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TILIACEJE. IX. GREWIA. 



large, 3-nerved, ovate-lanceolate, serrated, quite smooth ; pe- 

 duncles aggregate, 3-4-flowered. Tj . S. Native of the Phi- 

 lippine Islands. 



Many-flvmered Grewia. Shrub 6 feet. 



4 G. GUAZUJM^LIA (Juss. ann. 4. p. 89. t. 48. f. 3.) leaves 

 large, 3-ner.ved, elliptic, acuminate, smooth above, tomentose 

 beneath, crenate-toothed, lower teeth glandular ; peduncles soli- 

 tary, 2-3-flowered. fj . S. Native of Java. G. oblongifolia, 

 Blume. 



Guazuma-leaved Grewia. Shrub 6 feet. 



5 G. TOMENTOSA (Juss. ann. 4. p. 89. t. 49. f. 1.) leaves 

 large, 3-nerved, ovate-lanceolate, oblique at the base, tomentose 

 on both surfaces, unequally toothed ; peduncles crowded, short, 

 many-flowered ; petals very minute. Tj . S. Native of Java. 



Tomentose-leaved Grewia. Clt. 1820. Shrub 6 feet. 



C G. CELTIDIFOLIA (Juss. ann. 4. p. 93.) leaves large, 5- 

 nerved, ovate-oblong, pilose on the nerves above, tomentose 

 beneath ; peduncles 2-3-flowered. Tj . S. Native of Java. 

 Flowers like those of G. tomentosa. , 



Celtis-leaved Grewia. Shrub 6 feet. 



7 G. HIRSU'TA (Vahl. symb. 1. p. 34.) leaves 3-nerved, ovate- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, rounded at the base and oblique, soft and 

 villous on both surfaces ; peduncles very short, usually tern or 

 solitary, 3-flowered ; petals ciliated. Pj . S. Native of Java. 



Hairy Grewia. Clt. 1816. Shrub 8 feet. 



8 G. HELECTERIFOLIA (Wall. mss. in Lin. soc. herb.) leaves 

 lanceolate, tapering to the apex, acute, finely serrated, 3-nerved 

 at the base, tomentose beneath ; peduncles short, usually twin, 

 2-3-flowered, about the length of the petioles. Tj . S. Native 

 of the East Indies. The whole plant villous or tomentose, 

 except the upper surfaces of the adult leaves. G. hirsuta, 

 Roxb. hort. beng. p. 42. 



Helecteres-leaved Grewia. Shrub. 



9 G. BRACTEA'TA (Roth. nov. spec. 243.) leaves elliptic-lan- 

 ceolate, bluntly serrated, smooth, nerves, veins, and branches 

 clothed with rusty hairs ; peduncles solitary, axillary, 3-flowered ; 

 flowers almost sessile, involucrated at the base ; petals wanting. 

 Tj . S. Native of the East Indies. Perhaps a species of Mi- 

 crocos. 



Bracteate-fiov/ered Grewia. Clt. 1820. Shrub 10 feet. 



10 G. GLA'BRA (Blum, bijdr. exSchlecht. Linnaea. 1. p 657.) 

 leaves oblong-lanceolate, 3-nerved at the base, acuminated, 

 obtusely serrated, smoothish ; lower serratures glandular ; pe- 

 duncles axillary, solitary or twin, 2-3-flowered, longer than the 

 petioles ; pedicels bracteate at the base ; petals very short, 

 villously ciliated below. Tj . S. Native of Java. Like G. 

 bracteata. 



Smooth Grewia. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 



^ 2. Petals oblong. Sepals 3-nerved. Leaves 3-nerved at 

 the base and feather-nerved in the middle. 



11 G. MALLOCOCCA (Lin. fil. suppl. 409.) leaves cordate, 

 ovate-oblong, crenated. scabrous ; pedicels axillary, 3-flowered. 

 Tj . S. Native of the island of Tongatabu. Mallococca crenata, 

 Forst. gen. t. 39. Flowers pale-purple. 



Soft-berried Grewia. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1792. Sh. 6 ft. 



12 G. OPPOSITIFOLIA (Roxb. hort. beng. p. 42. D. C. prod. 

 1. p. 227.) leaves ovate, acuminated, serrated, 3-nerved, sca- 

 brous, tomentose beneath as well as the branches ; peduncles 

 solitary or twin, 3-4-flowered, opposite the leaves. Tj G. 

 Native of Nipaul. Flowers purple inside. 



Opposite-leaved Grewia, Shrub 6 feet. 



13 G. UMBELLA'TA (Roxb. hort. beng. p. 42.) leaves elliptic, 

 a little crenated, acuminated, quite smooth ; peduncles umbel- 

 late, axillary, twice the length of the petioles. Tj S. Native 



of the East Indies in Sumatra. Genitals bearing much longer 

 stipes than the other species. 



f7m6e//ate-flowered Grewia. Shrub 6 feet. 



