Gbewia.] TJLIACEJE^, 113 



7. G. vestita. Wall. Cat. 1105; Brand. For. Fl. 40 (in part); 

 G. asiatica, Linn., var. vestita, F. B. I. i, 387 (in part) ; Watt E, D. 

 (in part). 



A small tree ; young parts, underside of Jeaves and inflorescence elotlied 

 with soft grey or white tomentum. Leaves 3-5^ in. long-, obliquely 

 ovate or ovate-oblong, rounded or tapering at the base, rarely cordate, 

 acuminate and often obscurely 3-lobedat the apex, rough with stellate 

 hairs on upper surface, densely white or grey-tomentose beneath, coria- 

 ceous, serrate, 5-7-nerved at the base, the main nerves much straighter 

 than in Cr. asiatica ; 'petioles |-| in.,tomentose ; stijjuies subulate, shor- 

 ter than the petioles. Peduncles 2-3-fl_owered, equalling or exceeding the 

 petioles, pilose. JB^tds oblong, woolly, indistinctly ribbed. Sep a is linear • 

 lanceolate, glabrous inside. Petals broadly oblong, yellow, with or with- 

 out a gland at the base, Ovary densely pilose; style equalling the 

 stamens. Drwpe globose or indistinctly lobed, size of small pea, pilose. 



Dehra Dun, Siwalik range, N". Oudb. Distrib. : Chota Nagpur, ? Shan 

 Hills. 



8. G. elastica, Royle III. 104, t. 22. G. asiatica, Linn., var. vestita F. B. 

 I. i, 3S7 {in part) ; Watt E. D. yin part). G. vestita. Wall. ; Brand. For 

 Fl. 40 (in part), Yevn. Dhdm an. 



A small tree, 15-20 ft. high. Older branches smooth ; young parts, under 

 surface of leaves and inflorescence densely hoary or rufous with stellate 

 pubescence. Leaves 2-|-5| in. long, obliquely ovate, acuminate and often 

 3-lobed at the apex, crenate-serrates often brownish-green above and 

 stellate-hairy, densely clothed beneath with white or tawny tomentum ; 

 principal nerves 5-6 at the base, and straight as in G. vestita, secon- 

 dary ones transverse ; petioles abotit 5 in., thickened upwards ; stipules 

 subulate, falcate, exceeding the petioles, hairy. Peduncles axillary or 

 extra-axillary, longer than the petioles, 3-flowered. Buds globose, densely 

 woolly, not ribbed. Flowers aboutthesize of those of G. vestita. Sepals 

 1-nerved, reddish and smooth inside. Petals less than | the length of the 

 sepals, oblong, yellow, usually without a basal gland. Stamens many, 

 shorter than the style. £>rupe small, obscurely lobed. Nuts 1-2. 



Forests of Bijnor, N. Oudh and Gorakhpur. Distbib. : Outer Hima- 

 layan ranges from Hazara eastward to Sikkim ; also in Assam and in 

 Chota Nagpur. Flow era during May and June. This is a very distinct 

 tree from G. vestita, to which it has been reduced in the Fl. Brit. Ind., 

 and by Brandis and other authors. It may be easily distingushed by 

 the rufous -coloured tomentum of the young parts and under surface of 

 theleaves, the shorter petioles, the small globose buds without ribs, the 

 thin glandless petals, and by the very small drupes. It is probably also 

 abettor known tree than the other, especially on the Himalaya, by reason 

 of its tough and elastic timber, on which account Eoyle so named it. 



9. G. asiatica. Linn. Mant. i, 122 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind, ii, 586; W. & A, 



Prod. 79 ; Roiile III. 104; TJ. ^ G. Bomh. Fl. 26 ; F. B. I. i, 386; Brand 

 For. Fl. 40 ; Watt E. D. Tern. Phalsa, dhdman. 



TJaually a medium-sized tree ; young shoots, under surface of leaves and 

 inflorescence clothed with soft grey or yellowish tomentura. Leaves 



