ia.] xxviii. TiLiACE^. (Maxwell T. Masters.) 38? 



■ Generally cultivated in India, except in the Gangetio plains and E. Bengal ; said to 

 be indigenous in the Salt Range, Poonah, Arid Oudh. Ceylon. 



Asmall tree, herbaceous portions covered with soft yellowish pubescence, Leavet 

 ir-l in., obliquely cordate, base 6-nerved, smaller nerves not arched, prominent beneath, 

 'transverse ones parallel ; petiole 4 in , thickened at the top. Stipules nearly as loiig 

 as the petiole. Peduncles 2 or more, usually shorter, sometimes longer, than the 

 petioles, dividing into 2 or more divergent pedicels. Bracts linear. Flowers % in. diam. 

 Sepals oblting-lamceolate. Petals yellow, linear-oblong, half the length of the sepals. 

 Drape globose,_l-2-lobed, pilose, about the size of a pea.— A very variable plant, the 

 following form is usually held to be distinct ; — 



Var. vestita, Wall. Cat. 1 1 05 (sp.) ; leaves ohovate acuminate obscurely 3-lobed 

 minutely serrate, cymes densely crowded, buds ovoid not striated. G. asiatica. Wall. 

 Oat. 1089, partly. G. elastica, Boyle 111. t. 22. G. obtecta. Wall. Cat. 1114.^Tropi- 

 cal Hiiualaya, from Garwhal to Sikkim, Pegu. 



13. G. saplda, i?0£c6. Fl. Ind. ii. 590 ; shrubby, leaves subsessile ovate 

 or orbicular doubly-serrate pilose above pubescent beneath, stipules linear, 

 peduncles 2-5-flowered, drupes subglobose slightly 4-lobed, stone 2-seeded. 

 Wdl. Cat. 1115. G. nana. Wall. Cat. 1102. G. sufFniticosa, Ham. in Wall. 

 Oat. 1102 B, G. G. pumila, Ham. m Don Frodr. 227. 



Tbopical Himalaya, from Garwhal to Bhotan, and Assam. 



A decumbent shrub ; stock woody, snbteiTanean, sending up annually a number of 

 herbaceous pubescent shoots, 12-14 in. Leaves 1| in. by 3 in., base 5-nerved, secon- 

 dary nerves not arched ; petiole i in. Stipules linear-subulate, as long as the petiole. 

 Peduncles 2-3, 1 in. ; pedicels divaricate, shorter than the petiole. Flower-buds ob- 

 long. Flowers yellow, J in. diam. Sepals oblong. Petals yellow, entire, half the 

 length of the sepals. Tonts glabresoent. Drupes the size of a pea, obscurely lobed.-^ 

 The shoots are usually burnt by the jungle fires after flowering, jftoxburgh describes 

 the petals as 2-toothed, the stone as 1-3-seeded, and the leaves as scabrid. 



tt Leaves not hoary beneath. 

 Drupe globose, rind crusiaceous. 



14. G. scabrophylla, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. iL 584 ; shrubby, leaves scabrous 

 above pubescent beneath roundish ovate irregularly serrate, peduncles 

 1-4 axillary equalling the petiole 2-3-flowered, drupe globose tomentose 

 with a crastaceous rind. G. sclerophylla, Wall. Gat. 1096 ; Wight Ic. t. 

 89. G. Carrea, Ham. in Wall. Gat. 1095 B. G. sulcata, Wall. Gat. 1096. 

 G. pilosa, Wall. Gal. 1112, partly. G. obliqua, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 590? not 

 ofJuss. 



Tbopical HiMAi^YA ; Rarvthal, Falconer; Sikkim, alt. 2-300 ft., Eh.f.; Assam, 

 Chittagong, and Ava, Wallich, &c. 



A small shrub, herbaceijus portions pubescent. Leaves 3-6 by 4 in., often 

 slightly lobed, base 3-5-nerved, secondary nerves not arched, prominent beneath ; 

 petiole \ in. Stijyides subulate. Cymes umbellate, pedicels diverging, longer than the 

 peduncles. Bracteoles linear-subulate, deciduous. Flower huds ovate-oblong, ribbed. 

 Flowers fin. Sepals linear-lanceolate pubescent. Petals obovate, white, notched, 

 half the length of the sepals or less. Torus short, hispid. Ovary hairy, 2- celled, cells 

 4-6-ovuled. Drupe the size of a large cherry, stellate-hairy ; stones 4, 1-celled, 



15. G. carpinifolia, Juss. in Ann. Mus. iv. 91, t. 51, f. 1; arborescent, 

 'leaves 3-nerved oval acute thinly stellate-hairy crenate-serrate, peduncles 

 exceeding the short petiole, flower-buds elliptic dilated at the base, 

 anthers smooth, drupe globose glabresoent. G. pilosa. Wall. Gat. 1112, 

 pwrtly. 



Western Pehimsula, Pondicherry. — Dibteie. Tropical Africa. 



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