14 G. ODORA'TA (Blum, bijdr. exSchlecht. Linnaea. 1. p. 658.) 

 leaves 3-nerved at the base, ovate or elliptic-oblong, rather sca- 

 brous beneath, unequally-crenated, with the lower ones glan- 

 dular ; peduncles axillary, solitary or twin, 3-5-flowered ; pedi- 

 cels umbellate ; sepals 3-nerved. Tj . S. Native of Java. 



Sweet-scented Grewia. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 



15 G. SEPIA' RIA (Roxb. hort. beng. p. 42.) leaves smooth, 

 oblong-lanceolate, acuminated, serrated, 3-nerved at the base, 

 with the midrib below rather hispid, as well as the petioles and 

 young branches ; peduncles axillary, umbellate, 3-4-flowered, 

 3-times longer than the petiole. Tj . S. Native of Bengal. 



Hedge Grewia. Shrub 8 feet, 



3. Petals oblong. Sepals nerveless or l-nerved. Leaves 

 3-nerved at the base and feather-nerved in the centre, 



16 G. EXCE'LSA (Vahl. symb. 3. p. 35.) leaves oblong, 

 smooth above, covered with hoary tomentum beneath, obtusely 

 serrated; peduncles solitary, 1 -3-flowered; petals shorter than 

 the calyx. Tj . S. Native of Egypt and Arabia. Chadara 

 arborea, Forsk. descr. p. 105. 



Tall Grewia. Clt. 1816. Tree 20 feet. 



Var. ft, verrucosa (Juss. ann. 2. p. 90.) leaves warted above, 

 repand. Tj . S. Native of Java. The warts on the leaves are 

 perhaps formed from a species of Erineum. 



Tall Grewia. Clt. 1816. Tree 20 feet. 



17 G. BIFLORA ; branched ; leaves alternate, ovate-lanceolate, 

 subcordate at the base, acuminated, smooth, serrated, 3-nerved 

 at the base ; petioles and branches hispid ; peduncles axillary 

 and terminal, short, solitary or twin, 2-3-flowered ; calyx hispid. 

 Tj . S. Native of Guinea. Flowers yellow. 



Two-flowered Grewia. Shrub 4 feet. * 



18 G. BI'COLOR (Juss. ann. 4. p. 90. t. 50. f. 2.) leaves ovate- 

 oblong, sharply serrulated, smooth above, hoary beneath ; pedi- 

 cels solitary, 1-3-flowered. Tj . S. Native of Guinea. Petals 

 a little shorter than the sepals, but equal with the stamens. 

 Fruit smooth, one-half smaller than a common pea. 



Tno-coloured-lcaved Grewia. Clt. 1818. Shrub 6 feet. 



19 G. RO'THII (D. C. prod. 1. p. 509.) leaves ovate, oblong- 

 lanceolate, acuminated, sharply serrated at the top, smooth above, 

 hoary beneath ; stipulas lanceolate, longer than the petioles ; 

 peduncles usually tern and 3-flowered, bracteate ; petals about 

 half the length of the stamens, f? . S. Native of the East 

 Indies. G. bicolor, Roth. nov. spec. p. 240. but not of Juss. 



Roth's Grewia. Clt. 1819. Shrub 6 feet. 



20 G. SALVIFOLIA (Roth. nov. spec. p. 239.) leaves oblong- 

 ovate, obtuse, finely crenulated, rather entire at the base, with 

 pubescent dots above, but clothed with white down beneath ; 

 peduncles solitary, 2-3-flowered. Tj . S. Native of the East 

 Indies. Ovaries tomentose. Resembles G. off mis, G. sal- 

 vifolia of Lin. is a species of Aldngium. 



Sage-leai- ed Grewia. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1818. Sh. 6 ft. 



21 G. ROXBU'RGHII; leaves lanceolate, acuminated, serrated, 

 villous beneath, on very short petioles ; peduncles axillary, 2-3- 

 flowered, rather longer than the petioles. Tj . S. Native of 

 Coromandel. G. salvif olia, Roxb. hort. beng. p. 93. ex Wall. 

 The whole plant is villous, except the upper surface of the adult 

 leaves. 



Roxburgh's Grewia. Shrub 6 to 8 feet. 



22 G. OBLONGIFOLIA (Blum, bijdr. ex Schlecht. Linnaea. 1. 

 p. 657.) leaves 3-nerved, oblong, acuminated, obtuse at the 

 base, toothed, with the lower teeth glandular, pubescent above 

 and villous beneath ; peduncles axillary, solitary, usually 3- 

 flowered, longer than the petioles ; pedicels bibracteolate at the 



