Grewia] XXI. TILIACE.E 101 



tomentose. Buds ovoid, densely pilose. Sepals l-\j petals ^-x<7 i^-? l-^la-de 

 rounded, as long as claw, iinthers glabrous. In some specimens the hairs 

 at the top of gynophore as long as filaments. Stigma bifid, branches penicillate, 

 ovules 8. Eind of fr. crustaceous, with long hairs. 



"Western Peninsula, botb in the dry and moist clibtricth. Burma. M. H. R. S. Pierre, 

 n. Por. Cochinch. t. 167, suggests the union of 28 and 29. Closely allied are : 30. 

 G. microstemana, AValL; Kurz, F. PL i. 160. Burma. "With broader oblique lea%^es, 

 often 4-neryecI, 81. G. humilis, Wall. Bengal, Burma. Leaves small, 1-2 in. 



5. COLUMBIA, Pers. ; Fl. Brit. Ind, i. 393. Species 7, tropical Asia. 



I.e. floribmida, Wall.; Kurz, P. PL i. 156, is a shrub of Burma, the Naga hills 

 and Manipur, also found in Tonkin and Yunan. Leaves rou^pi on both sides with 

 ^tellate hairs, from a cordate sometimes rounded babe, obovate-oblong, usually lobed at 

 the tip, petioles 1-2 in. long. PL small, pentamerous, in few-iid. involucrate heads 

 on terminal panicle^,, petals nearly as long as sepals, yellow with scarlet dots. Capsule 

 I in. diam., btellate-hairy, winged, beparating when ripe into 3 or 4 indehiscent 

 1-seeded 2-winged car|)els. 2. C. fiagrocarpa, C. B. Clarke, MSS. Chittagong hill ti-acts. 

 A tree 40 ft. high, branchlets and under side of leaves softly tomentose, leaves ovate- 

 lanceolate from an oblique base, capsule 3-5-winged, 1 in. acx'oss, seed portion clothed 

 with stellate bristles. 3. C. merguensis, Plancli. Mergui. Leaves laaiceolate, stellate- 

 pubescent beneath. Pruit 3-winged, 1 in. aerobS. 



Erinocarpus Kimmoanus, Clraham ; Bedd. PL S3dv. 1. 110. Yern. Chirci, Mar. ; Kathi- 

 hetid% Kan., is a bmall tree common in deciduous forests of North Kanara, the Belgaum 

 district and the Konkan, with large cordate, slightly 3-5-lobed leaves, palmately 7-9- 

 nerved, 8 in. diam., petiole 3-5 in. PL yellow, 1-2 in. across, in terminal panicles. 

 Pruit*l^-2 in. long, woody, triquetrous, slightly winged, covered with large broad- 

 based prickles. Seed 1, albuminous. 



(j. ECHINOCARPUS, Blume; PL Brit. Ind. i, 399 (Included under 

 Blocmea^ Linn., by Schumann in Engler u. Prantl iii, 6. 5). 



Trees with penniveined leaves. Peduncles axillaiy. 1-flowered. Sepals 4-5, 

 imbricate. Petals 4-5, variously out. Stamens numerous, free, on a thick 

 disk. Anthers linear, opening by a terminal pore. Capsule woody or cori- 

 aceous, loculicidal, covered with prickles or bristles, 3~G- or b}'' abortion 

 1-celled. Seeds albuminous. Species 12, Indo-Malayan and Australian. 



1. E. sterculiaceus, Benth. ; PL Brit. Ind. i. 400. Yern. Banj^ Nep. 



A large tree, young shoots puberulous. Leaves minutely seiTulate, 8-10 in. 

 long, petiole 2 in., glabrous above, softly tomentose beneath. Secondary 

 nerves and veins prominent. Capsule pendulous, red, globose, 2 in. diam., 5-(>- 

 celled, densely covered with straight sharp subulate minutely hispid spines 

 |-f in. long. 



Sikkim, Bhutan, hiUs of Martaban and Tenasberim, 3,000-5,000 ft. 



2. E. Sigun, Blume; Kurz, P. PL i. 1(J2 ; Pierre, M. For. Cochinch. t. 169. 

 — Syn. E. 3IureXy Benth., PL Brit. Ind. i. 399. 



A large tree, nearly glabrous. Leaves oblong lanceolate, entire. Capsule 

 ovoid, woody, 1-1 1 in. long, 3-4-valved. Valves covei-ed with rigid prickles 

 I in. long, blunt from a conical base. 



Khasi hills, 3,000-5,000 ft., Tenasserim. PL April. Cambodia, Java. 



3. E. assamicus, Benth. Vern. Phul Hingri^ Assam. 



A middle-sized tree. Leaves 9-12 in. long, elliptic, abruptly acuminate^ 

 nearly glabrous, petiole 1-2 in. Pruit 2 in. long, densely studded with 

 slender spines 1 in. long. 



Hikkim, Assam, Charduar, Nambar and Makum forest. 



4. E. dasycarpus, Benth. j PL Brit. Ind. i. 400. Vern. Qohria^ ISTep. 



A large tree, wood soft, grey. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic-lanceolate, entire 



