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Gbewia.] TILIACE^. Ill 



1, G. columnaris. Smith in Rees Cyclop. XVII, n. 5 ; F. B. I. i, 383 -, 



W. Ss A. Frod. 76 ; D. 4- .G Bomb. FL 26. 



A much-branched shrub or small tree, young parts stellate-hairy. 

 Leaves 2-3 in. long, oblong or oval, shortly acuminate;, rounded and 3- 

 nerved at the base, serrate, coriaceous, scabrous ; secondary nerves 

 arched; petiole ^-^ in., stellate-tomentose. Flowers in terminal and 

 axillary umbellate cymes, ^racis oblong. Buds conical, furrowed. Sepals 

 I in. long, oblong-linear, pubescent outside. Petals 5 the length of the 

 sepals, entire, with a large orbicular claw, densely hairy within. Ovary 

 hairy ; style longer than the stamens ; stigma 4-fid. Drupe ^ in, indiam., 

 turbinate, slightly 4-iobed, bristly, dark yellow. 



Bandelkhand (Edgeworth). Distrib.: Bengal to S. India and Geylon ; 

 also in Java andE. Trop. Africa. 



2. G. oppositifolia, Buch.-B am. ex Eoxb. Eort. Beng. ; Fl. Ind, ii. 



583 ; Boyle III. 103; F. B. I. i, 384; Brand, For. Fl. 37, t. XII ; WattE. D. 



Vern. Bhinal, hiul, hehel, henwal, 



A medium-sized tree with ash-coloured bark ; herbaceous portions 

 rough with stellate hairs. Leaves about 3 in. long, bifarious, rhomboid- 

 ovate, acuminate, crenate-serrate, scabrous above, pubescent beneath, 3- 

 nerved at the rounded base ; pefioies ^ in., pilose ; stipules linear-lanceo- 

 late, longer than the petioles, caducous. jPZoiyers in umbellat§ cymes 

 opposite the leaves, rarely terminal or axillary, white turning to yellow ; 

 pedicels clavate at the top. Buds oblong, cylindrical, ribbed. Sepals 

 I in. long, linear, 8-ribbed on the back. Petals | the length of the 

 sepals, entire. Ovary hairy ; style equalling the stamens ; stigma 

 2-lobed. Drupe l-4!-lobed, glabrescent or thinly pilose, blackish. Nuts 

 1-celled, 1-seeded, about the size of a small pea. 

 Dehra Dun and on both sides of the Siwalik range. Disteib. : Punjab 

 Hills and W. Himalaya, up to 6,000 ft. Flowers April to June, and the 

 fruit ripens October to December. The bark yields a coarse fibre of which 

 ropes and nets are made by the inhabitants of the W. Himalaya, who 

 often plant the tree for this purpose near their villages ; the foliage 

 is also stored by them as winter fodder for cattle and sheep. The wood 

 is tough and elastic, 



3. G. populifolia, Vahl. Symh. i, 33; W. ^ A. Prod. SO ; F. B, I. i. 



385 ; Brand. For. Fl. 38; Watt E. D. G. betulifolia, Juss.; Boyle III. 103. 



A much-branched shrub ; herbaceous portions more or less stellate-'hairy, 

 ultimately glabrescent. Leaves ^-1| in. long, variable in shape, crenate- 

 serrate, coriaceous, glabrous, cuneate-obovate and 3-5-nerved at the base ; 

 secondary nerves obscure, not arched ; petiole \ in. Peduncles solitary, 

 opposite the leaves, 1-or rarely 2-flowered. jBwdsribbed. /S'epais linear- 

 oblong. Petals narrowly oblong, shorter than the sepals. Ovary hairy, 

 at length glabrescent. Drupe usually 2-lobed, orange-red ; lobes about 

 the size of a small pea. l^uts 1-2 -celled. 



-Merwara. Distrib.: Punjab, Sindh, Eajputana to S. India awd Ceylon ; 

 also in Afghanistan, Arabia, Trop. Africa and Mauritius. Flowers dur- 

 ing the rains. The small acid fruit is eaten. 



