154 XXIV. TILIACEJE. [Greivia. 



3. G. latifolia (broad-leaved), F. v. M. Herb.; Benth. Fl. Austr. i. 271. 

 A shrub or tree, the branches stellate-tomentose. Leaves petiolate, broadly 

 cordate, ovate, 3 or 4in. long, irregularly serrate, scabrous-pubescent above and 

 wrinkled, softy tomentose or hirsute underneath. Peduncles 2 or 3 together, 2 to 

 5-flowered, of unequal length, but scarcely exceeding the petioles. Sepals softly 

 villous, 4 to 5 lines long, acute. Petals about one-third as long, the broad 

 foveolate base as long as the small lamina. Torus considerably elevated. 

 Stamens numerous. Ovary hirsute, 2-celled, with 2 superposed ovules in each 

 half-cell. Fruit depressed-globular, 5 or 6 lines diameter, hirsute when young, 

 at length shining and nearly glabrous, 2-lobed, each lobe containing 2 1 -seeded 

 nuts and slightly furrowed between them. — (t. Richardiana , Hook, in Mitch. 

 Trop, Austr. 883 ; not Walp. 



Hab.: Islands oft the N. coast, Bustard Bay, Brisbane River, Moreton Island, Peak Downs, and 

 St. George's Bridge, on the Balonne. 



The foliage is nearly that of G. asiatica, Linn., with the fruit of G. polygama, Eoxb., and the 

 flowers different from both. In some flowers I have seen the style divided some way below the 

 dilated fringed stigmas. — BentJi. 



4. Cr> polygama (male, female, and hermaphrodite flowers on the same 

 plant), Uuxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 588 ; Be/nth. Fl. Austr. i. 271. " Kooline," .Cloncurry, 

 Palmer; "Karoom," Eockhampton, Thozet ; " Ouraie," Cleveland Bay, Thozet 

 a,n& Morrill ; " Pam-mo," Butcher's Hill, Roth; "Kou-nung," Middle Morehead 

 Eiver, Roth. An erect shrub, the branches tomentose or softly hirsute. Leaves 

 almost sessile, from obovate- oblong to oblong-elliptical or almost lanceolate, 2 to 

 Sin. long, serrate, wrinkled and softly pubescent or scarcely scabrous above, 

 velvety -tomentose underneath. Flowers dicecious, 3 or 4 together on very short 

 peduncles. Sepals about 4 lines long, silky-tomentose outside. Petals about one- 

 third as long, the oblong lamina twice as long as the broad foveolate base. Male 

 flowers : Stamens about 20, on the very hirsute torus, with a very rudimentary 

 pistil or none at all. Female flowers : Stamens very short, with small anthers. 

 Ovary very hirsute, with 2 superposed ovules in each half-cell. Style short, with 

 broad, spreading, fringed, stigmatic lobes. Drupe depressed-globular, 5 or 6 

 lines diameter, hirsute when young, at length smooth and shining, 2-lobed, each 

 lobe containing 2 1-seeded nuts and slightly furrowed between them. 



Hab.: Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, Swears Island, Cape York and Port MoUe, Bay of 

 Inlets, Keppel Bay, Percy Islands, Eockhampton, Port Denison. 



The species spreads over a great part of East India. 



Fruit eaten by natives. 



5. Gr. SCabrella (rough), Benth. Fl. Austr. i. 272. A shrub with the habit 

 of G. orbifolia, but the tomentum rather more sparing. Leaves broadly ovate, 

 but not so rounded as in that species nor quite so rigid, 1 to l^in. long. Flowers 

 in small sessile clusters, apparently dioecious, the males not seen. Female 

 flowers : Sepals softly tomentose, 2 to 2| lines long, the buds not striate, as in 

 G. orbifolia. Petals nearly as long as the sepals, glabrous, with a small foveola at 

 the base, less distinct than in most species. Stamens 1 or sometimes 2 or 3, 

 apparently perfect, without staminodia. Ovary oblong, villous, with 2 super- 

 posed ovules in each half-cell. Style very short, with broad, fringed, spreading,- 

 stigmatic lobes. 



Hab.: Mackenzie and Dawson Bivers, F. v. Mueller. 



6. Gt. pleiostigina (stigmas numerous), F. r. M. Fragm. viii. 4. An erect 

 dicecious tree attaining the height of 60ft., the trunk seldom 'exceeding a diameter 

 of lOin. Branches spreading horizontally ; bark smooth, very fibrous ; branohlets 

 sparsely tomentose. Leaves cordate-ovate, often measuring 9in. in length and 

 Sin. in breadth ; deeply and somewhat obliquely cordate at the base, and bordered 



