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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. Grewia. 
Stamens about 10. Fruit a prickly capsule . . .2. Triumfetla. 
Petals not gl andular at the base. Fruit a 1 ong, narrow, glabrous 
capsule . . . . . . . . .3. 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- 
Fig. 20. Grewia oppositipolia. 
pointed, sides usually unequal. Flowers in leaf-opposed or axil- 
lary cymes. Sepals 5, thick, tomentose outside, nearly glabrous 
and coloured within. Petals 5, much shorter than the sepals, base 
with a large, thick, fringed gland on the inside. Receptacle ele- 
vated, hairy. Stamens numerous. Ovary 2-4-celled ; ovules 1 
or 2 in each cell ; stigma 2-4-lobed. Drupe globose, usually lobed, 
containing 1-4 stones, each with 1 or sometimes 2 seeds 
Cymes leaf- opposed. Sepals A-f in. Petals pale yellow . 1. G. oppositifolia. 
Cymes axillary. Sepals in. Petals orange . • 2. G. vestila. 
