98 XXI. TILIACE.E [Gratia 



middle. Sepals J-j, petals i in. long. Blade 3 times the length of claw, 

 bifid, with numerous longitudinal nerves, back of blade hirsute with stiff hairs. 

 Gonophore glabrous, cup-shaped, edge ciliate. Anthers hairy, style hairy in 

 the lower part, stigma 2-dentate, ovules numerous. Bind of fruit crustaceous, 

 with short stellate hairs. 



Oudh, Behar, Aravalli hills, and throughout the Western Peninsula. Fl. July- 

 September. A species remarkable by the shape of gonophore, hairy anthers and 

 stigma. Whether this is the plant described by Lamarck as 67. pilosa * s doubtful. 

 67. carpinifolia, Juss. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 387, anthers glabrous, ovules 8, grows in 

 tropical Africa, and is not known from India. 



/3. Leaves broad, with 5, sometimes only with 4, basal nerves. 



16. G. rotundifolia, Juss., Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Baris iv. (1804) t, 50 f. 3 ; 

 Wight Ic. t. 45. 



SLeaves 1-1 h in., grey-tomentose, chiefly beneath, obovate or orbicular 

 Beduncles slender, i-§ in., pedicels longer than flowers. Buds distinctly ribbed, 

 cylindric. Sepals £ petals ^-J in., blade twice the length of claw. Gonophore 

 T V in., glabrous, ribbed, 5 obtuse hairy teeth at top. 



Coromandel coast, Nilgiris (unibsd with 67. orbiculata in Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 386 ; this 

 however, has 3-nerved leaves and petals without claws). 



17. G. asiatica, Linn. Vern. Pharsci, Phalsa, Dhamin, Karra, Hind. ; 

 Sialposra, Nep. ;, Gonyia, Kol ; Jana, Tadasdl, Kan. ; Unu, Tarn. : Chadicha. 

 Mai. ; Tagaio, Pintayaw, Burm. 



A middle-sized tree, bark greyish-white or greyish-brown, sapwood whitish, 

 heartwood small, irregularly shaped, dark brown. Branchlets and under side 

 of leaves varying from glabrous to densely and softly tomentose. Leaves vary- 

 ing from broad-cordate to obliquely ovate. Stipules varying from linear to 

 foliaceous and broadly falcate. Beduncles axillary, in fascicles of 2-10, varj-ing 

 in length from 1-2 in., each bearing 3-5 flowers. Sepals {-\, petals -|-^ in., 

 yellow or red and yellow, blade as long as or longer than claw. Fruit globose, 

 with pleasantly acid pulp, indistinctly lobed. 



Common in both Peninsulas, largely grown in gardens on account of the fruit. FL 

 January-May. This extremely variable tree was described under three species by me, 

 F. Fl. 40, and by Kurz, F. Fl. i. 160. My subsequent experience in India has convinced 

 me that these forms cannot be maintained as species, their distinguishing characters 

 not being constant. Their characters are ordinarily defined as follows : — 



1. G. asiatica, Linn. The cultivated form. Leaves broad-cordate, more or less tomen- 

 tose beneath, stipules linear, buds cylindrical or clavate, flowers large, fruit large. 

 2. G. vestita, Wall. (67. elastica, Boyle). Chiefly in the subhimalayan tract from the 

 Indus to Sikkim. Leaves small, ovate, usually much longer than broad, under side 

 with thick greyish-yellow tomentum. Stipules linear, buds obovoid. 3. G. tilisefolia, 

 Vahl. Chiefly in the Peninsula and Ceylon, also in North- West India. Leaves large, 

 very oblique, nearly glabrous, or hoary beneath. Stipules leafy, falcate, auriculate. 

 Masters, in Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 386, unites 67. vestita and 67. asiatica. 



18. G. sapida, Boxb., is a remarkable undershrub, common in grass lands of the Duns 

 and subhimalayan tract, ascending to 3,000 ft., also in Upper Burma, with a short 

 woody underground stem, throwing up annually, after the fires have passed over the 

 ground, a number of herbaceous shoots 1-2 ft. high. Flowers yellow, in umbels of 2—1. 

 sepals J-J, petals £-J in., blade linear, twice the length of claw. Fruit slightly lobed. 

 stones enclosed in sweetish pulp. 



19. G. villosa, Willcl. ; Brandis, F. Fl. 39. Vern. Dhokelan, Merwara. 



A shrub, often gregarious, branches, leaves and inflorescence densely silk}' 

 with long stellate hairs. Leaves nearly orbicular from a cordate base, 1-4 in. 

 diam., rugose, transverse veins numerous, prominent and parallel, tufts of 

 silky hairs on the serratures. Fl. dull yellow, peduncles very short in compact 

 axillary clusters. Sepals linear, membranous, ^ in. long, clothed on both 

 sides with short stellate, outside also with long simple hairs, the tips often 

 with a long branched and stellate process. Blade of petal thin, twice the 

 length of claw. Fruit globose, a distinct crustaceous brown rind, with tufts 

 of long stellate hairs, pulp pleasant. 



