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17. TILIACEiE. 



[Grewta. 



Shrub. Leaves velvetty beneath. 

 Drupe 4-lobed, hairy, brownish, 

 ^ iu. ... ... ... 17. G polt/gama. 



Inflorescence terminal, panicled. Leaves glabres- 

 cent. Drupe entire, size of a pea, glabrous, 

 S-celled ... ... ... ... 18. G. Microcos, 



1. G. umbellifera, Bedd. Fl. Sjlv. 37 ; M. Br. I. 1. 393. O. capi- 

 tata, Dalz. Mss. 0, carpinifoliai WaU. Ghinna bally, K. 



N. & S. Kanara. In the evergreen forests near the Arbail Ghat ; also in 

 th.e forests near Sonda, Kanara. Mj plant was named at Kew from 

 fruiting specimens. I have since found the flowers. This species is 

 closely allied to 0. Jieterotricha, Mast, Flowers during the hot season 

 March-May. Fruit ripe Aug.- Sept. A lofty climbing, scandent shrub; 

 stem 4 in. in diameter at the base. Bark greenish, smooth, covered with 

 raised horizontal or sometimes spiral bands of tissue which support 

 numerous straight or hooked prickles which soon become blunt ; inner 

 bark thick, mottled white, soft. G. BUchiei, Mast., is probably identical 

 with the above species. 



2. eolumnaris, Sm. ; DC. Prod. 1. 510 ; Fl. Br. 1. 1. 383 ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 26; Wight's Icones t. 44; Grab. Cat. Bo. PL 21. 



"W. Peninsula, Bengal and Ceylon, Bombay, Malabar Hill, Salsette, &c. 

 Grah. Bababuden Hills of Mysore about 5000 ft. elevation. North 

 Kanara, in evergreen forests ; mentioned in Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. FL, but 

 no locality is given. It is also found on the Bababuden Hills of Mysore. 

 Fl. H. S. Fr. Oct. 



3. G-. orientalis, Linn. ; DC. Prod. 1. 50 ; FL Br. I. 1. 384; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. FL 26. 



Southern Provinces of the W. Peninsula and Ceylon, S. ghats, Dalzell. 

 This small tree I have found rather common in deciduous forests on 

 the Bababuden Hills of Mysore at 3O0O ft. elevation. Fl. May -June. 

 Fr. Sept.-Oct. Doubtfully indigenous in the Bombay Presidency. 



4. G. umbellata, Roxb. FL Ind. 11. 591 ; FL Br. I. 1. 385. 



W. Peninsula, Konkan and the Coromandel ; E. Peninsula, Malacca, 

 &c. I am unacquainted with this species which seems to be closely allied 

 to (jr. orientalise It is probably not found in the Bombay Presidency. 



5. G. heterotricha, Mast. Fl. Br. I. 1. 385. 



W. Peninsula from N. Kdnara to Coorg ; in the evergreen forests of 

 North Kanara from Ainshi southwards : not a tree. Fl. C. S. Fr. H. S. 

 Stem 2 in. in diameter and covered with large, blunt prickles like G. umbel- 

 lifera, Bedd. Inner bark thick, dark brown. This fine lofty climber and 

 distinct species is closely allied to G. cohimnaris^ and to G. umbellifera. 



6. G. populifolia, Vahl. DC. Prod. 1. 511 ; Fl. Br. 1. 1. 385 ; Bran- 

 dis For. FL 38. Gingo^^Yevn. ; Gungo, Sind. ; Jijani, K. 



Sind and the Punjab, W. Peninsula, throughout the dry districts of 

 the Bombay Presidency. In the Dharw^r District the flowers and fruit 

 appear during the rainy season. A small tree, usually a large or small 



