96 XXI. TILIACEjE [Grewia 



(6) Peduncles mostly solitary and axillary, leaves with 3 basal nerves. 

 Western species. 



3. G. columnaris, Smith; Wight Ic. t. 44. Vern. Tegali, Tel. 



A scrambling, at times almost climbing shrub, rough with short stellate 

 hairs. Leaves 2-3 in., ovate-lanceolate. Peduncles mostly solitary, axillary, 

 extra-axillary or terminal, \-\ in., with 3-5 yellowish-white flowers on short 

 bracteate pedicels. Sepals a petals 4- in., blade triangular, narrower than, and 

 nearly as long as, claw. Gonophore 5-ridged, the tomentose part with 5 villous 

 teeth, stigma radiate, 5-lobed. Drupes pyriform, indistinctly 4-lobed. 



Both sides of the "Western Peninsula. Fl. May-Noveniber. Ceylon, dry country. 

 Closely allied is 4. G. emarginata, Wight et Arn., a shrub on the Nilgiris Palnis and 

 Tinnevelli hills. Leaves woolly beneath, flowers larger, white, peduncles longer and 

 drupes deeply 2-41obed. 



5. G. orientalis, Linn. : Trimen Handb. Ceylon i. 176. Vern. Tegali, Tel. 



A scrambling often climbing shrub. Leaves 3-4 in., nearly glabrous, ovate- 

 lanceolate. Peduncles solitary, terminal, axillary or extra-axillary. PI. large, 

 white. Sepals f-1 in., petals \ in. Blade triangular, as long as claw and 

 attached at its back. G-onophore as in 3. Drupes globose, scarcely lobed, -| in. 

 diam. 



Moister districts on both sides of the Western Peninsula, from Kanara southwards. 

 PI. B. S. Closely allied and perhaps not specifically distinct is 6. G. bracteata, Both. 

 Hills of the Karnatic. Drupes indistinctly 2-4 lobed, hairy. 



7. G. umbellifera, Bedd.— Syn. G. Eitchiei, Mast. ; PI. Brit. Ind. i. 389. 



A lofty scandent shrub, at times a tree, the stem at the base often covered 

 with blunt woody protuberances. Branchlets, petioles and • inflorescence with 

 rusty stellate pubescence. Leaves 3-5 in. long, elliptic-oblong, shortly acu- 

 minate, 3-nerved, the 2 lateral basal nerves extending to the middle of the 

 blade or beyond it. Peduncles \-lh in. long, generally 1, sometimes 2, mostly 

 axillary, bearing 5-15 large flowers. Sepals £-|, petals \-\ in., blade as long as 

 or longer than claw. Gonophore long, cylindric, tomentose, the lower glabrous 

 portion very short. Fruit of 4 distinct drupes, \-\ in. diam. 



Western Ghats from the Concan southwards. Nearly allied is 8. G. heterotricha, 

 Masters, in evergreen forests on the Western Ghats from North Kanara southwards. 

 A lofty climber, branchlets, petioles and under side of leaves rusty-tomentose. Pe- 

 duncles 1-li in. long, axillary or leaf opposed. Pruit unknown. G. umbellata, Boxb.; 

 King, in As. Soc. Bengal, vol. 60 (1892) 110, is a Malayan species, not found in the 

 Western Peninsula. 



(c) Peduncles mostly solitary and axillary, leaves with 3 basal nerves. 

 Eastern species and species of both peninsulas. 



9. G. scabrida, Wall. ; Kurz, P. Fl. i. 158. 



An evergreen shrub. Branchlets, petioles and inflorescence shortly rusty- 

 tomentose. Leaves 5-6 in., ovate-lanceolate, serrate, chaftaceous, rough with 

 short stellate hairs, especially beneath, the tertiary nerves parallel and promi- 

 nent beneath. Peduncles axillary, short, bearing 2-5 flowers. Sepals |-|, petals 

 J in., blade as long as or longer than claw. Gonophore £ in. long, the glabrous 

 part very short, the tomentose portion 5-ribbed. Drupe f in. diam., slightlj r 

 2-4 lobed. 



Assam, Tenasserim. PI. September. Nearly allied : 10. G. nagensium, Prain, Journ. 

 As. Soc. Bengal, vol. 69 ii. (1900) 168. Assam. Leaves tomentose: Fruit of 2 distinct 

 verrucose drupes. 



11. G. laevigata, Vahl. Vern. Phiran, Dun, Udapai, Tarn. ; Kwe-tayaw, 

 Upper, Kyet-taycno, Lower Burma. 

 A small or middle-sized tree, wood white, soft. Leaves 4-7 in., oblong-lanceo- 



