9() XXI. TILIACEiE [Greioia 



(b) PeiuTicle«i mostly solitary and axillary^ leaves with 3 basal nerves. 

 Western species. 



3. G. columnaris, Smith.; Wight Ic. t. 44. Vern. Tegali^ Tel. 



A scrambling, at times almost climbing shrub, rough with short stellate 

 hairs. Leaves 2~B in., ovate-lanceolate. Peduncles mostly solitary, axillary, 

 extra-axillaiy or terminal, J^-^- in., with 3-5 yellowish- white flowers on short 

 bracteate pedicels. Sepals i, petals \ in., blade triangular, narrower than, and 

 nearly as long as, claw. Gonophore 5-ridged, the tomentose part with 5 villous 

 teeth, stigma ladiate, 5-lobed. Drupes pyriform, indistinctly 4-lobed. 



Botli sulPb of tlie Western Peninsnla. Fl. May-November. Ceylon, dry country. 

 Closely allied is 1. G. emarginata, Wight et Am., a shrub on the Nilgirib Paliiis and 

 Tinnevelli liillb. Leaves woolly beneath, £owers larger, white, peduncles longer and 

 drupes deei^ly 2~41obed. 



5. G. orientalis, Linn. ; Trimen Handb. Ceylon i. 17G. Vern. Tegali^ Tel. 



A scrambling often climbing shrub. Leaves 3-4 in., nearly glabrous, ovate- 

 lanceolate. Peduncles solitary, terminal, axillary or extra-axillary. Fl. large, 

 white. Sepals |-1 in., petals \ in. Blade triangular, as long as claw and 

 attached at its back. Q-onopliore as in 3. Drupes globose, scarcely lobed, -f in. 

 diam. 



Moibter distilctb on both sides of the Western Peninsula, from Kanara southwardh. 

 PL P. S. Clo>sely allied and perhaps not specifiGally distinct is 6. Cr. toacteata, Both. 

 Hills of the Kamatic. Drupes indistinctly 2-4 lobed, hairy. 



7. G. umbellifera, Bedd.~Syn. G. Eitcliiel, Mast. ; PL Brit. Ind. i. 389. 



A lofty scaudent shrub, at times a tree, the stem at the base often covered 

 with blunt woody protuberances. Branchlets, petioles and inflorescence with 

 rusty stellate pubescence. Leaves 3-5 in. long, elliptic-oblong, shortly acu- 

 minate, 3-nerved, the ,2 lateral basal nerves extending to the middle of the 

 blade or beyond it. Peduncles ^-1^ in. long, generally 1, sometimes 2, mostly 

 axillary, bearing 5-15 large flowers. Sepals J- J, petals |-^ in., blade as long as 

 or longer than claw. Gonophore long, cylindric, tomentose, the lower glabrous 

 portion very short. Pruit of 4 distinct drupes, ^-J in. diam. 



Western Ghats fioni the Coneaii southwards. Neaxdy allied is 8. G, heterotricha^ 

 Masters, iii evergreen forests on the Western Ghats from Nortli Kanara southwards. 

 A lofty climber, bianchlets, petioles and under side of leaves rasty-tomentose. Pe- 

 duncles 1-1^ m long, axillary or leaf opposed. Fruit unlmown. G, umhellata, Poxb. ; 

 King, in As. Soc Bengal, vol. 60 (1892) 110, is a Malayan species, not found in the 

 Western Peninsula. 



(c) Peduncles mostly solitary and axillary, leaves with 3 basal nerveb. 

 Eastex^n species and species of both peninsulas. 



9. G. scabrida, Wall. ; Kurz, P. PL i. 158. 



An evergreen shrub. Branchlets, petioles and inflorescence shortly rusty- 

 tomentose. Leaves 5-6 in., ovate-lanceolate, serrate, chartaceous, rough with 

 short stellate hairs, especially beneath, the tertiary nerves parallel and promi- 

 nent beneath. Peduncles axillary, short, bearing 2-5 flowers. Sepals |"|, petals 

 I in., blade as long as or longer than claw. Gronophore ^ in. long, the glabrous, 

 part very short, the tomentose portion 5-ribbed. Drupe | in. diam., slightly 

 2-4 lobed. 



Asbam, Tena&serim. PI, September. Nearly allied : 10. G. nagensimn, Prain, Journ. 

 As. Soc Bengal, vol. 69 ii. (1900) 168. Assam. Leaves tomentose. Pruit of 2 distinct 

 verrucose drupes. 



11. G. laevigata, VahL Vern. Phiran, DUn, Udapai, Tarn. ; Kwe-taymv^ 

 Upper, Kyet-tayaiv^ Lower Burma. 

 A small or middle-sized tree, wood white, soft. Leaves 4-7 in., oblong-lanceo- 



