116 FLORA OF MADRAS. [Grewia. 



Fruiting pedicels and peduncles short and stout ; fruit 2- 

 parted ; leaf very finely serrate up to the obtuse tip 



16. Damine. 



Leaves 5-ribbed, ovate or orbicular ; peduncles axillary much 

 longer than the petioles (or if, as in G. tiliaefolia, shorter, then 

 stipules strongly sagittate) ; fruit didymous, bilobed or unlobed 

 (Series 6. TILIAEFOLIAE) : 

 Peduncles shorter than the petioles ; leaves and fruit usually 



glabrous at maturity; buds tomentose 17. tiliaefolia. 



Peduncles longer than the petioles : 



Leaves finely grey-tomentose beneath, minutely irregularly 



serrate; fruit tomentose, slightly 2-lobed 18. rotundifolia. 



Leaves pubescent beneath : 



Leaves obtuse or shortly acuminate ; stipules auriculate ; 

 prostrate shrubs : 



Leaves cordate or truncate at the base, somewhat 

 parallel-sided, finely regularly crenate ; fruit unlobed, 



tomentose 19. suUnaequalis. 



Leaves obtusely cuneate or rounded at the base, elliptic, 



irregularly coarsely crenate 20. sapida. 



Leaves caudate; stipules lanceolate; trees 21. pandaica. 



Leaves 3- or 5-ribbed ; peduncles shorter or only slightly longer 

 than the petioles : 



Leaves 5-ribbed, roundish : 



Leaves rounded at top, cordate, with raised concentric reticula- 

 tion, velvety-pubescent below (Series 7. GLOMERATAE) 



22. villosa. 



Leaves usually irregularly lobed at the top, deeply bidentate, 

 scabrous; fruit slightly 4-lobed (Series 8. AspERAE)...23. aspera. 

 Leaves 3-5-ribbed, linear oblong : 



Buds oval ; sepals - 2-'3 in. long ; ovules less than 8 (Series 9. 

 HIRSUTAE) : 



Leaves 4-5-ribbed and a little oblique at the base; fruit slightly 

 lobed, epicarp hairy until old, breaking away from the stones 



24. hirsuta. 

 Leaves 3-ribbed, equal at the base ; fruit distinctly lobed, at 



length glabrous 25. polygama. 



Buds cylindric ; sepals -5--6 in. long ; ovules 12-20 ; fruit slightly 

 1-4-lobed ; pericarp stellately scabrous, breaking away from the 

 fibrous interior (Series 10. CARPINIFOLIAE) 26. flavescens. 



1. GREWIA MICROCOS, L. ; F. B. I. i. 392 ; W. & A. 81 ; Wt. 111. 

 i. t. 33. G. ulmifolia, Boxb. ; Wt. Ic. t. 84. 



