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XXI. TILIAGB.E 



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late, acuminate, mem- 

 branous, nearly gla- 

 brous, under side 

 with a few "iCattered 

 hairs. Secondary 

 nerves 4-fi pair, the 

 lowest pair from the 

 base. Peduncles axil- 

 lary, slender, often 2-3 

 together, bearing um- 

 belliform brae tea te 

 cymes of 3-5 flowers. 

 Sepals \-l in., 3- 

 nerved, petals ]~\ in., 

 blade triangular, 

 shorter, larely longer 

 than claw. Tomen- 

 tose part of gonophore 

 shorter than glabrous 

 portion, at times re- 

 duced to a narrow 

 villous band. Drupes 

 1-3, rarely 4, nearly 

 distinct. 



Outer Himalaya, from 

 the Jumna eastward, 

 ascending to 3,000 ft. 

 Both. Peninsular Fl. 

 June-October. Leaves 

 renewed m April. 

 Neaily allied, united 

 with \t bv Pieire, Fl. 

 For. Cochineh. t. 161 : 12. 

 G. multiflora, Juss. {G. 

 'iepiaria, Boxb.). Sik- 



FiG. 47.—Grewia Isevigata, Vahl. 4. 



kim, Assam, Khasi hilli^, a shrub, leaves and flowers smaller. Gonophore glabrous, 

 with a fringe of hairs at top. Fruit didymous, 4-seeded. 



(d) Peduncles fasciculate, axillary, gonophore glabrous with a fringe of hairs 

 at top, 



a. Leaves narrow, with 3, rarely 4 or 6 basal nerves. 



13. G. salvifolia, Heyne; Brandis For. PI. 43. Vern, Saras, i^in's, Mer- 

 wara ; Burbu, Kol ; Yulipl, Kan. 



A shrub or small tree, heartwood dark brown, hard, branchlets, inflorescence 

 and under side of leaves white or grey, with short pubescence. Leaves 2-3 in,, 

 lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, edge entire, undulate or serrulate. Peduncles 

 slender, with 2-3 conspicuous yellow flowers. Sepals J in.y on both sides silky, 

 petals \ in., the blade longer than claw, back of claw hairy. Pruit generally 

 of two distinct round drupes. 



Dry and arid regions of North- West India and the Deccan. PL April-September. 

 Nearly allied, and perhaps not specifically distinct, is 14. a, excelsa, Vahl. Singbhum, 

 Beliar, Bunclelkhand and Coromandel coast. An erect tree. Leaves 3-6 m., with oblique 

 base and sometimes 4 or 5 basal nerves. Under side of leaves white or green. FL May. 



15. G. pilosa, Lam. ; Brandis P. PL 39, Yern. Pasangan, pisangan^ 

 Rajputana ; Tegali^ Tel. 



A large straggling shrub, branchlets, petioles, under side of leaves and inflor- 

 escence rough with ^il'Q light-brown stellate hairs. Leaves 2-4 in., oblong or 

 lanceolate-oblong, serrate. Secondary nerves 4-5 pair^ the lowest pair from 

 the base. Peduncles short, about \ in. long, bxids hirsute, constricted in the 



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