Greivia.] XIV. TILIACE^. 37 



and Corchorus capsularis, extensivelj' cultivated in Bengal, and now one of the 

 principal articles of export from Calcutta, yielding the Jute of commerce, with 

 a round, 5-ceLLed, many-seeded capsule. 



1. GREWIA, Linn. 



Trees or shrubs ; extremities and leaves pubescent or tomentose with 

 stellate hairs. Leaves with 3-7 basal nerves, generally with lateral 

 nerves from midrib, and more or less distinct transverse veins at right 

 angles. Flowers regular, bisexual, pentamerous; inflorescence cymose. 

 Sepals distinct^ deciduous, coriaceous, coloured on the inner side. 

 Petals clawed, with a gland or hollow on the inside of the thickened 

 base, sometimes wanting. Stamens indefinite, all fertile, free, inserted 

 on a raised, often glandular torus. Ovary 2-4-celled ; style subulate, 

 stigma shortly 2-4-lobed. Fruit a drupe, 1-4-stoned, entire or lobed, 

 stones 1- or more-seeded, and divided by spurious dissepiments between 

 the seeds. Embryo with flat leafy cotyledons in a fleshy or horny albumen. 



Peduncle generally one, opposite to leaf. 

 A tree ; flowers yellow, in umbellate cymes . . . .1. 0. opposiUfoKa. 

 A small shrub ; flowers white, 2-3, or solitary . . . 2. (?. popuU/oUa. 

 Peduncles axillary, generally more than one. 

 Leaves oblong, ovate, or cordate. 

 Drupe, when dry, with a distinct orustaceous or coriaceous 

 rind. 

 Leaves oblong ; drupes small, on long pedicels . . 3. (?. pilosa. 



Leaves orbicular, deeply cordate; drupes glomerate, nearly 



' sessile, | in. across i. G. villosa. 



Leaves ovate or obovate ; drupes pedunculate, nearly 1 



in. across . . 5. <?• sderopTiylla. 



Drupe fleshy, wrinkled when dry, no distinct coriaceous 

 rind. 

 Trees ; peduncles varying iu length, never as long as 

 leaves. 

 Tomentose ; leaves oblic^uely ovate, stipules linear ; buds 



not ribbed, ovoid, petals yellow . . . . 6. G. vestita. 

 f Tomentose ; leaves obliquely cordate, stipules lanceo- 



late, with broad, oblique base ; buds ribbed, cylin- 

 drical or clavate, petals red and yellow . . 7. G. asiatica. 

 Pubescent or hoary ; leaves obliquely ovate-rhomboid, 

 often with cordate base ; stipules falcate, auricu- 

 late ; buds cylindrical or obovoid . . . 8. G. tilicefolia. 



Herbaceous undershrubs ; pedicels long slender . . 9. G. sapida. 

 , Leaves lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate. n i • t 



Leaves nearly glabrous, ovate-lanceolate . . . 10. ff. limngata. 

 Leaves grey-tbmentose or hoary beneath, lanceolate. 

 Flowers mostly unisexual ; leaves sharp-serrate _ . l\. G. polygama. 

 Flowers bisexual ; leaves entire or serrulate, margin 



often undulate 12. W. mlvifoha. 



1. G. oppositifolia, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 583.— Tat). XII— Wight Ic. 



t. 82. Vern. Pastutoanne, Afg. ; Dhamman, Ihamman, pharwa, Pb. ; 



Bml, Hung, lewal, hdhul, hemal, bhimal, bhengul, K.W.P. 



Branches, leaves, and inflorescence rough vsdth stellate hairs. Leaves 2-4 

 in. long, on short petioles, ovate, acuminate, often unequal at base, obtusely 



