Gretoia 



XXI. TILIACE.E 



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late, acuminate, mem- 

 branous, nearly gla- 

 brous, under side 

 with a few scattered 

 hairs. Secondary 

 nerves 4— 6 pair, the 

 lowest pair from the 

 base. Peduncles axil- 

 lary, slender, often '2-3 

 together, bearing am- 

 belliform brae tea te 

 cymes of 3-5 flowers. 



Sepals J-l in., 3- 

 nerved. petals J— J in., 

 blade triangular, 

 shorter, rarely longer 

 than claw. Tomen- 

 t is ■ part of gonophore 

 shorter than glabrous 

 portion, at times re- 

 duced to a narrow 

 villous Viand. Drupes 

 1-3, rarely 1. nearly 

 distinct. 



( (liter II imalaya, from 

 tin- Jumna eastward, 



ascending to 3, » ft. 



Both Peninsulas. Fl. 

 June-4 tetober. Leo ves' 

 renewed in April. 

 Nearly allied, united 

 with it by Pierre, PI. 

 For. Cochinch. t. 16] : 12. 

 G. maltiflora, .lu~-. '.'. 

 si piaria, Etoxb. . siU- 

 kim, Assam, Ehasi hills 



a shrub, leaves and Bowers smaller. 



with n fringe of hairs at top. Fruit didymous, l-seeded. 



Valil. J. 

 Gonophore glabrous. 



«/ Peduncles fasciculate, axillary, gonophore glabrous. with a fringe of hairs 

 in top. 



o. Leaves oarrow, with 3, rarely I or 5 basal nerves. 



13. G. salvifolia, Heyne; Brand is For. Fl. 43. Vein. Saras, siris, Mer- 

 wara : Burgu, Kol : Vulipi, Kan. 



•A sliruli or small tree, lieartwond dark brown, hard, branchlets, inflorescence 

 and under side of leaves w bite or grey, with short puK-.i-.-nrr. Leaves •_'-:! in.. 

 lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, edge entire, undulate or serrulate. Peduncles 

 slender, with 2-3 conspicuous yellow flowers. Sepals \ in., on both sides silky 

 petals \ in., the blade longer than daw, back of claw hairy. Fruit generally 

 of two dial incl round drupes. 



Dry and arid regions of North-Wesl [ndia and the Deccan. PI. April September. 

 \ ■ ■ . 1 1 ■ 1 > allied, and perhaps nol specifically distinct, fs 1 1. G. excelsa, Vabl. Singbhum 

 Behar, Bundelkhand and ( loromandel coast. Anerecl tree. 0eaves8-6 in., with oblique 

 b ' - and sometimes 1 or ■"> basal nerves. Under side of leaves white or green. Fl. Ma> 



16. G. pilosa, Lam.: Brandia P. PI. 39. Vern. Pamngan, pisangan, 



I\a jpillana : 7l i/nli, Tel. 



A large Btraggling shrub, branchlets, petioles, under sideof leaves and inflor- 

 escence rough with fine light-brown stellate hairs. Leaves 2— I in., oblong or 

 lanceolate-oblong, serrate. Secondary nerves I •"> pair, the lowest pair Prom 

 the base. Peduncles short, about { in. long, bads hirsute, constricted in the 



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