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nerved, obtuse at both ends, coarsely toothed, smoothish ; pe- 

 duncles 3 together, each bearing 3 flowers, 4-times longer than 

 the petioles, Tj . S. Native of Bengal. Fruit eatable. 

 Good-tasted Grewia. Shrub 6 feet. 



64 G. ORBICCIA'TA (Rottl. ex Willd. in nov. spec. act. nat. 

 cur. 1813. p. 205.) leaves roundish-cordate, scabrous, downy 

 beneath, ciliary-serrated ; peduncles umbellate, shorter than the 

 petioles. Jj . S. Native of the East Indies. G. villosa, Willd. 

 1. c. and Smith in Rees' cycl. vol. 17. no. 18. 



Orbiculate-leaved Grewia. Shrub 6 feet. 



65 G. ? THEREBINTHINA'CEA (D. C. cat. hort. monsp. p. 114.) 

 leaves 5-nerved, cordate, acuminated, toothed, rarely 3-lobed, 

 clothed with soft villi ; petioles compressed ; flowers racemose ; 

 pedicels aggregate. Jj . S. Native of? Branchlets opposite the 

 leaves in flower-bearing branches. Leaves when bruised smell- 

 ing of Pelargonium. Fruit unknown. This plant is sometimes 

 to be found in gardens under the name of Heliocdrpus, and it 

 is probably a species of that genus with a 4-celled ovary. 



Turpentine-scented Grewia. Clt. 1 820. Shrub 6 feet. 



66 G. ERIOCA'RPA (Juss. ann. 4. p. 93.) leaves ovate, 5- 

 nerved, bluntly serrate, tomentose beneath ; peduncles 1-2 toge- 

 ther, usually 3-flowered ; petals very narrow, not glandular ; 

 torus not elongated. Tj . S. Native of Java. 



Woolly-fruited Grewia. Shrub. 



67 G. DISPE'RMA (Rottl. ex Spreng. syst. 2. p. 579.) leaves 

 oblong-lanceolate, tapering to both ends, serrate, triple-nerved ; 

 peduncles solitary, 3-flowered ; petals very short. ^ . S. Na- 

 tive of the East Indies. 



Two- seeded Grewia. Shrub 6 feet. 



f Species not sufficiently known. 



68 G. VELUTI'NA (Vahl. symb. 1. p. 35.) leaves oval, very 

 soft on both surfaces, hoary beneath, bluntly serrate, oblique at 

 the base ; peduncles 2-3 together, very short, each bearing 3 

 flowers. Tj . G. Native of Arabia. Chadara velutma, Forsk. 

 descr. 106. Flowers smaller than those of G. Asidtica. 



Velvety-leaved Grewia. Shrub. 



69 G. OBTUSIFOLIA (Willd. enum. 566.) leaves oblong-ellip- 

 tic, blunt at both ends, hairy, acutely and unequally toothed. 

 Tj . S. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers purple ? 



Obtuse-leaved Grewia. Shrub 6 feet. 



70 G. AFRICA NA (Mill. diet. no. 2.) leaves ovate-lanceolate, 

 serrate. Tj . S. Native of Senegal. 



African Grewia. Shrub 6 feet. 



71 G. ECHINULA'TA (Del. in Guilliaud. voy. a Meroe ex Bull, 

 scien. nat. June, 1827. p. 256.) leaves somewhat orbicular, cor- 

 date ; peduncles extra-axillary ; fruit umbellate, globose, de- 

 pressed, hispid, warted, containing 4, 3-seeded nuts. Tj . G. 

 Native of the north of Africa at Meroe. 



Echinaled-fruhed Grewia. Shrub. 



f The names of species extracted from Roxburgh's Hortus 

 Calcutensis, p. 42 and 92. but these are probably identical 

 with some of those described above, viz. G. polygama, pedicel- 

 lata, lancecefolia, Roxb. 



Cult. All the species of Grewia thrive well in a mixture of 

 loam and peat, and cuttings will root in sand, under a bell-glass ; 

 those of the stove species in heat. 



X. MI'CROCOS (from /itcpoe, micros, small, KOKKOS, koccos, 

 a berry). Burm. thes. zeyl. p. 159. Lin. gen. 267. Gaert. 

 fruct. t. 57. 



LIN. SYST. Polydndria, Monogynia. Calyx of 5 sepals. 

