Gbbwia.] TILIACU^. 115 



leaves. The petals frequently want the basal gland, as shown in Bed- 

 dome's Flora Sylv., t, 108 and in specimens collected by the writer in 

 Merwara. Gamble's No. 11388 from the Nilgiris, and a specimen co^ 

 lected by Wight at Jamalay have also glandless petals, and the flowers 

 are much smaller than usual, 



11. G. atoutilifolia. Vent, ex Juss. in Ann. Mus. Par. iv, 92; W. 3f A, 

 Prod.79;D.& G. Bomb. Fl. 26; F. B. I.i,390. G.'aspera, Boxh. Fl. 

 Ind. ii, 591» Vern. Dhdma (Bundelkhand), 



A small tree ; herbaceous portions scabrous with stellate h"airs. Leaves 

 3-6 in long, roundish or obliquely ovate, cordate or rounded at the base, 

 rounded or abruptly acuminate at the apex, rough on both surfaces with 

 stellate hairs, base 3-5-nerved ; jpetiole ^-f in. Peduncles in axillary 

 clusters, 3-4<-flowered, ^ the length of the petiole. Buds oblong, pilose. 

 Flowers f in. across 8epals § in., oblong Petals oblong, entire, much 

 shorter than the sepals. Ovary hispid ; style equalling the stamens. 

 Drupe subglobose or turbinate, obscurely 4<-lobed, size of large pea, 

 pubescent. Nuts 4, 1-or 2-celled. 



Bundelkhand, Distrib.: 0. & S. India, Burma, Java. 



12. G. orbiculata, Bottl. in Ges. Naturf. Fr. Neue 8chr. iv, 205 ; F. B. 

 I. i, 386; G. rotundifolia, Juss.; W. ^ A. Prod» 80. 



A shrub with rod-like branches. Leaves 1-3 in. long, roundish, elliptic 

 or oblong, cordate, base often oblique, unequally crenate-serrate, pubes- 

 cent on both surfaces, hoary beneath, 5-nerved at the base, nerves arched; 

 petioles 5-i in. ; stipules subulate. Peduncles 3-flowered, longer than the 

 petioles, pilose ; pedicels shorter than the peduncles, divaricate. Bracte- 

 cles minute, pinnatifid. Buds ovoid-oblong, ribbed. Flowers yellow, 

 I in .in diam. Sepals lineax. Pe^aJg | the length of the sepals, with or 

 without basal glands, notched. Ovary villous. Drupe slightly 2-lobed,. 

 pilose Nuta 1-2, 2-celled. 



Migarh district, Bundelkhand, Merwara. Distrib.: G. and S. India . 

 The friut ripens during the cold season. The Merwara specimens have 

 no glands at the base of the petals, and there is no gynophore. 



13. G. sapida, Roxh. Hort. Beng. 42; Fl. Ind. ii, 590 ; Boyle 111. 103; 

 F. B. I. i, 387; Brand. For. Fl. 41 ; G. pumila, Buch-Ham.; Boyle III. I.e. 

 Vern. Phalsa, pharsia. 



A small undershrub, with a thick woody underground stem, from which 

 are annually thrown up a number of pubescent herbaceous flowering 

 shoots. Young parts hoary-pubescent. Leaves 3-5 in, long, ovate obovate 

 or suborbicular, frequently sublobate, somewhat obliquely rounded or 

 cuneate at the base, rounded acute or acuminate at the apex, upper surface 

 scabrous with stellate hairs and often tinged with red, more or less hoary- 

 pubescent beneath, doubly serrate, 5-nerved at the base, the secondary 

 nerves not arched ; petioles less than ^ in.; stipules falcate, broad and 

 sometimes auricled at the base, equalling the petiole. Peduncles slender, 

 2-5-flowered, much longer thanlthe petioles. Buds obovate-oblong, hoary, 

 ribbed. Flowers yellow, i in. across. Petals entire or emarginate, ^ the- 



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