386 xxviii. TiLiACE^. (Maxwell T. Masters.) [Gremia. 



longer than the petiole. Flowers \-\ in. diam. Sepals linear. Petals oMong, half the 

 length of the sepals. Drupe the size of a pea ; nuts 2-celled. — Possibly not specifically 

 distinct from G. salmfolia, Heyne. The fruit is agreeable. 



9. .G. salvifolla, Heyne in Roth Nov. 8p. 239 ; leaves glabrescent hoary 

 beneath entire or minutely serrate, peduncles 1-3 axillary clustered longer 

 than the petiole, petals 2-fid, drupe 1-4-lobed. W. & A. Frodr. i. 77. 

 G. bicolor, Jv^. in Ann. Mvs. iv. 90, t. 50, f. 2 ; BcAss. Fl. Orient, i. 844. 

 G. araria, WaU. Cat. 6308? 



North West provinces from the Jhelum to Nifal, SamiUon, &o. ; Western Penih- 

 BDLA, Heyne, &c. — Disteib. Tropical Africa. 



A shrub or small tree ; bark grey, herbaceous portions covered with soft hoary pubes- 

 cence. Leaves 24 by ij in., base Snerved, transverse nerves indistinct ; petiole J in. 

 Stipules ^ in., subulate. Peauncles 2 in., pedicels ^ in. Buds ovate-oblong, striated. 

 Sepals i in., liijear, 3-nerved. Petals i in., obovate, 2-fid, limb yellow from the back 

 of the thickened claw. Ovary pubescent ; style as long as the stamens. — Wight and 

 Arniitt describe the petals as entire, probably from confounding the present species 

 with G. Bothii. 



10. G-. orbiculata, Rol£. in Nov. Act. Nat. Gwr. Berol. 1803, 205 ; 

 shrubby, leaves cordate roundish elliptic or oblong pubescent on both 

 surfaces hoary beneath minutely toothed, peduncles tufted longer than the 

 petiole, flower-buds subglobose or oblong, drupes slightly 2-lobed, stones 

 1-2 2-celled. Roth Nov. Sp. 246 ; WaU. Cat. 1085 and p. 237, 1085 C. 

 G. rotund if olia, Jtiss. in Ann. Mm. iv. 92, t. 50, f. 3 ; Wight Ic. t. 45 ; W. 

 & A. Prodr. i. 80 ; WaU. Cat. 1085. G. orbicularis, G. Bmi Gen. Syst. 

 i. 550. G. variabilis. Wall. Cat. 1087. 



Western Peninsula ; Concan, Malabar, &c. 



A shrub; branches virgate. Leaves 1-2^ by J-l^ in., subsessile, "base often oblique, 

 5-ni6i-ved, nerves arched. Cymes umbellate ; peduncles pilose, S-JBowered ; pedicels 

 shorter than the peduncles, divaricate. Bracteoles minute, pinnatifid. Bvds ovdid 

 oblong striated. Flowers yellow, J in. diam. Sepals linear. Petals notched, half the 

 length of the sepals. Tortts glabrescent, very short. Ovary villous. Drupe greyish, 

 •pilose. — The O. orliculata, of Wall. Cat. 1085 D, may prove a distinct species. It 

 has smaller flowers and very small glands to the petals. 



11. G. tilisefolia, Fa^Z Symb. I 35 ; a tree, leaves hoary beneath oblique 

 cordate, stipules leafy falcate acuminate, auricled, flovrer-buds oval-oblong, 

 drupe 1-4-lobed small subglobose, stones 3-6-celled. W. & A. Prodr. i. 8ll ; 

 Roxh. Fl. Ind. ii. 587; Wall. Cat. 1094; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. PI. 26; Bedr 

 dome PI. Sylvat. t. 108 ; Thwaites Enum. 32. G. arborea. Roth Sp. Nov. 247. 

 G. variabilis, Wall. Cat. 1087, parUij. G. subinsequalis. Wall. Cat. 1087 E. 



Hot dry forests throughout Western India, ascending to 4000 ft. in the Himalaya. 

 Western Peninsula ; Bikma, Cetlok.— Disteib. East 'J'ropical Africa. 



A moderate tree, branches purplish. Leavts 4 by 2 in., dentate, base 3-5-neriod, 

 feather vemed ; petiole 4-1 in., pubescent, thickened at the top. Peduncles 3-10, 

 axillary, tufted, as Icmg as, or longer than, the petiole Pedicels 3, divergent, shcrter 

 than the peduncle. Sepab J-J in., oblong. Petals oblong, emarginate, half the It n^th 

 of the sepals. Torus slender, glabrous. Drupe blackish, the size of a small pea — 

 Fruit eaten by the natives. The stipules form the best distinguishing mark of this 

 species. 



12. G. asiatlca, L. ; W.&A.Prodr. i. 79; arborescent, leaves roundish 

 coarsely and irregularly toothed subacuminate oblique, stipules subulate 

 ensiform, buds club-shaped, drupes subturbinate with 1 or 2 1-celled nuts. 

 Roxb. PI. Ind. u. 586 ; Wall. Cat. 1089 ; Boiss. PI. Orient, i. 844 ■ Dah. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 26. G. subinaequalis, DC. Prodr. i. 511 ; Wall Cat. 

 1087 C. 



