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3. G. pilosa, Lam. j W. & A. Prodr. 78. Syn. G. carpinifolia, Roxb. 

 Fl. Ind. ii. 587. 



Branchlets, leaves, and inflorescence rough with short light -brown 

 stellate tomentum. Leaves subcoriaceous, 2-4 in. long, on short petioles, 

 oblong, shortly acuminate, serrate, base obtuse or cordate, the middle 

 nerve with 4-5 main lateral nerves on either side, the lowest pair proceed- 

 ing from near the base ; transverse veins prominent. Peduncles axillary, 

 1-3, short, \ in. long; pedicels 1-3, same length. Flower-buds oblong, 

 dilated at the base, constricted in the middle. Sepals linear, \ in. long. 

 Petals one-third shorter than sepals, linear, emarginate. Drupe 1-4-lobed, 

 J in. across, on pedicels \ in. long, with a crustaceous rind, covered with 

 stellate pubescence. Specimens in leaf only may be distinguished by the 

 cordate or rounded base of the oblong, short-acuminate leaves, with pro- 

 minent transverse veins. 



North-West India, Behar, Bandelkhand, Central Provinces, Rajputana, 

 Guzerat, and South India. A shrub ; fl. July-Sept ; the fruit ripens in the 

 cold season. The fruit of a shrub near this, and probably the same, called 

 Karanto, on the Bassi hills, east of the Bunass river in Mey war, is eaten. 



G. hirsuta, Vahl. ; W. & A. Prodr. 78 syn. G. pilosa, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 588 

 is a shrub in South India with some resemblance to G. pilosa, Lam., with lan- 

 ceolate, thick and soft-tomentose, penninerved and wrinkled leaves ; buds 

 ovoid j sepals J in. long, or less. Drupes slightly lobed, with long stiff hairs. 



4. G. villosa, Willd. ; W. & A. Prodr. 79 ; Dalzell & Gibson, Bombay 

 Flora, 25. Vern. Inzarra, pastuwanne, T.I. ; Jalidar, kasJcusri } thamther. 

 Salt Range ; Gawal kopra, Kishengurh. 



Young parts and leaves clothed with long soft hairs. Leaves 1-3 in. 

 long, rugose above, villous beneath, nearly orbicular, deeply cordate, sharp- 

 serrate, serratures bearded with tufts of long soft hairs. Petioles J-l in. 

 long. Basal nerves 3-6 ; lateral nerves 3-4 on either side of midrib, and 

 on the outer side of the basal nerves ; transverse veins prominent. Stip- 

 ules ovate-lanceolate, deciduous. Flowers dull yellow, in short compact 

 axillary cymes. Sepals linear, clothed with long soft hairs ; petals much 

 shorter than sepals. Fruit globose, the size of a cherry when dry, with a 

 crustaceous, brown or reddish rind, covered with tufts of long stellate 

 hairs. Stones 4, 1-2-seeded, in a sweet edible pulp. 



Sindh, Panjab, trans-Indus, Salt range, Rajputana, the Konkan. South India, 

 tropical Africa and Cape de Verde Islands. Fl. June-Sept. A small shrub. 

 The fruit is eaten. 



5. G. sclerophylla, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 42. Syn. G. scabrophylla, 

 Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 584 ; Wight Ic. t. 89. Vern. Pharsia, Kamaon. 



Branchlets, inflorescence, and under side of leaves clothed with soft 

 tomentum. Leaves scabrous above, ovate or obovate, obtuse or shortly 

 acuminate, unequally serrate, 3-9 in. long ; petioles ^-J in. long ; trans- 

 verse nerves distinct ; stipules linear, deciduous. Peduncles axillary, 

 generally 1-4 together, of various length, 2-3-flowered ; bracts small subu- 

 late, caducous. Flowers white. Sepals linear-lanceolate, nearly 3 times the 



