390 XXVIII. TiLiACE^. (Maxwell T. Masters.) [Grmvia. 



Eastern Peninsula, from Tenasserim, Melfer, to Malacca.— Distrib. Malay Archi- 

 pelago, West Tropical Africa, Abyssinia. 



A climbing shrub? irawcAes rusty stellate-hairy. Leaves 4-6 by 2-24 in., base 

 rounded, 3-nerved, transverse nerves prominent ; petiole 4 in., rusty tomentose. Stipules 

 subulate-lanceolate. Peduncle 3-4 times longer than the petiole, floccose-tomentose. 

 Sepals f in. and upvpards, pilose. Petals oblong, entire or erose, less than half the 

 length of the sepals, blade from the back of a thick glandular claw. Torus ^villous, 

 angular, suloate. brupe glabrescent, the size of a cherry, purplish, mesooarp fibrous ; 

 stones 1-seeded. — Variable in size of parts, and in quality of pubescence. 



23. C atiutillfolia, Jiiss. in Ann. Mm. iv. 92 ; arboreous, leaves scabrous 

 roundish base cordate or rounded irregularly toothed or lobed, peduncles 

 clustered axillary half the length of the petiole, petals entire, drupe 

 1-4-lobed pubescent. W. & A. Pradr. i. 79 ; Wall. Gat. 1092 ; Dal2. & Gibs. 

 Brnnb. Fl. 26. G. aspera, Roxb. HoH. Beng. 42 ; Fl. Ind. ii. 591 ; Wall. Cat. 

 1092, B, C, D. E. G. macrophylla, G. Don Gen. Syst. i. 549. G. asiatica, 

 Wall. Cat. \6ii9, partly, not of others. 



"Westeen Peninsula, from the Circars and Knrg to Malabar. — Distrib. Java. 



A small tree, herbaceous portions scabrid, stellate-hairy. Leaves 3-4 by 2^-3 in., 

 thinly stellate-hairy on both surfaces, base 3-nerved, smaller nerves parallel, straight; 

 petiole 4 in. Cymes contracted, peduncles 3^-flov7ered. Buds oblong, pilose. Flower 

 J in. diam. Sepals ^ in., oblong. Petals much shorter than the sepals, oblong, entire. 

 Ovary hispid ; style as long as the stamens. Drupes yellow, subglobose or turbinate, 

 obscurely 4-lobed, the size of a large pea; stones 4 or fewer, l-2-cell6d. 



24. G-. diplocarpa, Thwaites Enum. 31 ; shrubby, leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate acuminate crenate-serrate, peduncles 3-flowered as long as the 

 petiole, drupe 4-lobed pilose. 



Ceylon ; Matturatte and Oova, alt. 3000 ft., Thwaites. 



Herbaceous portions clothed with simple appressed rigid hairs. Branches purplish. 

 Leaves 3-4 by l^-lfin., tapering at the base, glabrescent or sparingly pilose along 

 the nerves, secondary nei-ves not arched ; petiole \-i in., hairy. Stipules subulate, 

 lanceolate. Pedundes axillary, pedicels shorter than the peduncle. Bracts subulate, 

 as long as the pedicels. jBuiis , cylindric-oblong. Sepals linear. Petals lanceolate, 

 acute, half the length of the sepals, limb scarcely longer than the claw. Stigma 

 4-lobed. 



25. C microstemma, Wall. Cat. 1109; shrubby, leaves scabrous 

 broadly lanceolate acuminate coarsely and unequally serrate, cymes tufted, 

 buds oblong striated, drupe subglobose i-4-lobed. Kure in Journ. As. Soc. 

 Beng. 1873, ii. 63. 



Pesd and Birma on the Irrawaddy, and at Prome, Wallich, Griffith, &c. 



Young shoots scabrous ; branches terete, stellate-hairy Leaves 5-7 by 2 J in., base 

 rounded, 3-nerved, secondary nerves not' arched ; petiole J in,, hairy. Stipules subulate- 

 acuminate, as long as the petiole. Cymes axillary, many-flowered ; peduncles very short. 

 Bads oblong, striated. Snpals J inch, linear, 1-nerved. Petals linear, subentire, bhorter 

 than the sepals. Torus glabrous, scarcely exceeding the claw of the petals. Drupe 

 the size of a large pea, purplish, glabrescent. 



26. G. humilis, Wall. Cat. UIO; shrubby, leaves downy ovate of 

 roundish acute, petiole and peduncle very short, drupe turbinate obscurely 

 lobed. G. pilosa,]FaM. Cat. p. 237, 1112 G. G. retusifolia, Kurz in Joum^ 

 As. Soc. Beng. 1872, ii. 294 



AvA, on the Irrawaddy, Waliich ; Birma, Kurz. 



Branches downy. Leaves lJ-2 by 1-2 in., 3-5-nerved, feather-veined, secondary 

 nerves transverse parallel; petiole very short. Stipules linear. Pedujicle axillaryj 

 hairy, slightly longer than the petiole, dividing above into 2 or 3 short divergingpeifi- 



