceolate, peduncles equalling the short petioles, 

 drupe 4-lobed, stones 2-3-celled. W. &; A. Prodr. i. 76. G. obtusa, Wall. 

 Cat. 1103, partly. 



WESTERN PENINSULA, in the Carnatic, Heyne; CEYLON. 



Leaves 3-4 by 1^-1 f in., somewhat oblique, serrate, base rounded, 3-nerved, secondaries 

 arched, with straight hairs along the nerves beneath ; petiole in. Peduncles solitary 

 or twin, axillary, 3-flowered. Bracts broad, pilose, as long as the peduncle. Buds 

 conical or ovoid, pilose, sulcate. Sepals linear, covered with golden down. Petals 

 much shorter than the sepals, oblong, entire, recurved. Torus prolonged beyond the 

 glands. Drupe shrivelled when dry, the size of a cherry, covered with yellow hairs. 

 Some specimens, labelled as from Assam, but probably from the Calcutta Bot. Gardens, 

 are slightly more scabrous. 



22. Cr. scabrida, Wall. Cat. 1113, partly ; shrubby, leaves pilose or 

 glabrescent elliptic acute dentate, peduncles axillary cymose, much longer 

 than the petiole, flower-buds cylindric-oblong ribbed, torus longer than the 



f lands, drupe 4-lobed. Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beny. 1873, ii. 63. G. pilosa, 

 Vail. Cat. 1112, partly. G. ferruginea, Ilochst. in A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 

 87 ? G. odorata, Blume ex Walp. Rep. i. 361. G. acuminata, Joss, in Ann. 

 Mus. iv. 91, t. 48. 



