40 XIV. TILIACKdE. [Grewia. 



length of the petals. Drupe the size of a large gooseberry, nearly round, 

 when ripe brownish grey and a little hairy, with a coriaceous rind when 

 dry, pulp sweet, glutinous, pale yellow. Nuts 4, obovoid, rugose, thick 

 and hard, 1-2-seeded. 



A small shrub or undershrub, 3-4 ft. high, common in the Doons and 

 Siwaliks from the Jumna eastward. Oudh forests. Sikkim. Fruit eatable 

 (Gurbheli). Fl. April-Sept. 



G. abutilifoliaJuss. G. aspera, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 591 arborescent, from 

 South India, resembles this sp. in leaves and inflorescence. 



6. G. vestita, Wall. Syn. G. elastica, Eoyle 111. t. 22. Vern. Farri, 

 phalwa, dhamman, Pb. ; Pharsia, pharsdi, pharsula, dhamun, dhamman, 

 N.W.P. ; Phalsa, dhamin, damon, C.P. 



Young branches, under side of leaves, and inflorescence with soft grey 

 tomentum. Leaves 2-4 in. long, on short petioles, obliquely ovate, acumi- 

 nate, serrate, sometimes indistinctly 3-lobed, with 5 or 6 basal nerves, 

 pale beneath ; stipules linear, nearly as long as petiole. Cymes compact, 

 axillary. Peduncles short, 3 to 5 or more, generally not longer than J in. , 

 each bearing 2 or 3 pedicels of about the same length, supported by lin- 

 ear bracts. Flower-buds ovoid. Sepals linear-lanceolate, about J in. long; 

 nerves indistinct, outside softly tomentose with long fine hairs, inside 

 glabrous, yellow. Petals much shorter than sepals. Drupe pear-shaped 

 or globose, of the size of a pea, fleshy, 2-4-lobed, black when ripe. 



Outer Himalaya, as far west as the Indus. Salt range. Eastern Bengal. 

 Behar and Central Provinces. New leaves appear in May ; the flowers, which 

 are orange-yellow, not very conspicuous, from Jan. to May ; the fruit ripens 

 Aug. to Nov. 



A small tree, 25 ft. high, with a trunk rarely exceeding 2 ft. girth. Bark 

 of stem cinereous or dark brown, smooth, longitudinally rugose. Sapwood 

 white or light brown ; heartwood pale yellow, reddish brown, or grey brown, 

 fairly close, fine and even-grained, when seasoned weighing about 50 lb. per 

 cub. ft., strong, tough, and elastic. Used for shoulder-poles for loads, bows, 

 spear-handles. Fruit eaten. 



7. G. asiatica, Linn. ; W. & A. Prodr. 79 ; Eoxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 586. 

 Yern. Phalsa, phalsi, dhamin. 



Young branches, under side of leaves, and inflorescence with soft grey 

 or yellowish tomentum. Leaves 2 to 7 in. long, obliquely cordate or broad- 

 ovate, acuminate, irregularly toothed, with 5, 6, or 7 arching nerves proceed- 

 ing from the base; stipules linear-lanceolate, often with a broad oblique base; 

 petioles J in. long. Peduncles axillary, 2 to 7, varying in length from J- 2 

 inches, but mostly 1-2 in. long, bearing from 3 to 5 flowers on bracteate 

 divaricating pedicels, shorter than peduncle. Flower-buds ribbed, cylin- 

 drical or clavate. Sepals varying in length, generally f in. long, w 7 hitish- 

 tomentose outside, reddish brown or yellow inside. Petals red and yellow, 

 emarginate, half as long as sepals. Drupe globose, dark brown when 

 ripe, indistinctly lobed, with 1 or 2 nuts. 



Cultivated throughout India, in Burma, and the Mauritius. Said to be wild 



