Teiumfetta.] TILIACBM. 117 



limb bifid, yellow, from the back of the thickened claw. Ovary pubes- 

 cent ; s^yk equalling the stamens. Brivge 1-4-lobed, about the size of a 

 small pea, glabrous. 



■Oudh forests, and in Merwdra. Distrib. : Punjab, Sindh, C. and S. 

 India, also in Trop. Africa, Flowers in Feb. and March. The subacid 

 fruit is eaten. 



17. G. hirsuta, Yahl 8ymb. Bot. i, 34; Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii, 587; W <f 

 A. Frod, 78 ; F. B. I. i, 391 ; Brand. For. Fl. 42. G. pilosa ; Boxh. I. c. 588 

 inot cf Lamh.). Vern. Phrongli (Merwara). 



A. shrub. Branchlets stellate-hairy. Leaves 2-3|in. long, distichous 

 ovate or lanceolate, acuminate or obtuse at the apex, obliquely rounded' 

 or subcordate at the base, irregularly serrate, hairy and scabrous above, 

 densely tomentose beneath, 3-nerved at the base ; petioles very short ; 

 stipules linear or subulate, longer than the petiole. Peduncles IS, a,xilla,vy, 

 .2-3-flowered. £racis ovate-lanceolate, equalling the short pedicels. Buds 

 oblong, obtuse, pilose. Flowers i in. across, white turning to yellow. 

 Sep 'I Zs lanceolate, 5 in. or less, hairy outside. Petals oblong, entire, | the 

 length of the sepals. Ovary very hairy. Drupe 4-lobed, smooth or with 

 a few bristles, size of large pea. Nuts 4, 2-celled. 



Merwara, Gwalior, Saugor (Jerdon). Distrib, : Chota Nagpur, S. India' 

 Ceylon, Burma. Very similar to some states of G. pilosa. 



18. G- polygama. Boxh. Hort. Beng. 42; Fl. Ind.ii, 588; I) Sr G 

 Bomb. Fl. 26; F. B. I. i, 391 ; Brand. For. Fl. 42; Watt E. D. G. lancece- 



'folia, Boxh. I.e. 586.; G. helicterif olia, Wall.; Boyle III. 108. 



A shrub ; herbaceous portions grey-tomentose ; branches spreading, 

 bifarious. Leaves 3-4 in. long, subsessile, lanceolate, acuminate, usually 

 ^roundedat the base, sharply serrate, downy on both surfaces, much paler 

 beneath, base 3-nerved, nerves not arched ; stipwZes subulate. Peduncles 

 1-5, axillary, 2-6-flowered, longer thanlthe petioles ; pedicels shorter than 

 the peduncle. JPZo'M;ers polygamous, mostly 1-sexual. SepaZs linear, villous 

 outside, longer than the oblong entire petals. /Stomews numerous. Ovary 

 roundish, hairy ; styles longer than the stamens ; stigmas large, stellate. 

 Drupe i in. in diam,, obscurely 4)-lobed, brownish, shining, clothed with a 

 few long scattered hairs. Nuts 4, 1-seeded, about the size of a small pea, 



Dehra Dan, Si walik range, Eohilkhand, Oudh, Bundelkhand, Distrib.: 

 Tunjab on the Salt Eange ; base of W. Himalaya and eastward to Nepal, 

 ascending to 4,000 ft., Assam and south to Ceylon, Burma ; also in N. 

 Australia. Flowers in July and Aug., fruit ripens Nov.-December, Various 

 portions of this plant are used medicinally, and the fruit is eaten. 



2. TRIUMFETTA. Linn.; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 394 



Herbs or undershrubs, more or less stellate-hairy. Leaves serrate 

 and often lobed. Flowers small, yellow, in dense cymes opposite the 

 leaves, or terminating the branches. Sepals 5, oblong, concave. 

 J?etals 5, distinct. Stamens 5-25, distinct, springing from a fleshy 



