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XXI. TILIACE.E 



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androgynophore and ovary. Leaves more or less distinctly dentate, rarely 

 lobed, base generally oblique, with 3, rarely 4 or 5 basal nerves. Fl. in 

 pedunculate, generally uinbelliforni cymes. Sepals valvate. ofreu coloured on 

 the inside, deciduous. Petals shorter than sepals, in most species with a thick 

 base claw), bearing on the inside an area, generally papillose, surrounded by a 

 densely villous, semicircular or circular rim. Stamens as a rule x, free, 

 together with the ovary on a raised more or less costate torus (androgynophore 

 or gonophore), the ridges of which alternate with the petals, the lower part 

 glabrous, the upper hairy or tomentose. Ovary 2 or 4-celled, in most species 

 tomentose, style 1, ovules as a rule S. Stigma generally broad, more or less 

 distinctly 5-lobed. Fruit a drupe, often deeply lobed, with 1-4 pyrenes, which 

 are 1- or few-seeded, the endocarp often osseous, surrounded by a fibrous meso- 

 carp. Over 100 species, tropical and sub-tropical, from Africa to Queensland. 



A. Fl. bisexual, petals with a distinct claw. 



(a) Peduncles mostly solitary, leaf opposed, rarely terminal or axillary, blade 

 of petals twice the length of claw. 



1. G. oppositifolia, Roxb. ; Wight Ic. t. 82 ; Brandis, F. Fl. t. 12. Vera. 

 Katar, Pusht. : Dhaman, Pharan, Bhimcd, Biul, Behul, North- West Himalaya. 



A middle-sized tree, wood white, with small irregularly shaped heartwood. 

 Leaves 2-4 in., ovate, acuminate. Peduncles single, leaf opposed, 1.-1 in. long. 

 Pedicels 1-8, supported by linear deciduous bracts. Sepals \-l in. Petals 

 shorter than sepals, yellowish red, blade linear, twice the length of claw. Drupe 

 deeply 2-4 lobed, fleshy. Fruit olive-green, then black, with scattered hairs. 



Sn lei ma ii range, Baluchistan (3,500 ft.), Salt range. Himalaya, extending easl wan I 



oi Nepal ami aseeniling to li.OIIO ft. The leaves are shed in March, the new leaves oo 



.nit in April and May. Fl. March, June. 



Vein, (tango, 



2. G. populifolia, Vahl ; Trimen Handb. Ceylon t. 18. 

 Gangerun, Kajputana. 



A shrub witii stiff divaricate branches, bark white, wood yellowish-white, 

 tough. Hranelilets and 

 Leaves slightly rough with 

 short stellate hairs. 

 Leaves broadly ovate, 

 sometimes obovate, coarse- 

 ly dentate, blade \ -2 in., 

 petioles slender, J-J in. 

 long. Peduncles slender, 

 generally leaf opposed and 

 solitary, with 1-3 large 

 white flowers. Sepals 

 3 in., blade attached to 

 bark of claw. I lonophore 

 glabrous, with 5 densely 

 villous leet h < (vary gla- 

 brous as a rule. Drupe 

 shining, orange, of 2- 1 

 distinct globular lobes, 

 each with a 2-celled stone. 



Dry and arid regions of 



Nor! Ii West I ndia, Sin. I and 

 i lie l tecco ii. Suit range, Eool 



"I X.H't ll - West I I iinii la 1 a. 



ascending to 2,000 ft. Fl. 



July-] t in i..r. 1 Irj count rj 



of Ceylon, western Asia, 

 Egj pi . i ropical Africa. 



I'n.. 16. — Grewio populifolia, Vahl. \. 



