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XV. TILIACEiE 
A small Order, widely though thinly spread over most parts of 
the. world except very cold climates ; most abundant in tropical 
regions. 
The Lime trees of Britain belong to a genus ( Tilia ) of this Order not repre- 
sented in India, though it reappears in China and Japan. 
Petals glandular at the base. Fruit globose or ovoid. 
Stamens numerous. Fruit a smooth drupe . . .1. Greivia. 
Stamens about 10. Fruit a prickly capsule . . .2. Trmmfetta , 
Petals not glandular at the base. Fruit a long, narrow, glabrous 
capsule 8. Corchorus. 
1. GREWIA. In honour of N. Grew, an English botanist, the 
earliest English writer on vegetable anatomy. — Warm regions of 
the Old World. 
Small trees, young parts more or less covered with rough, 
stellate pubescence. Leaves shortly stalked, ovate, toothed, long- 
Fio. 20. Gkewia oppositifolia. 
pointed, sides usually unequal. Flowers in leaf-opposed or axil- 
lary cymes. Sepals 5, thick, tomento'se outside, nearly glabrous 
and coloured within. Petals 5, much shorter than the sepals, base 
with a large, thick, fringed gland on the inside. Receptacle elevated, 
hairy. Stamens numerous. Ovary 2-4-celled ; ovules 1 or 2 in 
each cell ; stigma 2-4-lobed. Drupe globose, usually lobed, con- 
taining 1-4 stones, each with 1 or sometimes 2 seeds. 
Cymes leaf -opposed. Sepals f-f in. Petals pale yellow . 1 . G. oppositifolia. 
Cymes axillary. Sepals FA i n - Petals orange . . 2. G. vestita. 
