24 15. STERCULiACEiE. [Eriolcena. 



Bracteoles pinnatisect. 



Peduncles 3-flowered. Style pilose ... ... E. Stocksii. 



Peduncles many flowered. 



Style pubescent ... ... ... ... K Hookeriana. 



Style glabrous ... ... ... ... E. CandoUel. 



Bracteoles entire ... ... ... ... E. qmmiiiclocularis. 



E. Stocksii, H. f. & T. ms. Fl. Br. I. 1. 370. Konkan, Stocks. 



E. Hookeriana, W. & A. Prod. 70; Fl. Br. I. 1. 370; Bedd. Fl- 

 Sylv. 35 ; Brandis For. Fl. -36. Konkan, and in the dry forests of the 

 Saftpudas, Fl. Mch., Apl. Fr. C.S. 



E. CandoUei, Wall. PI. As. Rar. 1. 51, t. 64; Cat. 1175; Fl. Br. 

 1.1.370; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl 24. Hadang, K. Throughout the 

 deciduous forests of North Kanara ; Belgaum and Konkan. Wood much 

 used in the construction of country carts. Fl. H.S. Fr. C.S. 



E. quinquelocularis, Wgt. Ic. t. 882 ; Fl Br. I. 1. 371 ; Bedd. Fl. 

 Sylv. 35. In the forests of the Konkan and Belgaum ghats. Fl. July. 



GUAZUMA, Plum. 



A tree. Leaves simple, tomentose. Flowers in axillary cymes. 

 Sepals 5, at first spathaceous. Petals 5, concave at the base, pro- 

 longed at apex into 2 narrow processes. Stamens 10 connate into 

 a column, tubular below, above of 5 fertile 3-aatheriferous filaments, 

 opposite the petals and 5 lanceolate staminodes opposite the sepals ; 

 anther lobes divergent. Ovary sessile, 5-lobed, 5-celled ; ovules nu- 

 merous in each cell. Capsule woody tubei'cled. 



G. tomentosa, Kunth, DC. Prod. 1. 485; Fl, Br. I. 1. 375; Bedd. 

 Fl. Sylv. t. 107. Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. Suppl. 10. Cultivated in 

 gardens throughout the presidency. Fl. July, Aug, Fr. C.S. 



Order 1G. TILIACEJE. 



Mostly trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, simple or lobed. Sti- 

 pules deciduous. Flowers regular, hermaphrodite or unisexual. 

 Sepals 3-5, valvate. Petals free, equal in number to sepals. 

 Stamens numerous, rarely definite, springing from a dilated torus. 

 Ovary free, 2-10-celled, placentatiou axile. Fruit fleshy or dry, 

 2-10 celled. Seeds albuminous or exalbuminous. 



Anthers opening by slits. 



Fruit not prickly ... ... ... ... Grewia. 



Fruit prickly ... ... ... ... Erinocarpits. 



Anthers opening by a terminal pore ... ... El.eocarpus. 



GREWIA, Linn, 



Trees or slirubs. Leaves entire, often 3-nerved. Flowers 



axillary or terminal. Sepals 5 distinct. Petals clawed, glandular 



at base, sometimes wanting. Stamens numerous on raised torus. 



Ovary 2-4-celled ; stigma shortly lobed. Fruit a drupe, flashy 



