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XXI. TILIACEjE 



[Greioia 



linear, twice the length of claw or longer. Gonophore J an., upper portion velvety, • 

 equal to the lower glabrous and ribbed portion. Ovary and style slightly puberulous. 

 Fruit obovoid, li in. long. ,,.'-, -r, » i 



24 G sfnuata, Wall. Swamp forests of the alluvial plains, Lower Burma. A laige 

 shrub Leaves 1-2 in. long, sinuately lobed, hairy beneath. Fl. small, m short panicles 

 at the ends of branches. Sepals J, petals J in., blade equal to claw, claw harry on back. 

 Gonophore glabrous, 5 villous teeth at the edge. Ovary glabrous. Fruit pyriiorm, 

 J-J in. long. 



B. Fl. bisexual, petals without a distinct claw. 



25. G. orbiculata, Bottler; El. Brit. Lid. i. 386. _ ■_ 



Branchlets, leaves and inflorescence hoary. Leaves elliptic, 1-1 V in. long, 

 dentate, 3- sometimes 5-nerved, softly grey-pubescent beneath. Peduncles 

 slender, f in., bearing umbels of 3-5 flowers. Pedicels as long as or longer than 

 sepals. Buds ovoid or globose, tomentose, indistinctly ribbed. Sepals \ in., 

 petals thin, veined, \ in., oblanceolate, glabrous with only a few hairs on the 

 slightly thickened base. 



Deccan and east side of Peninsula. Similar in appearance to G. rotundifoUa, Jiiss. 



26. G. leptopetala, sp. nov 



Fj.g. 49. — Grewia leptopetala, 



Brandis. Stamens and orary, 



petal, sepal, three times 



magnified. 



Journ. Linn. Soc. vol. 28. p. 27. 

 Leaves 3 in. obliquely ovate, 4 

 Peduncles axillary, short. Sepals 

 To this group also belongs G. 

 China and Java, as "well as species 



— Syn. G. tilicefolia, Bedd. PI. Sylv. t. 108. 



Branchlets and under side of leaves varying 

 from glabrous to densely and softly tomentose, 

 leaves from broad-cordate to obliquely ovate, 

 stipules varying from linear to foliacesus and 

 broadly falcate. Peduncles axillary, slender, 

 in fascicles of 2-6, short, not as a rule exceed- 

 ing h in., each bearing 2-5 flowers. Petals 

 thin, veined, lanceolate or linear, often 2-fid 

 at tip, perfectly glabrous, excepting a few 

 hairs on the slightly thickened base. Drupes 

 generally 2-lobed, J in. diam. 



North- West Provinces, Chittagong, Western Pen- 

 insula, south as far as Travancore. Not known 

 from Burma. Fl. January-April. This species 

 exhibits a variation as to pubescence and shape of 

 leaves almost parallel to that of G. asiatica. The 

 glabrous form is chiefly in the Peninsula, the 

 hoary form chiefly on the west side of the Penin- 

 sula, while the tomentose is mostly found in North- 

 ern India. 27. G. elatostemoides, Coll. et Hemsl. ; 

 Fort Stedman, Shan hills, 3,000 ft. A small tree! 

 nerved, under side with white short pubescence. 

 I, petals J in., glabrous, veined, lanceolate. 

 eriocarpa, Juss. ; Pierre, Fl. For. t. 158, of Cochin 

 from Borneo and Africa. 



C. El. polygamous, generally male and bisexual. 



28. G. polygama, Boxb. ; Brandis, E. El. 42. 



A shrub or small tree, heartwood pale brown. Branches bifarious, spread- 

 ing, branchlets, petioles, under side of leaves velvety, inflorescence strigose 

 with long stellate hairs. Leaves lanceolate, 2-5 in., sharply serrate. Pedun- 

 cles short, slender, axillary, generally fasciculate. Sepals 4, petals Jf in., 

 blade equal to claw, which is hairy on back. Stamens as a rule 10-12, 

 but sometimes more numerous. Stigma 5-lobed, lobes spreading, deeply cut 

 into numerous segments. Emit £ in. diam., more or less 2-4-lobed, hairy. 



Subhimalayan tract and outer valleys, ascending to 4,000 ft., Salt range, Behar 

 Assam. The Konkan. Burma. Fl. E. S. Ceylon. 



29. G. hirsuta, Vahl ; Kurz, F. Fl. i. 159. Vern. Kyettdymv, Burm. 



A small shrub. Branchlets, petioles and underside of leaves hirsute or 



