]18 TILIACEM, [Tbiumfetta^ 



lobed glandular torus. Ovary 2-5-celled, with 2 ovules in each cell j 

 *tyle filiform, stigma, 5-toothed. Fruit globose or oblong, spiny 

 or bristly, indehiscent or 3-6-valved. Seeds 1-2 iu. each cell, pendu- 

 lous, albuminous. — Species about 60, mostly tropical weeds. 



Fruit globose or ovoid 



Fruit large; spines long, hispid on their 



lower edges .... . 1. T. pilosa. 



Fruit very small; spines short, glabrous, 



not dilated at base 2. T. rhomhoidea.. 



Fruit small; spines pubescent, dilated at 



base 3. r. rotundifoUa. 



Fruit oblong, spines ciliate on upper edges . 4. T» neglecta. 



1. T. pUosa, Both Nov. 8p. 223 ; W. & A. Prod. 74 ; D. <Sr G. Bomb. Fl.. 

 25 ; F. B. I. i, 394 ; Watt E. D. T. oblongata, LinTc.; Boyle III 103. 



A herb, clothed with bulbous-based bristles. Leaves stalked, stellate- 

 hairy on both sides ; lower 3-lobed ; upper 3|-4! in. long/ovate or ovate- 

 lanceolate, unequally toothed; petiole | in,, villous; stipules and 

 peduncles shorter than the petiole. Sepals linedix, apiculate. Petals 

 oblong-spathulate, about as long as the sepals, ciliate at the base.. 

 Stamens about 10. Fruit (including spines) about the size of a cherry, 4- 

 celled, 8-seeded ; spines long, sharply hooked, hispid on their lower edges.. 



Abundant within the area, flowering during the rainy season. Distbib. : 

 Throughout the hotter parts of India, and in Ceylon and Burma ; also in 

 tropical Africa. 



2. T. rhomtooidea,' Jacq. Enum, PI. Carih. 22 ; F. B. I. i, 395 ; Watt E D 

 T. angulata, LamK; W. ^ A. Prod. 14, Royle III 103; D. Sf G. Bomb.' Fl. 

 25 ; T. Bartramia, Boxb. Fl. Ind. ii, 463 ; T. trilocularis Boxh. I.e. 462. 



A herb or small shrub, glabrous or pubescent. Leaves polymorphous, 

 3-7-nerved, apex acute or somewhat 3-lobed. Sepals oblong, apiculate. 

 Petals oblong, ciliate at the base. Stamens 8-15. Fruit about the size 

 of a small pea, globose or ovoid, white-tomentose between the glabrous 

 hooked spines. 



Throughout the area. Distbib,: Himalaya up to 4,000 ft. and south- 

 ward to Ceylon ; also in the Malay Islands, China and Tropical Africa. 

 A soft glossy fibre is obtained from the stems, and the plant is.'also used : 

 medicinally. 



3. T. rotundifolia, LamTc. Encycl. Hi, 421 ; W. 4* A. Prod. 75 ; D. & G 

 Bomb. FL 25 ; F. B. I. i, 395. 



SufEruticose, with rough herbaceous stems. Leaves about 1| in. longj^. 

 suborbicular, glabrescent above, pale-tomentose beneath, unequally 

 serrate, coriaceous. Petiole ^ in. Flowers in interrupted racemes. Sepals 

 apiculate, white-tomentose. Petals ciliate at the base. Stamens 15-25. 

 Fruit globose, about the size of a pea, pubescent ; spines with dilated, 

 bases, hooked, slightly pubescent or nearly glabrous. 



