J16 TILIACEM, [Grewia. 



length of the sepals. Drupe ahout the size of a small pea . Nuts 1-3, 

 one-seeded. 



Submontane tracts, from Dehra Dun and the Siwalik range to Gorakh- 

 pur, usually in open ground. Disteib. : Trop. Himalaya from Garhwal to 

 Bhutan, also in Chota Nagpur. Flowers during April and May, and the 

 fruit ripens in October and November. This plant is one of those which 

 are characteristic of certain tracts of country where jungle fires take place 



- periodically. The leaves are used as fodder, and the fruit is edible. 



14. G. laevigata. Vahl Svml.Bot. i,34; W. ^ A, Prod. 77 ; F. B. I.i, 



889 ; Brand. For. Fl. 42 ; Watt E. D. G. didyma, Roseh. Fl. Ind ii, 591 ; 

 Vern. khathhemal, phirsan (Dehra Dun), kakki (Oudh). 



A small tree ; herbaceous portions thinly stellate-hairy. Leaves 3-6 in 

 long, elliptic-lanceolate, tapering at each end, pilose on the nerves beneath, 

 serrate, 3-nerved at the base, secondary nerves arched ; petioles about i in.; 

 stipuZeslinear-sabulate, pilose, i^uds ovoid, ribbed, pubescent. Peduncles 

 2 or 3 together, 2-3-flowered, longer than the petioles, pilose. Sepals 3- 

 nerved, pubescent outside. Petals much shorter than the sepals, yellow, 

 blade very short. To?- u-s glabrous. /Stj/^e longer than the stamens. Drupe 

 2-lobed, size of small pea, smooth and i)lack when ripe. Nuts 2, 1-2-celled. 



Dehra Dun, Siwalik range, Oudh. Disteib.: Outer Himalaya from the 

 Jumna to Sikkim, ascending to 3,000 ft., Assam, Khasia Hills, Bengal, 

 South India, Burma ; also in the Malay Islands, Australia and Trop. 

 Africa. Flowers June to September, and the fruit ripens during the cold 

 season. The leaves are used as fodder. 



15. G. excelsa, Vahl Symh. Bot, 85 ; Roxh. Fl. Ind.. ii, 586; F. B. I. i. 

 885' WattE. D. G. Eothii. DC; W. Sf A. Prod. 78; Brand. For. Fl. 

 43 /g. salvifolia, Roxh. I.e. 537 {not ofHeyne). 



A shrub. Leaves 4-5 in. long, unequally ovate oblong or lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate, serrulate, 3-nerved at the rounded base ; nerves arched ; trans- 

 verse ones prominent ; petiole i-^ in.; stipules ensiform, longer than the 

 petioles. Peduncles 3-flowered, much longer than petioles. Flowers |-| 

 in. across. Sepals linear. Petals oblong, entire,_ i the length of the 

 sepals. Drupe globose, pubescent, about the size of a pea Nuts 2, 

 one-celled. 



Bundelkhand (Edgeworth). Disteib.: B.Bengal, Sikkim, Chittagong, 

 Coromandel ; also in Trop. Africa. Flowers during the hot season. The 

 fruit is eaten. 



16. G. salvifolia, Eeyne ex Roth Nov. PI. Sp. 289; W. & A Prod. 77; 

 F. B. I. i, 886 ; Brand. For. Fl. 43 ; Watt E. D. Vern. Hiris (Merwara). 



A shrub or small tree with grey bark ; herbaceous portions hoary with 

 soft pubescence. Leaves 1^-4 in. long, ovate-lanceolate or oblong, obtuse 

 or bluntly acuminate, entire or minutely serrate, rounded at the base and 

 3-nerved, glabrescent and often with a reddish-brown colour above, hoary 

 beneath ; transverse nerves indistinct ; petioles about i in.; stipules subu- 

 late. Peduncles 1-3, longer than the petioles. Buds oval or cylindrical, 

 ribbed. Sepals linear, 3-nerved. Petatsob ovate, smaller than the sepals 



