Serrya.] xxviii. tiliace^. (Maxwell T. Masters.) 383 



5. SEB.RYA, Eoxb. 



A tree. Leaves alternate, ovate, acuminate, glabrous, base cordate, 5-7- 

 nerved. Panicles large, many-flowered, terminal and axillary. Calyx cam- 

 pamilate, irregularly 3-5-lobed. Petals 5, spathulate. Stamens many, inserted 

 on a short torus ; anthers didymous, lobes divergent opening lengthwise. 

 StaminodesO. Om?^ 3-4-lobed, cells, 4-ovuled: style consolidated, stigma 

 lobed; ovules horizontal. Fruit loculicidally 3-4-valved, each valve 

 2-winged. Seeds pilose albumen fleshy ; cotyledons flat leafy, radicle 

 superior next the hQum. — Disteib. The following is the only species. 



' 1, 8. AmmonlUa, Socc^. HoH. Beng. 42 ; Fl. Ind. ii. 639 ; Cor. PI. iii. 

 264; leaves ovate base cordate palmately 5-7-nerved. Wall. Cat. 1068- 

 W.&A. Prodr. i. 81 ; Wight III. t. 34 ; Thwaites Enum. 32 : Beddome Flor 

 Sylvat. t. 58. 



Malabae, Travancohe, Peou, Maetabah, WaUich &o. : Cetlok. 



A large tree. Leaves 4-8 by 2|-3 in. ; petiole 14 in. and upwards. Stipuhs ensi- 

 form. Pedicels 1 in., pubescent. Oalyx \ in., downy. Petals linear-oblong, twice the 

 length of the calyx. Filaments half the length of the petals. Ovary ovaie ; style 

 short, stigma 3-oleft. Capsule 6-winged,'rounded, wings netted, villose. /Seeds 1-4 in 

 each cell. 



Vae. mollis ; petiole and under surface of leaves pubescent. Berrya mollis. Wall. 

 Cat. 1186; KurzvnJburn. As. Soc. Beng. 1873, ii. 62. — Attran. — The wood is used for 

 building, and is sometimes called Trincomalee wood. 



6. GBEVrXA, Linn. 



Trees or shrubs more or less stellate-pubescent. Leaves entire, 1-9- 

 nerved. Flowers axillary, few or more numerous and panicled. Sepals 

 distinct. Petals 5, glandular at the base, sometimes 0. Stamens many on a 

 raised torus. Staminodes 0. Ovary 2-4-celled, cells opposite the petals, 

 2-many-ovuled ; style subulate, stigma shortly lobed. Drupe fleshy or 

 fibrous, entire, or 2-4-lobed ; stones 1-4, 1-2-seeded, with' false partitions 

 between the seeds. Seeds ascending, albumen fleshy or rarely ; cotyledons 

 flat.— DiSTRiB. A genus of about 60 species, for the most part confined to 

 the hotter regions of the old world. Some of the Indian species are 

 endemic, others common to tropical Africa, &c. The synonymy of some 

 of the species is extremely involved, and the genus requires a complete 

 re-examination. The structure of the drupes and seeds in particular requires 

 fuller investigation than is possible in herbarium specimens which are often 

 incomplete. 



SiOT. I. Grewla proper. Flowers axillary or terminal. Fruit fleshy 

 or crustaceous usually lobed. 



* Inflorescence usually terminal or extra-axSlary. 



1. G. columnarls, Sm. ; DC. Prodr. i. 510; shrubby, leaves scabrous 

 oblong shortly acuminate glandular-serrate, cymes extra-axillary and termi- 

 nal, flower-buds conical sulcate, drupes turbinate 4-lobed bristly. Wight Ic. 

 t. 44; F. <fc A. Prodr. i. 76; Thwaites Enum. 31 ; Dala. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 26. 

 G. orientalis, Valil Symh. i. 34, ex W. & A. I.e. G. pilosa, Wall. Cat. 1112 

 C, D, E, F, not of Lam. G. bracteata, Miq. PL Hohen. G. obtusa, Wall. 

 Cat. 1103, partly. G. carpinifolia. Wall. Cat. 1093. 



Westeeh Penimsula, Beh9al and Ceylok. — Disikib. Java, East tropical Africa. 



