^8 XXI. TILIACEiE [Grciria 



middle. Sepals J,-], petals \ in. long. Blade 3 times the length of claw, 

 bifid, with numerous longitudinal nerves, back of blade hirsute with stiff hairs. 

 Gonophore glabrous, cup-shaped, edge eiliate. Anthers hairy, style hairy in 

 the lower part, stii<ma 2-dentate, ovules numerous. Rind of fruit crustaceous, 

 with short stellate hairs. 



Oudli, Bebar, xlrayalli hillh, and throughout the "Wetstern Peninsula. Fl. Jiily- 

 Septemher. A species remarlvahle lay the shape of gonophore, haiiy anthers and 

 stigma. Wliethei this is the plant described by Lamarck as 6^. jnlo'^a is doubtful. 

 a. carjnnifoJ'm, Juss.; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 387, anthens glabrous, ovules 8, grows in 

 tropical Africa, and is not known from India. 



ft. Leaves broad, with 5, sometimes only with 4, basal nerves. 



16. G. rotundifolia, Juss., Ann. Mus. Hist, ISTat. Paiis iv. (1804; t. 50 f. 3 : 

 Wight Ic, t. 45. 



Leaves 1-1 ^ in., s;rey-tonientose, chiefly beneath, obovate or orbicular 

 Peduncles slender, ]-^ in., pedicels longer than flowers. Buds distinctly ribbed, 

 cylindric. Sepals f, petals l~l in., blade twice the length of claw. G-onophore 

 yV i^-7 glabi^oiis, ribbed, 5 obtuse hairy teeth at top. 



Coromandel coast, Nilg iris funii^d with G.orbleuhi^a in PI. Brit. Ind. i. 386; this 

 however, has {J-nerved leaves wluI petals without claws). 



17. G. asiatica, Linn. Yern. Pharsa^ PJialsa^ Dhaniln, Karra, Hind. ; 

 Stalpoh}X(^ Kep, ; Gonyia^ Kol ; Jana^ Tadascll^ Kan. ; Umi, Tarn. ; Chadicha, 

 Mai . ; I'aga ic, Pin tat/a i (*, Burm . 



A middle-sized tree, bark greyish- white or greyish-brown, sapwood whitish, 

 heart wood small, irregularly shaped, dark brown. Branch lets and under side 

 of leaves varying from glabrous to densely and softly tomentose. Leaves vary- 

 ing from broad-cordate to obliquely ovate. Stipules varying from linear to 

 foliaceous and broadly falcate. Peduncles axillary, in fascicles of 2--10, var3ung 

 in length fiom 1-2 in., each bearing 3-5 flowers. Sepals l^l^ petals -J-J in., 

 yellow or red and yellow, blade as long as or longer than claw. Fruit globose, 

 with pleasantly acid pulp, indistinctly lobed. 



Common in both Peninsulas, largely grown in gardens on account ol the fruit. El. 

 January-May. This extremely variable tree was debcribed under thiee species by me, 

 P. El. 40, and by Kurz, E. EL i.lhO. My subsequent ex^iierience in India has convinced 

 me that these forms cannot be maintained as species, their distinguishing characters 

 not being constant. Their characters are ordinarily defined as follows : — 



1. G. asiatica, Linn. The cultivated form. Leaves broad-cordate, more or less tomen- 

 tobP beneath, stipules linear, buds cylindrical or clavate, flowers large, fruit large. 

 2. G. vestita, Wall. {(t. elai^f'iea, Koyle). Chiefly in the subhimalayan tract from the 

 Indus to Sikkim. Leaves small, ovate, usually much longer than broad, under side 

 with thick greyish -yellow tomentum. Stipules linear, buds obovoid. 3. 6. tilisefolia, 

 Vahl. Chiefly m the Peninsula and Ceylon, also in North-West India. Leaves large, 

 very oblique, nearly glabrous, or hoary beneath. Stipules leafy, falcate, auriculate. 

 Masters, in FL Brit. Ind. i. 386, unites (r. vef>tita and Q, asiafica. 



18. G. sapida, Roxb., is a remarkable undershrub, common in grass lands of the Duub 

 and subhimalayan tract, ascending to 3,000 ft , also in Upper Burma, with a short 

 woody underground stem, throwing up annually, after the fires have pa&sed over the 

 ground, a number of herbaceous shoots 1-2 ft. high. Elowers yellow, in umbels of 2-4, 

 feepals \-l, petals ^-i in., blade linear, twice the length of claw. Emit slightly lobed, 

 stones enclosed in sweetish pulp. 



19, G. villosa, Willd. ; Brandis, F. FL 39. Vern. Dhokelan^ Merwara. 



A sbrub, often gregarious, branches, leaves and inflorescence densely silky 

 with long stellate hairs. Leaves nearly orbicular from a cordate base, 1-4 in. 

 diam., rugose, transverse veins numerous, prominent and parallel, tufts of 

 silky hairs on the serratures. M. dull yellow, peduncles very short in compact 

 axillary clusters. Sepals linear, membranous, J in. long, clothed on both 

 sides with short stellate, outside also with long simple hairs, the tips often 

 with a long branched and stellate process. Blade of petal thin, twice the 

 length of claw. Fruit globose, a distinct crustaceons brown rind, with tufts 

 of long stellate hairS; pulp pleasant. 



