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2. G Pi LOS A, Lam. Shrubby ; leaves 3-nerved, on very short 

 petioles, cuneate or obovate oblong, rounded or slightly cordate at 

 the base, unequally serrated, rough with stellate hairs; peduncles 

 axillary, 1 to 3, as long as the petiole, 3-flowered ; flowers yellow, 

 largish ; drupes 1 to 4-lobed, crustaceous covered with stellate 

 hairs. The Deccan ; flowers in July. Syn. G carpinifolia, Roxb. 

 Fl Ind. ii,587. 



3. GABUTILIFOLIA, Juss. Arborescent; leaves 3-nerved, round- 

 ish cordate, irregularly and coarsely toothed, upperside rough, under 

 harshly tomentose ; peduncles several together, axillary, about 

 half as long as the petiole, 3 to 4-flowered ; sepals oblong, about 

 thrice the length of the oblong entire petals ; drupes 4-lobed, 

 pubescent and hairy ; nuts four or less, 1 to 2-celled. Juss. in 

 Ann. Mus. 4, p 92; G aspera, Roxb. Fl Ind. ii, p 590. The 

 Deccan ; flowers in June ; fruit in August. 



4. G TILIAEFOLIA, Vahl. Leaves 5-nerved, roundish cordate, 

 bluntly toothed ; stipules auricled on one side ; drupes 2-lobed, 

 smooth and shining. Common in Bombay. Syn. G arborea, 

 Roth. nov. sp. p 247. 



5. G ASIATICA, Linn. Arborescent; leaves 5-nerved, roundish 

 cordate, obtuse or acutish, sometimes unequal at the base, un- 

 equally serrated, upperside at length nearly glabrous, under gla- 

 brous, pubescent or hoary ; stipules lanceolate subulate ; peduncles 

 axillary, 2 to 4, twice or thrice as long as the petiole, 3-flowered ; 

 flowers yellow ; drupes globose, with 1 to 2 one-celled nuts. This 

 is the common cultivated Phulsi, but which we have found truly 

 wild in the Poona Collectorate. 



6. G ORIENTALIS, Linn. A scandent shrub ; leaves 3-nerved, 

 ovate or oblong lanceolate, shortly and bluntly acuminated, nearly 

 quite glabrous ; peduncles axillary, solitary, three-flowered ; drupes 

 nearly globose, slightly 4-lobed, covered with a short tomentum. 

 On the Southern Ghauts. Syn. G rharnni folia, Roth. nov. sp. 

 p244. 



7. G CpLUMNAius, Sm. Leaves 3-nerved, ovate, oblong or 

 lanceolate, rigid crenated, scabrous on both sides ; drupes turbi- 

 nate, bristly hairy ; flowers white. Syn. G pilosa, Lam. Encycl. ; 

 G orientalis, Vahl., Symb. Pluk. t. 50, /. 4; Wight. Ic. t. 44. 



8. G MICROCOS, Linn. Leaves ovate or obovate lanceolate, 

 glabrous ; flowers terminal panicled, very different in inflorescence 

 from all the rest. Common in the hilly parts of the Concan. G 

 ulimfolia, Roxb. Fl Ind. ii, p 591 ; Microcos paniculata, Linn ; 

 Rheed. Mai. i, t. 56. Native name " Sheerul." 



9. G. POLYGAMA, Roxb. Fl Ind. ii, 588. Shrubby ; leaves 

 lanceolate serrate hairy ; peduncles axillary, longer than the 

 petioles, 2 to 6-flowered ; drupes 2, each 2-lobed, with a solitary 



