Gfrewia] 



XXI. TILIACE.E 



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Dry region of North-West India and the Deccan. Fl. June-September. Tropical 

 Africa. 



20. G. abutilifolia, Juss. ; Kurz, F. Fl. i. 161. Vern. Pet-ok, Tayaw-G., 



Upper Burma. 



A shrub deciduous, Smales . sometimes only 2 ft. high, branchlets, leaves 

 and inflorescence roughly stellate-tomentose. Leaves 4-8 in. long, broadly 

 ovate, almost orbicular, often slightly lobed, tertiary nerves distinct beneath. 

 Peduncles very short, in compact axillary clusters. Sepals \~\, petals ~ in., 

 blade shorter than or as long as claw. Gonophore glabrous, edge villous, 

 small tufts of hair at base between petals. Drupe slightly 2-4-lobed, \-\ in. 

 diarn., edible. 



Sikkim, Assam. Manipur, Chittagong, Burma, chiefly in Eng forest, but als i 



Taungya clearings. Chain la district. Peninsula, chiefly on the west side. Fl. P>. S. 

 I Vic] Ii inn. 



21. G. scabrophylla, Roxb. — Syn. G. sclerophylla, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 42 ; 

 Wight Ic. t. 8!J: Brandis F. F1.39. Vern. Petshat, Burm. 



A shrub, branchlets, under 

 side of leaves and inflorescence 

 clothed with soft tawny tomen- 

 tum. Leaves 4-9 in. long, ovate 

 or obovate, tertiary nerves dis- 

 tinct beneath. Peduncles short. 

 Fl. large, blade of petals obovate, 

 longer than, often twice the 

 length of (daw. Gonophore 

 glabrous, edge villous, 5 small 

 tufts of hair at base between 

 petals. Fruit globose, not lobed, 

 l-| in. diam.. rind crustaceous, 

 hairy, stones 4, 1-2 seeded in 

 sweet gelatinous pulp. 



Suliliimalayan tract and outer 

 valleys, from tlie .liininn eastward. 

 (indli forests, northern Circars, 

 Assam. Pegu, Upper Burma. In 

 Engdain and grass lands a small 

 ahrubS ft. high, burn! down every 

 year I Smales). A similar habit in 

 the grass lands ..f the Duars 

 I Eaines). Fl. April - September. 

 <'<. sclerophylla is the older name, 

 lnii '.'. icabrophylla is supported by 

 full description in Roxb., Fl, Ind. 

 ii. 684. 



Fig. 18. — Grewia scabrophylla, Roxb. Stamens 

 and ovary, petal, sepal, three times magnified. 



(c) Inflorescence a large terminal panicle. Fl. nearly sessile, in 3-fld. heads, 

 supported by lanceolate often laciniate bracts, stigma minutely 2-4-dentaie. 



22. G. Mtcrocos, Linn.; Wight III. t. 33.- -Syn. O. ulmifolia, Roxb. 

 Vein. Mi/nt-i/ti, Burm. 

 A middle-sized tree,a1 times onlya shrub, young shoots and petioles slightly 



pubescent. Loaves ..\ale- or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, I -S ill. lone;, 



secondary nerves 5 8 pair, the Lowest pair basal, stipules lanceolate. Fl. 

 ellowish-white, sepals [, petals ;,, in., blade equal to claw, often bifid. 

 Gonophore glabrous, with a woolly fringe at top, ovary glabrous. I-Yuit glo- 

 li ee, .'. in. diam., not lobed. 



Evergreen forests of the Western Ghats, from Satora southwards, Khasi hills, I liitta- 

 gong, Burma. The best covering leaf for Burmese cigars. Fl.March July. Ceylon, 

 i JocE ineliina. .ia\ a, Sumal ra. 



28. G. calophylla, Kurz, F. Fl. i. 157. Andan INicobars. A middle-sized ever- 



green tree. Leaves glabrous, coriaceous, 8 in. lone. Sepals j. petals \-\ in., blai'e 