 Petals 5, emarginate, without any scale or gland on the inside 

 at the base as in Grewia. Stamens numerous, inserted on the 



top of the torus, free ; anthers roundish. Style 1, crowned by 

 a bluntish stigma. Drupe roundish, containing a nut of 3 cells, 

 each rilled with a solitary kernel. Albumen none. Shrubs with 

 the habit of Grewia, but the inflorescence is terminal and pani- 

 cled, not axillary as in that genus. It also differs particularly 

 in the involucral-bracteas ; there are generally 3 flowers toge- 

 ther ; these are surrounded by 3 trifid bracteas, within which 

 are found 3 smaller linear ones, as well as cut ones at the bottom 

 of the branches of the panicle. 



1 M. PANICCLA'TA (Lin. spec. 733.) leaves ovate-oblong, acu- 

 minated, .3-nerved, smooth, slightly serrated ; panicle terminal, 

 villous, with 2 or 3 flowers together within a 7-leaved involu- 

 crum ; stipulas and bracteas usually bifid or trifid. Fj . S. 

 Native of the East Indies. Grewia microcos, Lin. syst. ed. 12. 

 vol. 2. p. 602. Grewia ulmifolia, Roxb. hort. beng. p. 42. 

 Flowers reddish. 



Pamc/a<e-flowered Microcos. Clt. 1799. Sh. 6 to 10 ft. 



2 M. TOMENTOSA (Smith, in Rees' cycl. Mai. mis. 1. no. 1. 

 p. 12.) leaves elliptical-oblong, obtuse, with a short point, 

 obsoletely serrated, chiefly towards the apex, 3-nerved, downy ; 

 panicle terminal, clothed with rusty down as well as the branches 

 and petioles, with 2-3 flowers together within a 7-leaved linear 

 involucel ; bracteas trifid ; stipulas usually bifid. Tj . S. Na- 

 tive of the Prince of Wales Island. Grewia paniculata, Roxb. 

 hort. beng. p. 92. Flowers reddish. 



Tomentose Microcos. Clt. 1816. Shrub 6 feet. 



3 M. SCA'BRA (Smith, in Rees' cycl. vol. 23.) leaves oblong, 

 obliquely cordate at the base, rough beneath but smooth above, 

 with 5 radiating hispid ribs ; panicle ample, terminal, with 2 or 

 3 flowers within an involucrum, whose leaves are often palmate, 

 as well as the bracteas. Tj . S. Native of Amboyna. 



Scabrous Microcos. Shrub 6 feet. 



4 M. STAUNTONIA'NA ; leaves oblong, broadest at the top, 

 smooth above except the nerves, pubescent beneath, entire, 

 acuminated, 3-nerve<l at the base ; panicle terminal, pubescent, 

 with 3 flowers usually within an involucre, whose leaves are 

 simple, bifid, or trifid, as well as the bracteas. Jj . G. Native 

 of China, (v. s. herb. Lamb.) 



Staunton's Microcos. Shrub. 



5 M. BEGONIJEFOLIA ; leaves broad, ovate-oblong, entire, 

 acuminated, smooth above except the nerves, but rough and 

 rusty beneath, 4-5-nerved at the base and obliquely cordate ; 

 branches rough from stellate hairs ; panicle terminal ; flowers 

 in clusters within an involucre ; pedicels 2-3-flowered. Tj . S. 

 Native of the East Indies. Grewia begoniaefolia, Roxb. hort. 

 beng. p. 92. 



Begonia-leaved Microcos. Shrub 10 feet. 



6 M. GLA'BRA (Jack, in mal. misc. vol. 1. pt. 1. Hook. bot. 

 misc. pt. 3. p. 282.) leaves 3-nerved, serrated, smooth ; young 

 branches tomentose ; panicle terminal, with 3 flowers together 

 within an involucrum. Tj . S. Native of the island of Carni- 

 cobar. There are frequently flowers in the axils of the upper 

 leaves in this species. 



Smooth-leaved Microcos. Shrub 6 feet. 



7 M. INVOLDCRA'TA ; leaves ovate-oblong, acuminated, serru- 

 lated, unequally cordate at the base, rough from stellate hairs 

 above, but with stellate tomentum beneath, 5-nerved at the base ; 

 panicles axillary and terminal ; flowers involucrated. Tj . S. 

 Native of Java. Grewia involucrata, Blum, bijdr. ex Schlecht. 

 Linnaea. 1. p. 658. 



Involucred-Rowered Microcos. Shrub. 



Cult. The species of Microcos should be propagated and culti- 

 vated in the same manner as that recommended for the species 

 of Grewia. 



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