384 xxviti. TiLiACE^. (Maxwell T. Masters.) [Grmia. 



A shrub, branches virgate, stellate-hairy. Leaves 2-3 by 1-lJ in., coriaceous, 

 glabrescent, base rounded, ■ S-nerred, secondary nerves arched ; petiole J-J in. 

 Flowers -white, in terminal corymbose cymes. JPeduncles ttyice the length of, the 

 petiole, 3-5-flowered, pedicels supported by small subulate deciduous bracts. Sepals 

 ^ in., linear, yellow, 3-nerved, Petals half the length of the calyx, ovate-lanceolate', * 

 entire. Torus short, villous. Ovary villous. Drupes ^ in. diam., purplish ; stones 4, 

 2-oeUed. 



2. G. emarg'inata, W.d; A. Prodr. i. 79 ; strubby, leaves steUate-hairy 

 above pubescent beneath, roundish-obovate cordate gland-toothed, pe- 

 duncles mostly terminal much longer than the petiole, flower-buds ovate: 

 oblong not striated, drupes glabrescent, stones 4 1-2-seeded. G. carpinifolia, 

 Roth Nov. Sp. 245, partly; Wall. Cat. 1093 B, partly. G. orientalis, Wdl. 

 Cat. 1093 B, G. G. involucrata. Wall. Gat. 1093, C. 



Westebn Pehinstjla ; Mysore, Courtallum, Pulney and Nilghiri Mts., Wight, &c. 



I/eaves 2-24 ^7 •'l"^ in., base 3-nerved, secondary nerves not arched, petioles { in.. 

 Stipules subulate. Peduncle IJ in., 3-6-branched, pedicel 4-| in. Bracts linear- 

 subulate. Flowers 1 in. diam. Semis linear-lanceolate. Petals linear-oblong, emar- 

 ginate, shorter than the sepals. Torus elongate. Style clavate, stigma 4-Iobed. 

 I)rvpe the size of a large pea, yellowish, subglobose, turbinate, 4-lobed. 



3. G. oppositifolia, Roxh. Fl. Ind. ii. 583 ; a tree, leaves scabrous 

 above pubescent beneath broadly ovate-lanceolate acuminate, cymes umbel- 

 late opposite the leaves, drupes 1-4-lobed, stone 1-celled 1-seededi WigU 

 Ic. t. 82 j Wall. Cat. 1101 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2, 204 



Common and indigenous, wild in the N.W. Himalaya, from Jamu to Nipal, ascend- 

 ing to 7000 ft. ; also frequently cultivated. 



Barh aah-coloured. Herbaceous portions rough with stellate hairs. Leaves 3 by 

 IJ in., distichous, crenate-serrate, lower serratures glandular, base rounded, 3-nerved, 

 secondary nerves scarcely arched, tertiary veins parallel conspicuous ; petiole i in., 

 pilose. Stipules caducous, Hnear-lanceolate, longer than the petioles. Peduncles oppo- 

 site the leaf, sometimes terminal, rarely axillary, much longer than the petioles ; pedicels 

 shorter than the peduncle, clavate, with email braoteoles at the base. Flower-buds 

 cjlindrio, obovate-oblong, pilose sulcate-striate. Flowers yellowish. Sepals % in., 

 linear, 3-nerved. Petals oblong, entire, half the length of the sepals. Torus hairy, 

 scarcely longer than the glands. Ovary 2-celled, cells 2-ovnled, stigma 2-lobed. 

 Drupe glabrescent, blackish, lobes the size of a small pea. — The leaves are used as 

 fodder, the bark for cordage, and the wood for various purposes. 



4. G. orientalis, Linn. ; BG. Prodr. i. 510 ; shrubby, often scandent, 

 leaves glabrescent elliptic-lanceolate acuminate, peduncles axillary and ter- 

 minal twice the length of the petiole, petals lanceolate entirOjJrupe globose 

 scarcely lobed. Roxh. Fl. Ind. ii. 586 ; Roth Nov. 8p. 242 ; W. & A. Prodr. 

 i. 76; Wall. Cat. 1100 A, B, D, E ; Thwaites Enum. 31; Balz. & Gibs 

 Bomb. Fl. 26. G. obtusa, WaU. Cat. 1103, partly. G. rhamnifolia, RoA 

 Nov. Sp. 244 ; Wall. Cat. 1100 C. G. ovaHfoIia, Wight in Wall. Cat. 1103 

 B, C. G. pilosa, Wall. Cat. U12, partly. 



SoDTHERN Pkovihces of the "WEST13EN Pekinstjla, Wight; Ceyloh. 



Branches virgate, thinly stellate-hairy. Leaves 3-4 by I-I4 in., base tapering or 

 slightly cordate, 3-nerved, arch-veined, veins with appressed simple hairs, margins 

 serrulate ; petiole | in. Cymes umbellate ; pedicels shorter than the flowers, each with 

 a small subulate bracteole at the base. Flower-buds ovoid, pilose, ribbed Sepals 

 nearly 1 in., linear, yellow, pubescent outside. Petals half as long as the sepals, lanceo- 

 late, entire. Torus hispid, short. Drupes yellow, wrinkled, the size of a small 

 cherry, pilose ; stones 4, 2-3-celled.— The Ceylon specimens are referred with doubt to 

 this species, as I have not seen the fruit. 



