Grewia] XXI. TILIACE.E 1UJ 



tomentose. Buds ovoid, densely pilose. Sepals J— |, petals i— T V in., blade 

 rounded, as long as claw. Anthers glabrous. In some specimens the hail's 

 at the top of gynophore as long as filaments. Stigma bifid, branches penicillate, 

 ovules 8. Rind of fr. crustaceous, with long hairs. 



Western Peninsula, both in the dry and moist districts. Burma. Fl.H.K.S. Pierre, 

 Fl. For. Cochinch. t. li>7, suggests the union of 28 and 29. Closely allied are: 30. 

 G. microstemma, Wall.: Kurz, F. Fl. i. 160. Burma. With broader i>l.)liijue leaves. 

 often 4-nerved. 31. G. humilis, Wall. Bengal, Burma. Leaves small. 1-2 in. 



5. COLUMBIA, Pers. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 393. Species 7, tropical Asia. 



I.e. floribimda, Wall.: Kurz, F. Fl. i. 156, is a shrub of Burma, the Xaga hills 

 and Manipur, also found in Tonkin and Yunan. Leaves rough on both sides with 

 stellate hairs, from a cordate sometimes rounded base, obovate-oblong, usually lobed at 

 the tip. petioles 1—2 iii. long. Fl. small, pentamerous, in few-fld. involucrate heads 

 on terminal panicles, petals nearly as long as sepals, yellow with scarlet dots. Capsule 

 ■} in. diam.. stellate-hairy, winged, separating when ripe into 3 or i indehisrent 



1-s led 2- wi nired carpels. 2. C. flagrocarpa, ('.B.Clarke. jiISS. Chittagong hill tracts. 



A tree -in ft. high, branchlets and under side .if leaves softly tomentose, leaves ovatc- 



lai olate from an oblique base, capsule 3-5-winged, 1 in. across, seed portion clothed 



with stellate bristles. 3. C. merguensis, Planch. Mergui. Leaves lanceolate, stellale- 

 pubescent beneath. Fruit 3-winged. 1 in. across. 



Erinocarpus Nimmoanus, Graham: Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 110. Tern. Cltlra, Mar.: Kflu- 



bendi, Kan., is a small tr sommon in deciduous forests of North Kanara. the Belgaum 



district and the Konkan, with large cordate, slightly 3-5-lobed leaves, palmately 7-9- 

 uerved, 8 in. diam., petiole 3-5 in. Fl. yellow, 1-2 in. across, in terminal panicles. 

 Fruit H-2 in. long, woody, triquetrous, slightly winged, covered with large broad- 

 based prickles, s 1 1, albuminous. 



(i. ECHINOCARPUS, Blume; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 399 (Included under 

 Sloanea, Linn., by Schumann in Engler u. Prantl iii. 0. 5). 



Trees with penniveined leaves. Peduncles axillary, L-flowered. Sepals 4-">. 

 imbricate. Petals 1 .">. variously cut. Stamens numerous, free, on a thick 

 disk-. Anthers linear, opening by a terminal pore. Capsule woody or cori- 

 aceous, loeulicidal. covered with prickles or bristles, 3-6: nr by abortion 

 I -celled. Seeds albuminous. Species !'_', Indn-Malayan and Australian. 



I. E. sterculiaceus, Benth.; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 400. Vein. Banj, Xep. 



A large tree, young si ts pttberulcuis. Leaves minutely serrulate, 8 LO in. 



long, petiole _ in., glabrous above, softly tomento.se beneath. Secondary 

 nerves and veins prominent. Capsule pendulous, red. globose, "J in. diam., 5 -6- 

 celled, densely covered with straight sharp subulate minutely hispid spines 

 \ - : l in. long. 



sikkim. Bhutan, hills of Martaban and Tenasserim, 8,000-5,000 ft. 



■2. E. Sigun, Blume; Kurz, F. Fl. i. L62 ; Pierre, Fl. For. Cochinch. t. 169. 

 — Syn. K. Mwex, Benth., Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 399. 



A large tree, nearly glabrous. Leaves oblong lanceolate, entire. Capsule 

 ovoid, w ly, l-U in. long, 3— 4-valved. Valves covered with rigid prickles 



.', in. long, blunt from a conical base. 

 Khasi hills, 8,000 5, ft., Tenasserim. Fl. April. Cambodia, Java. 



3. E. assamicus, Benth. Vera. Phul Hingri, Assam. 



A middle-sized 1 1 ic l.oa\es 9 1 2 iii. long, elliptic, abruptly acuminate, 

 nearly glabrous, petiole I 2 in. Frail 2 in. long, densely studded with 

 Blender spines I in. Ipng. 



sikkim. Assam, Charduar, Nambar and Makflm forest, 



I. E. dasycarpus, Benth.; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. I'ki. Vein. Unhria, Xep. 

 A large tree, wood Boft, grey. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic-lanceolate, entire 



