. Indian trees : an account of trees, shrubs, woody climbers, bamboos, and palms indigenous or commonly cultivated in the British Indian Empire. Trees. 100 ^-\.x. Jl iJui AO Jl/iiii [Greivla linearj twice the lengtli of claw or longer. Goiioj^liore J in., upper portion velvety, equal to the lower glabrous and ribbed portion. Ovary and style slightly pubernlons. Fruit obovoid, IJ in. long. 24 G. sinuata, Wall. Swamp forests of the alluvial plains, Lower Burma. A large shrub. Leaves 1-2 in. long, sinuately lobed, hairy beneath. Fl. small, in short panicles at the ends of branches. Sepals J, peta
. Indian trees : an account of trees, shrubs, woody climbers, bamboos, and palms indigenous or commonly cultivated in the British Indian Empire. Trees. 100 ^-\.x. Jl iJui AO Jl/iiii [Greivla linearj twice the lengtli of claw or longer. Goiioj^liore J in., upper portion velvety, equal to the lower glabrous and ribbed portion. Ovary and style slightly pubernlons. Fruit obovoid, IJ in. long. 24 G. sinuata, Wall. Swamp forests of the alluvial plains, Lower Burma. A large shrub. Leaves 1-2 in. long, sinuately lobed, hairy beneath. Fl. small, in short panicles at the ends of branches. Sepals J, petals ^ in., blade equal to claw, claw hairy on back. Gonophore glabi^ous, 5 villous teeth at the edge. Ovary glabrous. Fruit pyriform, J-| in. long. B. E^L bisexual, petals without a distinct claw. 25. G. orbiculata, Eottler; Fl. Brit. lad. i. 38G. BranchletSj leaves and inflorescence hoary. Leaves elliptic, 1-1} in, long, dentate, 3- sometimes 5-nerved, softly grey-pubescent beneath. Peduncles slender, f in., bearing umbels of 3-5 flowers. Pedicels as long as or longer than sepals. Buds ovoid or globose, tomentose, indistinctly ribbed. Sepals I in., petals thin, veined, | in., oblanceolate, glabrous with only a few hairs on the slightly thickened base. Deccan and east side of PeninsuH. Similar in appearance to 0-. rotunclifolia, Juss. 2G. G, leptopetala, sp. nov.—Syn. G, tiliwfolia^ Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 108. Branchlets and under side of leaves varying from glabrous to densely and softly tomentose, leaves from broad-cordate to obliquely ovate, stipules varying from linear to foliace'^us and broadly falcate. Peduncles axillary, slender, in fascicles of 2-6, short, not as a rule exceed- ing h in., each bearing 2-5 flowers. Petals thin, veined, lanceolate or linear, often 2-fid at tip, perfectly glabrous, excepting a few hairs on the slightly thickened base. Drupes generally 2-lobed, \ in. diam. North-^Yest Provmceb, Chittagong, Western Pen- insula, south as far as Travancore. Not k
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