390 xxviu. TILIACEJE. (Maxwell T. Masters.) [Gremia. 



EASTERN PENINSULA, from Tenasserim, Heifer, to Malacca. DISTRIB. Malay Archi- 

 pelago, West Tropical Africa, Abyssinia. 



A climbing shrub ? Branches rusty stellate-hairy. Leaves 4-6 by 2-2 in., base 

 rounded, 3-nerved, transverse nerves prominent; petiole 4 in-, rusty tomentose. Stij>n.l>-* 

 subulate-lanceolate. Peduncle 3-4 times longer than the petiole, floccose-tora 

 tiepals f in. and upwards, pilose. Petals oblong, entire or erose, less than half the 

 length of the sepals, blade from the back of a thick glandular claw. Turn* villous, 

 angular, sulcate. Drupe glabrescent, the size of a cherry, purplish, mesocarp fibrous; 

 stones 1 -seeded. Variable in size of parts, and in quality of pubescence. 



23. G. abutilifolia, Jv*s. in A nn. Mits. iv. 92 ; arboreous, leaves scabn ms 

 roundish base cordate or rounded irregularly toothed or lobed, peduncles 

 clustered axillary half the length of the petiole, petals entire, drupe 

 1-4-lobed pubescent. If. A A. Prodr, i. 7!) ; \\'ll. < 1 t. 1092 ; J)a/z. <( Gtte. 

 BfYinb. FL 26. G. aspera, /A../-/,. //-//. Ji> ,i. 4-2 : /-'/. /,/. ii. r>'.)l ; IIW/. ( 'at. 

 1092 B, C, D. E. G. niacropliylla, d. D<i Gen. Vv. i. f>-U>. G. asiatica, 

 W<iU. Cat. 1089, partly not <>f others. 



\\v.-~\\.r.\ I'KMNH i.\. from the < 'irears and Kurg to Malabar DisTRin. .lava. 

 A small tree, herbaceous portions scabrid, stellate-hairy. /.ir .9 3-4 by 24-3 in., 

 thinly stellate-hairy on both surfaces IMS-- :> nerved, smaller nerves parallel, strai-ht ; 

 petiole 4 in. ('i//ms eont'aeted, pednnolet tf-4-flowered. Jiml* oblnn^. pilose. /'/<>//,/ 

 ;, ; in. (liani. A<y;/x ^ in., oblong. ]'>t'ilx much shoitt-r than tin- s-j'als, tiblonj;, entire. 

 hi>pid ; style as loin; as the staim-n*. />ni]-x yellow, sub^loboso ur turbinate, 

 4-lol>ed, the size of a large pea; stones 4 or fewer, 1 -L'-ei-lled. 



24. G. diplocarpa, Tint-nit-.* l^^nn. ?,\ ; slirul>hy, leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate artiiiiiiiati' (Tcnate si rratf, ])C(liincles 3-flowered as long as the 

 petiole, drupe 4-lobed pilose. 



CEYLON; lUatlmatte .-m.l (Wa, alt. 3000 ft., TJiwaites. 



Herbaceous portions cloth'-d with simple appn-ssed i-i.Lcid hairs. flranrJirft purplish. 

 Leaves 3-4 by 1J-1 in., tapering at the, base, ^labres.-ent or sparingly ])ilo.se along 

 the nerves, secondary nerves not an-he.l ; jietiolr j .', in., hairy. StipuU* subulate, 



tbd 



lanceolate. Pnlum-lf* axill.-n-v, pe<lii ds shorter than tbd_pedoncle. lirticts subulate, 

 as long as the pe<liee]s. 11 mh cyKndnC*oblong. tirjKif* linear. J'ltvl* lanceolate, 

 acute, half the length of the sepals, limb .scarcely longer than the claw. Xtiyma 

 4-lobed. 



25. G. xnicrostemma, If'///. Cut. llof); shrubby, leaves scabrous 



broadly lanceolate acuminate coarsely and unequally serrate, cymes tufted, 

 buds oblong striated, drupe suhglobose 1-4-lolied. KHK in J<,nnt. J 

 l><-)i<l. 1 M3, ii. 63. 



PEGU and BIKMA on the Irrawaddy, and at Promo, Wrillich, drifihh, &c. 



Young shoots scabrous; branch, -. Mate hairy L> uv>'x ;">-? by 2J in., base 



rounded, 3-nerved, secondary nerves not ardied ; petioh; \ in., hairy. Xtijtule.* subulate- 

 acuminate, as long as the petiole. Cyme* axillary, many-tlower.'d ; jieduucles very short. 

 Buds oblong, striated. &>,pal* ^ inch, linear, 1 -nerved. Petals linear, subentire, thorter 

 than the sepals. Torus glabrous, seareely exceeding the claw of the petals. JtrtijH- 

 the size of a large pea, purplish, glabrescent. 



26. G. humilis, Wait. Cat. 1110; shrubby, leaves downy ovate or 

 roundish acute, petiole and peduncle very short, drupe turbinate obscurely 

 lobed. G. pilosa, Wall. Cat. p. 237, 1112 G. G. retusifolia, Kurz in Journ. 

 As. Soc. Beng. 1872, ii. 294. 



AVA, on the Irrawaddy, Wallich ; BIRMA, Kurz. 



Branches downy. Leaves l-2 by 1-2 in., 3-5-nerved, feather-veined, secondary 

 nerves transverse parallel ; petiole very short. /Stipules linear. Peduncle axillary, 

 hairy, slightly longer than the petiole, dividing above into 2 or 3 short diverging pedi- 



