Grervia.] xxvin. TILIACEJE. (Maxwell T. Masters.) 393 



p. 237, 1098 H ; Wight Ic. t. 84. G. affinis, Lindl in Trans. Hort. Soc. vi. 265. 

 G. begonifolia, Wall. Cat. 237, 1098 D. G. glabra, Jack. Mai. Misc. i. p. 14, 

 ex Hook. Bot. Misc. i. 282. Microcos paniculata, L. ex W.& A. Prodr. i. 81 ; 

 Wall. Cat. p. 237, 1098 E, F. M. mala, Ham. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. 549. 

 M. Stauntoniana, G. Don Gen. Syst. i. 551. Rheede Hort. Mai. i t. 56. 



EASTERN BENGAL ; Khasia Mts., ascending to 4000ft.; CHITTAGONG, BIRMA, and 

 MARTABAN ; WESTERN PENINSULA, Mysore, &c. ; CEYLON. DISTRIB. Java, China. 



Leaves distichous, 5-6 by 1^ in., subcoriaceous, glabrous, or more or less stellate-hairy 

 beneath, base 3-nervecl ; petiole ^- in. Stipules entire, half the length of the leaves. 

 Cymes terminal, peduncles pubescent, pedicels hispid divergent. Bracts subulate. 

 Flowers 2 or 3 together within the bracts. Sepals oblong, pubescent. Petals oblong, 

 entire or slightly emarginate, thrice shorter than the sepals. Drupe the size of a pea, 

 purplish, glabrous ; stone hairy, 3-celled. 



VAR. rugosa; leaves bullate. G. rugosa, Wall. Cat. 1098 /3. Arsis rugosa, Lour. 

 FL.Coch. 409. Pegu. 



3(5. <&. paniculata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 591 ; shrubby, leaves pubescent 

 beneath oblong acuiiiinace sorruLite base cuneate, petiole short, stipules 

 2-partite, drupes 1-4-lobed obpvoid. Wall. Cat. 1097, partly ; Miq. Fl. Ind. 

 Bat. i. pt. 2, 203. G. Blumei, Hass/c. Tijdschr. Nat. Gesch. xii. 130 ; Miq. Fl. 

 Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2, 203. Microcos tomentosa, Smith in Rees Cycl. G. amnis, 

 Hassk. Cat. Hort. Bog. 207, not of Lindl. 



MALACCA and PENANG, Hunter, Wallich, Maivgay. DISTRIB. Java, Philippines, 

 Siam. 



A tree ? or shrub. Leaves 6 by 2 4 in., base 5-nerved ; petiole | in., pilose. Stipules 

 nearly equalling the petiole. Cymes terminal, half the length of the leaves, pedicels 

 rusty-floccose. Bracts divided. Buds subglobose or turbinate. Sepals oblong. Petals 

 entire, much shorter than the sepals, fruiting-pedicels recurved. Drupe the size of 

 a large pea, pilose ; stones 1-celled. t ^^ t^^/ A- fa*~ ^*~7 &, ^ i***^ fy, 



In addition to the above species, Beddome mentions a G. umbellifera, Bedd., from 

 South Canara, with the following imperfect description : " Leaves oblong-ovate, very 

 suddenly pointed asperous, heads of flowers on long stalks axillary or supra-axillary." 

 The same author describes in Linn. Trans, xxv. 210, a species which he calls G. acu- 

 minata (not of Juss.), but of which I have seen no specimen. It is described as a 

 "email tree with glabrous shoots; leaves 46 by 2 in. oblong acuminate entire, 

 petiole \ in., stipules small subulate ; peduncles very short lateral or axillary 2-5- 

 flowered bracteolate ; sepals covered with ash-coloured pubescence." 



7. COLUMBIA, Pers. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves simple, usually oblique. Flowers clustered, 

 clusters in terminal panicles, Sepals 5, distinct. Petals 5, glandular at the 

 base. Stamens indefinite, free, springing from a raised torus. Ovary 

 3-5-celled, cells 2-4-ovuled ; style subulate, entire. Capsule roundish 3-5- 

 winged, 3-5-coccous, cocci indehiscent 1-seeded, Seed albuminous ; cotyle- 

 dons flat. DISTRIB. A genus of about 5 species, natives of Tropical Asia. 



1. C. floribunda, Wall, in Voight Cat, Hort. Calc. 128 ; leaves scabrous 

 above puberulous beneath oblong acute spinuloso-denticulate base cordate. 

 Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1873, ii. 63. Glossospermum ? quinque-alatum, 

 Wall. Cat. 1154 and 7641. 



BIRMA, at Taong Dong, Wallich ; Ava, Martaban, Kurz. 



A shrub ; younger portions scabrid, stellate-hairy. Leaves 5 by 3 in., 3-7-nerved, 

 petiole 1 in., floccose-tomentose. Flowers small. Sepals ^ in., oblong, hoary ex- 

 ternally. Petals oblong-spathulate, as long as or longer than the sepals. Style stellate- 

 hairy. Fruit f-1 in. diam., 3-winged, stellate-hairy, separating when ripe into 3-5 

 indebiscent 1-seeded cocci. 



